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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
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 131
All time 😄 Very Positive 90% of 123,308
“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)
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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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