Sid Meier's Starships
Turn-based space strategy built around customizable fleet battles
Firaxis Games · Published by 2K · Released Mar 12, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 50% of 2,476
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 9
- peak 24h 16
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 years ago
- May 5, 2015
Metacritic: 64/100 (critic reviews)
What is Sid Meier's Starships?
A single-player, turn-based space strategy game set in the Civilization: Beyond Earth universe. You customize a fleet, fight tactical missions against pirates and other hostile factions, and develop planets as you expand a federation to protect its worlds.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning ship builds for tactical missions
- +you prefer shorter, straightforward space strategy games
Not for you if...
- −you want intricate planetary management alongside fleet battles
- −you prefer real-time action over turn-based battles
What players say
50% of 2,476 reviews are positive
Players praise the fleet combat and its suitability for short sessions. Many criticize the limited strategic depth and replay variety; some report poor display options or trouble launching the game.
Screenshots and trailer
Sid Meier's Starships system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
- Graphics
- 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD4000 or better integrated graphics
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 841 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 31
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
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Recent updates
- May 5, 2015 · Starships 1.3 update now available
- May 5, 2015 · Starships 1.3 update now available
- Apr 2, 2015 · Minor update now live
- Apr 2, 2015 · Minor update now live
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