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The Last Starship

Introversion Software · 2026-02-03

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2023 (Mac), Feb 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

92
playing now
75%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

92 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 92 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,014 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~127/week).
  • · Review velocity up 692% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,686 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 43 of 51 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39839820232026Week of 2023-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

196582026-08-11 23:00 — 126 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 134 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 71 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 118 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 103 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 106 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 164 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 143 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 72 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 119 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 64 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 115 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 84 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 77 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 160 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 135 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 117 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 196 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 93 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 98 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 58 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 93 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 69 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 91 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 151 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 92 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$9.992023-02-152026-08-302023-02-15 — best price $26.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-09-12 — best price $26.992023-12-06 — best price $29.992024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-02-05 — best price $17.992024-02-29 — best price $17.992024-04-16 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-09-02 — best price $17.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-01-22 — best price $24.992025-03-11 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $24.992025-05-22 — best price $24.992025-06-18 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $24.992025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-09 — best price $14.992025-11-25 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $16.992026-02-20 — best price $16.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-05-01 — best price $16.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
40.4%
earned "Stargate Phase 1"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

19 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6840%37

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DSpaceCombatMiningSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownSpace Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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