StarDrive
Real-time space strategy with custom ships and galactic conquest
Zero Sum Games · Released Apr 26, 2013
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 45% of 1,485
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 12 years ago
- Jan 18, 2014
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is StarDrive?
StarDrive is a single-player, real-time space strategy game with a view that zooms from an empire map to ship combat. Starting with one planet and a few ships, you explore and colonize worlds, research technologies, negotiate with other races, design ships from modules, and command fleets as you build a galactic empire.
For you if...
- +you enjoy real-time strategy and expanding a space empire
- +you like designing ships from modules for combat
- +you want diplomacy, research, and espionage alongside battles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based decisions over real-time strategy
- −you want to avoid managing colonies and ship designs
What players say
45% of 1,485 reviews are positive
Players praise improvements from the Black Box mod, but several report frequent crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
StarDrive system requirements
Minimum: ® 8800, 3 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run StarDrive?
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- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB HD space
- Notes
- Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or Better
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 or better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB HD space
- Notes
- Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
Does StarDrive have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does StarDrive run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: German, French, Polish, Russian.
Does StarDrive use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Jan 18, 2014 · Patch Notes 1.15
- Jan 18, 2014 · Patch Notes 1.15
- Nov 5, 2013 · Patch Notes 1.14A
- Nov 5, 2013 · Patch Notes 1.14A
- Jul 15, 2013 · ZeroSumGames: Developer's update (Patch Notes 1.13)
