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Star Control: Origins

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App ID 271260
App Type Game
Store Name Star Control®: Origins
Developer
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Franchise Star Control, Stardock
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Nitrous Engine
Last Changenumber 31262086
Last Record Update 23 September 2025 – 11:40:07 UTC ()
Release Date 20 September 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😏 71.48%
2k reviews
2
In-Game
+7
😃 Funny 📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 👤 Third Person 🔫 Shooter

Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Steam price history

Current Price $19.99
Lowest Recorded Price $2.99 at -90% 10 October 2024
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Ukrainian Hryvnia 389₴ $9.28 -53.57% $1.43 60₴ at -90%
LATAM - U.S. Dollar $9.49 $9.49 -52.53% $1.49 $1.49 at -90%
MENA - U.S. Dollar $9.49 $9.49 -52.53% $1.49 $1.49 at -90%
South Asia - USD $9.49 $9.49 -52.53% $1.04 $1.04 at -90%
Vietnamese Dong 250000₫ $9.49 -52.50% $1.46 38500₫ at -90%
Chinese Yuan ¥ 70 $9.82 -50.84% $1.51 ¥ 10.80 at -90%
CIS - U.S. Dollar $9.99 $9.99 -50.03% $1.44 $1.44 at -90%
Indonesian Rupiah Rp 169000 $10.17 -49.11% $1.48 Rp 24599 at -90%
Kazakhstani Tenge 5500₸ $10.22 -48.87% $1.41 760₸ at -90%
Indian Rupee ₹ 899 $10.23 -48.80% $1.48 ₹ 130 at -90%
Russian Ruble 849 ₽ $10.45 -47.71% $1.35 110 ₽ at -90%
Philippine Peso ₱625.00 $10.66 -46.66% $1.55 ₱91.00 at -90%
Brazilian Real R$ 57,99 $10.77 -46.09% $1.65 R$ 8,89 at -90%
Chilean Peso CLP$ 10500 $11.07 -44.60% $1.63 CLP$ 1550 at -90%
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South African Rand R 199.00 $11.48 -42.55% $1.55 R 27.00 at -90%
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Canadian Dollar CDN$ 25.99 $18.58 -7.04% $2.78 CDN$ 3.89 at -90%
Norwegian Krone 189,00 kr $18.92 -5.31% $3.35 33,50 kr at -90%
Australian Dollar A$ 29.50 $19.20 -3.94% $2.85 A$ 4.39 at -90%
British Pound £15.49 $20.64 +3.28% $3.31 £2.49 at -90%
Euro 18,49€ $21.45 +7.35% $3.35 2,89€ at -90%
Swiss Franc CHF 17.50 $21.96 +9.87% $4.20 CHF 3.35 at -90%
Israeli New Shekel ₪73.99 $22.47 +12.41% $3.36 ₪11.09 at -90%
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Additional Information

Developer Stardock Entertainment
metacritic_name Star Control®: Origins
controller_support partial
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/271260/
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Store Release Date 20 September 2018 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/official.stardock/
https://www.twitch.tv/stardock
https://x.com/starcontrolgame
https://www.youtube.com/stardockgames/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 20 September 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 13 August 2025 – 17:51:18 UTC () (1755107478)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 73
Detected Technologies (?) Nitrous Engine, CEF SDK, FreeImage SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, Wwise SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 11 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7338281
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 17 December 2013 – 00:22:32 UTC (), in changelist #356456
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes

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