Drifter
Open-world space trading sandbox set in a procedurally generated galaxy
Celsius Game Studios · Released Mar 4, 2014 · Early Access
Early Access, no updates for over a year
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 192
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Mar 20, 2018
What is Drifter?
You captain a spaceship and make a living among the stars in this single-player sandbox. Travel between star systems to trade goods, mine asteroids for ore, hunt pirates for bounties, or become a pirate yourself.
For you if...
- +you enjoy choosing your own goals and activities
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer cooperation or competition with other pilots
What players say
60% of 192 reviews are positive
Players appreciate its simpler approach to space simulation. Recent complaints focus on years without updates, with reviewers describing the project as abandoned.
Screenshots and trailer
Drifter system requirements
Minimum: 256MB OpenGL 1.5 compatab…, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Drifter?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP1
- Processor
- x86 1.5 GHz
- Graphics
- 256MB OpenGL 1.5 compatable
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Does Drifter have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Drifter 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, macOS, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Drifter 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Simulation
- Indie
- Space
- Sandbox
- Early Access
- Action
- Open World
- Trading
- Space Sim
- Exploration
- Procedural Generation
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- Mining
- Atmospheric
- Great Soundtrack
Recent updates
- Mar 20, 2018 · Drifter 0.8.4 is out!
- Jul 3, 2017 · Drifter 0.8.3 is out!
- Jun 28, 2017 · Drifter 0.8.2 is out!
- May 14, 2017 · Drifter 0.8.1 is out!
- Mar 26, 2017 · Drifter 0.8.0 is out!
