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Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

Kerberos Productions Inc. · Paradox Interactive · 2010-06-04

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 18, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is the original Sword of the Stars games and the three expansions Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology that allows travel from star to star at speeds faster than light.

20
playing now
88%
positive of 709 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Sword of the Stars is a space 4X game developed by Kerberos Productions. In the game the player chooses one of four unique races to form an interstellar empire and conquer the galaxy. In order to win, the player must expand territory by colonizing new star systems, exploit the resources available to their colonies, design and build starships, and improve their empire's technology through research and strategy.

Health check

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  • · Top 37% of 5,900 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2015-02-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 25 of 44 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3772026-08-11 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-02-27 — best price $9.992015-05-26 — best price $9.992015-10-25 — best price $9.992016-01-22 — best price $9.992016-04-25 — best price $2.492016-09-05 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $2.492017-05-25 — best price $2.492017-10-17 — best price $9.992018-04-30 — best price $2.492018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-02-18 — best price $2.492019-05-13 — best price $9.992019-09-17 — best price $2.492019-11-18 — best price $9.992020-01-24 — best price $2.492020-04-08 — best price $9.992020-07-15 — best price $9.992020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $2.122021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $9.992021-09-27 — best price $2.492021-12-13 — best price $2.492022-02-25 — best price $9.992022-07-12 — best price $2.152022-09-27 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-12-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-10-28 — best price $2.492025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $2.492026-04-09 — best price $2.492026-08-29 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11162026-05-31 — 18 pageviews2026-06-03 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 19 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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