Starbound

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About the Game In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic mysteries in the process, or you may wish to forego a heroic journey entirely in favor of colonizing uncharted planets.

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Developer:
Chucklefish Games
Release date:
22 July 2016
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (122)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (51757)

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About the Game

In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic mysteries in the process, or you may wish to forego a heroic journey entirely in favor of colonizing uncharted planets.

Settle down and farm the land, become an intergalactic landlord, hop from planet to planet collecting rare creatures, or delve into dangerous dungeons and lay claim to extraordinary treasures.

Discover ancient temples and modern metropolises, trees with eyes, and mischievous penguins. Make use of hundreds of materials and over two thousand objects to build a sleepy secluded cabin in the woods, a medieval castle, underwater arcade, or even a space station.

Starbound has been built from the ground up to be multiplayer and easily moddable. You have the tools to make the universe your own and modify the game to suit your play style - add new items, races, planet types, dungeons, and quests - the possibilities are limitless.

  • Choose from one of 7 playable races and customize your character

  • Save the universe in an epic story campaign featuring colorful characters, bosses, dungeons, and quests!

  • You're the captain of your very own starship! Decorate it, expand it, and use it to explore a procedurally generated universe

  • Colonize uncharted planets and collect gifts from your tenants - if they like you, they may even ask to join your ship crew!

  • Three game modes - Casual (no need to eat), Survival (eat to survive/drop items on death) and Hardcore (permadeath)

  • Craft thousands of objects - building materials, armor, weapons, furniture and more

  • Capture unique monsters to fight alongside you

  • All content is available in online drop-in/drop-out co-op

  • Built from the ground up to be easily moddable. You have the tools to make the universe however you'd like it

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP or later
Processor:
Core 2 Duo
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
256 MB graphics memory and directx 9.0c compatible gpu
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
3 GB available space

recommended*

OS *:
Windows XP or later
Processor:
Core i3
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Discrete GPU capable of directx 9.0c
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
4 GB available space

User reviews

Icetist
Recommended | 22 May 2026
128h played

The base game is fine. Like it's genuinely just fine. It does what it says, you explore planets, you build stuff, you follow a story that exists and has a beginning and an end and some genuinely interesting lore tucked

Helpful: 14
Garcello
Recommended | 24 May 2026
877h played

This game is like Terraria. but in SPACE! unlike Terraria tho, you can have a ♥♥♥♥ ton of workshop mods that add a metric ♥♥♥♥ TON of content, from guns, to armor, to ship parts to music and instruments. you won't get

Helpful: 2
teeth
Recommended | 27 May 2026
28.9h played

This game has brought so much joy into my life. The music, artstyle, story, and gameplay are so incredible and blend together to curate a relaxing and engaging experience. The modding community is so wonderful and

Helpful: 1
Burningham McToasty
Not recommended | 26 May 2026
54.1h played

First thing first, shout out to the mod community to make this remotely playable in its current state. But the reality is even with thousands of mod this game is fundamentally... boring, with everything so generic and

Helpful: 0
The Last Despot
Recommended | 27 May 2026
164h played

I only wish that Starbound was recognized for the brilliant thing it was. It is a beautiful thing, so damn fun to play, and damn me if you must, but I am a sucker for free-roam sci-fi. It took Terraria and ran with it.

Helpful: 2
FireNinetails
Recommended | 28 May 2026
34.2h played

So... I liked the game but i can't recommend it Why? Imagine if you have unpolished gem that could become something great and special And then mid polishing you just stop, call it a full product and sell it This game

Helpful: 2