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 (123)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (51789)

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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

dead hooker meat enthusiast
Not recommended | 17 Jul 2026
249h played

developers profited from the unpaid labor of teenagers making this game. see Chucklefish's page on Wikipedia. do not buy!!!

Helpful: 23
MakoChip
Recommended | 07 Jul 2026
14.4h played

Estaba mirando mi biblioteca de Steam y me acordé de Starbound. Después de casi 400 horas de juego pirata y 10 horas en Steam, creo que tengo algo que decir (aunque de una manera extraña) La historia es bastante

Helpful: 12
Don Quixote Real
Not recommended | 16 Jul 2026
99.0h played

This is half-baked Terraria in space. There are a lot of cool ideas here, and the fantastic sense of adventure and exploration makes the first 10-20 hours great. However, you'll quickly realize that there is no depth to

Helpful: 7
Lunaria
Not recommended | 15 Jul 2026
777h played

The game set out to target some pretty lofty goals. When it was unable to meet those during development they re-adjusted to something much lower and much more mundane. Unfortunately, the truth is that Starbound isn't a

Helpful: 5
ManDuck
Not recommended | 08 Jul 2026
104h played

Man I love this ♥♥♥♥ ass, ♥♥♥♥ ass game. It sucks. Multiplayer is so unreliable that this game can be considered psychological horror. The building, and crafting, is slow as hell, both modded and unmodded. The inventory

Helpful: 2
Trashy Gamer
Not recommended | 13 Jul 2026
20.0h played

Heavily flawed gem. It plays like an alt evolution of Terraria with a No Man's Sky coat of paint. However, the base game is chronically unpolished, and lacks both quality of life and depth. The entirety of the game

Helpful: 2