Starground

Top-down factory building mixed with dungeon crawling across space

Big Boy Games · Published by 2 Left Thumbs · Released Aug 19, 2024 · Early Access

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 75% of 167
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 1; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 8 months ago; Feb 19, 2026
Minimum PC: Vulkan Support; 1 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Starground?

Starground is an Early Access game combining top-down automation with dungeon crawling. On your home planet, you mine and smelt resources, research machinery, and automate production. You can also explore dungeons across the solar system, fighting enemies and bosses and returning with resources and loot to supply your factory and craft modular weapons.

For you if...

+you enjoy switching between resource management and action combat
+you like dividing work toward shared goals with friends

Not for you if...

−you dislike gathering resources manually before automation takes over

What players say

75% of 167 reviews are positive

Players praise the factory-building loop and its approachable learning curve. Recent reviews criticize the limited content, thin later dungeons, and weak links between automation and dungeon progression.

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Starground system requirements

Minimum: Vulkan Support, 1 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: SSE4.2 Support
Graphics: Vulkan Support
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space

Does Starground have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and LAN. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Starground run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Achievements: 14
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Filipino, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Czech.

Does Starground 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