Outerstellar
Open-world sci-fi survival with crafting, base building, and player raids
Strange Horizons Ltd · Released Nov 16, 2023 · Early Access
ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayEarly Access
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 186
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 13 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1
- peak 24h 2
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 21, 2026
What is Outerstellar?
Outerstellar is a free-to-play, Early Access survival game set in a persistent online world on a hostile planet where earlier colonists failed. You gather resources, search abandoned structures, research technology, build and power a base, and craft weapons to defend it or raid other players.
For you if...
- +you like sci-fi survival in a persistent open world
- +you enjoy building bases and researching new equipment
- +you want PvP built around raiding other players
Not for you if...
- −you want a story-focused solo campaign instead of online survival
- −you prefer survival games without hostile player encounters
What players say
72% of 186 reviews are positive · 53% of 13 in the last 30 days
Players praise the visuals, crafting, base building, and technology progression. They most often complain about sparsely populated servers and raids that cost them their bases and supplies; others report bugs and performance problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Outerstellar system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or better
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB or AMD R9 390
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 at 3.5GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD RX 5700
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Early Access
- Multiplayer
- Survival
- Open World Survival Craft
- Shooter
- PvP
- Crafting
- Base Building
- Sci-fi
- Space
- Action
- Combat
- Team-Based
- Third-Person Shooter
- Third Person
- Exploration
Recent updates
- Aug 21, 2026 · An Important Update about Outerstellar...
- Feb 8, 2026 · Hotfix: CL25356
- Jan 16, 2026 · Update 26328 - Raiding window
- Dec 9, 2025 · The Beacon Update — Now Live
- Nov 4, 2025 · Hotfix 25899
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