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Starship Theory

Reconnect Software · 2026-05-31

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 04, 2017 (Linux), Jul 04, 2017 (Mac), Jul 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

7
playing now
50%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2019-01-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

1222026-08-11 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.002017-07-052021-03-292017-07-05 — best price $11.992018-12-23 — best price $4.072019-01-04 — best price $11.992019-01-07 — best price $4.072019-01-21 — best price $11.992019-01-25 — best price $3.992021-03-29 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceCasualSci-fiBuildingStrategySurvivalManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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