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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...

Developer
Chucklefish
Publisher
Chucklefish
Franchise
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Release date
Jul 22, 2016
Store page updated
Jun 25, 2026
Price
$14.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

69.1/ 100

Based on 415 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🙂 Mostly Positive 77% of 130
All time 😄 Very Positive 90% of 123,307
“1000 hours played, beloved game, don't regret it one bit”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+0.03
Freedom +3.02
“way more than simply Terraria in space, tons of QOL mods” (56)

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Story & World
+1.06
World +2.52
“immersive sandbox with deep worldbuilding and roleplay opportunities” (35)

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Content Volume
+0.38
Volume +0.80

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Visuals & Sound
+3.52
Visuals +3.20
“visuals are pleasant with stylish character and decoration design” (27)
[h1]От звёзд к пещерам[/h1] [b]Приветствую всех читателей. В этом обзоре расскажу вам о своём больном опыте и постараюсь рассказать об отрицательных и положительных сторонах игры. Начну с тех, что поменьше – положительных.[/b] [h3]Визуал[/h3] В игре достаточно приятная картинка, которая не вызывает боли в глазах. Детали в игре нарисованы приятно от третьего до первого планов. Дизайн декора и персонажей очень стильные и качественные, имеются элементы оформления комнат и домов разных стилей. Так что любителям и ценителям космической фактуры и различных культур придётся по вкусу большинство, пред

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Multiplayer
+1.74
Playing together +2.38

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Fairness
-1.87

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Monetization -1.96

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Tech & Ops
-2.87
Developer support -3.62
“developer scammed workers, game never reached potential” (105)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
50%60%70%80%90%100%
Nov 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 128 reviews, peak 8/day
0510
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 414 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English59%
  • Russian17%
  • Chinese7%
  • Portuguese6%
  • Spanish4%
  • German2%
  • Other6%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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