Star Control®: Origins
Space exploration adventure with alien encounters and fleet battles
Stardock Entertainment · Released Sep 20, 2018
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 74% of 2,695
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 4
- peak 24h 11
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Jun 24, 2026
What is Star Control®: Origins?
Set in 2088, this space exploration action-adventure puts you in command of Earth's first interstellar starship as humanity faces hostile alien civilizations. You travel between solar systems, land on planets to search for resources and artifacts, talk with aliens, upgrade your ship, and assemble a fleet for battles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring star systems and meeting strange aliens
- +you like goofy dialogue and distinct alien personalities
- +you want to build ships and assemble a combat fleet
Not for you if...
- −you want a serious tone in your science fiction
- −you dislike gathering resources across many planets
- −you prefer strategy games to direct ship combat
What players say
74% of 2,695 reviews are positive · 70% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the voiced alien characters and humorous writing, though some find the jokes grating. Common gameplay complaints include repetitive planet exploration and unsatisfying ship combat.
Screenshots and trailer
Star Control®: Origins system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Dual Core Intel or AMD processor
- Graphics
- Intel Integrated 520 or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 26 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Quad-core Intel or AMD processor
- Graphics
- Video card with 2GB of video memory
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 26 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
- Achievements
- 88
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Finnish, Italian, Russian.
Tags
- Funny
- Story Rich
- Choices Matter
- Third Person
- Shooter
- Third-Person Shooter
- Exploration
- Competitive
- Action-Adventure
- Dark Humor
- Action
- Adventure
- Space
- Sci-fi
- Aliens
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Jun 24, 2026 · Localization Update for Star Control: Origins Now Available
- May 21, 2025 · Update Notes for May 21, 2025
- May 20, 2025 · v1.7 Now Out: Improved Gameplay Experience and Added Localization
- Feb 20, 2024 · Update Notes for February 20, 2024
- Oct 9, 2023 · Update Note for October 9, 2023
4 DLC available.
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