Action · September 20, 2018

Star Control®: Origins (2018)

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Welcome Aboard Welcome to Star Control, Captain! You’re here because you’ve shown exemplary service, aced all your flight exams, and - most importantly - passed all the sanity tests. Humanity has learned that it is not alone in the universe and that we are hopelessly outmatched by alien civilizations seeking to destroy us. You have been selected to command Earth's first and only interstellar starship to accomplish this - try not to break it. It was expensive. Your mission: Save humanity, Captain. At all costs and by any means necessary. A Vast Universe Set in the year 2088, humanity has discovered it’s not alone in the universe. Worse yet, it is catastrophically unprepared to deal with what's out there. In response, Star Control is formed and the player is selected to command the crew of the U.E.S. Vindicator. Star Control: Origins takes place in a huge living universe just waiting to be explored. Players will find their time split between exploring distant solar systems, landing on exotic planets, navigating hyperspace, and interacting with alien species. Encounter exotic alien civilizations. Explore strange new worlds. Assemble a fleet mighty enough to face galactic powers that have bestrode the galaxy for thousands of years. Features Navigate a living universe filled with thousands of new worlds and hundreds of hand-crafted adventures. Travel across exotic and amazing worlds searching for relics, Precursor artifacts, and treasures. Meet strange new aliens that can become great allies or terrible enemies. Find alien technology to upgrade your ship from being an embarrassment to the terror of the galaxy. Navigate through thousands of planets in a universe that has a deep history spanning. back hundreds of thousands of years. Design your own ships or download them from Steam to build fleets and take them into combat in fleet battles. Experience and all-new Sci-Fi universe in which you are the central character. Join the adventure. Save the world.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Funny · 406
  • Story Rich · 393
  • Choices Matter · 389
  • Third Person · 382
  • Shooter · 338
  • Third-Person Shooter · 329
  • Exploration · 317
  • Competitive · 307
  • Action-Adventure · 307
  • Dark Humor · 305
  • Action · 301
  • Adventure · 295
  • Sci-fi · 275
  • Aliens · 275
  • Space · 273

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.6k Steam reviewsTop 86% in Action
Positive rating74% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 81%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 77 — top 65% of Action titles
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 42% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Norwegian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Finnish
  • Italian
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

74%Mostly Positive · 2.6k reviews

1.9k positive · 680 negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

5.8/10

Curator recommendations

2.0k

Press Quotes

“Well worth the wait. Star Control: Origins offers a vast amount of hours of entertainment” 4.5 / 5 – Windows Central “Star Control: Origins feels like a near-perfect reboot.” 9 / 10 – Gamewatcher “Star Control: Origins successfully grasps the perfect balance of serious and silly while making an engaging universe that’s fun to explore.” 9.5 / 10 – GamingTrend

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

12h

Typical completion time

Achievements

88

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 20, 2018
DeveloperStardock Entertainment
Base price$5.99
DLC / Add-ons4 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Star Control: Origins contains some crude language humor and other mature topics dealing with death, etc.

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