Game overview
Starbound
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
- Last tracked players
- 815
- All-time peak
- 995
- 24-hour change
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- Steam reviews
- 92.3% positive 164,906 reviews · via SteamSpy
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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
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Windows
Minimum
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
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
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: OS 10.9 or later
- Processor: 64 bit Intel CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: OS 10.9 or later
- Processor: 64 bit Intel CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
- Processor: Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and opengl 2.1 compatible gpu
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Debian Stable or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
- Processor: Core i3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and opengl 2.1 compatible discrete gpu
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Chucklefish
- USK rating
- 6
- Brazilian rating
- 10
- Steam Germany rating
- 12
- Achievements
- 51
- Metacritic
- 81
- Features
- Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- Support site ↗
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features
Can I Play This?
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Structured language support (1)
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
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Buy Verdict
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 94th percentile. Priced as Budget at $5.99.
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[p]Today marks 10 years since Starbound launched into 1.0, and to celebrate we've teamed up with composer Curtis Schweitzer, illustrator Kkcit, and the team at Lost in Cult on a brand new [url="https://www.lostincult.co.uk/starbound"]Starbound: 10th Anniversary soundtrack 2xLP vi…
1.4.4 Hotfix Patch Notes
bug-fixHi everyone! Tiny changelist to resolve a launch issue: [list] [*] Fixed issue preventing launch on new MacOS since Sequoia 15.1 update [/list]
Well-known indie game developer and publisher Chucklefish is celebrating its anniversary this year with a commemorative Steam sale. There are heavy discounts on many of their most beloved titles, ranging from the older Starbound to the newer roguelike hit Wildfrost. With everythi…
Starbound isn't the same game it was a week and a half ago. Five updates have come and gone since the Terraria-alike entered open beta on December 4, and left Change with a capital 'Chuh' in their wake. They've variously eased entry into the game's systems, rewritten its levellin…
Chucklefish has issued a statement in response to multiple allegations that it exploited around a dozen volunteer contributors on the 2016 outer-space exploration game Starbound. The complaints came to light earlier this week when Damon Reece, who is credited as a writer on the g…
Sci-fi survival game Starbound, still one of the best space games on PC, has finally added bounty hunting. First announced way back in September 2017, the 1.4 Bounty Hunter update adds a new Peacekeeper faction aimed at corralling criminals and restoring law and order to the univ…
[img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4471358/961f031e792b8323e4f00cfa1890fed1817aa4f2.gif[/img] We're excited to announce the release of [b]Starbound 1.4[/b] - the 'Bounty Hunter' update! In this update players can become bounty hunters, seeking…
The contents of this article are not safe for work.I totally get why people jerk off to Skyrim. I'm not trying to be facetious here. From an objective, ontological perspective, I get it. If you're going to spend half a decade playing the same game—furnishing living spaces, brewin…
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1.3.3 Hotfix Patch Notes
bug-fix[url=https://playstarbound.com/133-patchnotes/]Original Post[/url] Hey, everyone! Things are busy here as we’re still hard at work on the 1.4 update. A number of players have been encountering a crash bug when switching between weapons of the same type, so we decided to address t…
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