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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.

Starship Theory is a 2026 Indie, Simulation and Strategy game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 1137 reviews).

3
playing now
50%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320172026Week of 2017-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2611Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 32 · peak 81Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2018 — avg 24 · peak 67Sep 2018 — avg 11 · peak 29Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 38Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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