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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 29105955
Last Record Update 21 May 2025 – 14:21:49 UTC ()
Release Date 20 September 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😏 71.39%
2k reviews
11
In-Game

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.

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 4 March 2025 – 14:42:30 UTC () (1741099350)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 73
Detected Technologies (?) Nitrous Engine, CEF SDK, FreeImage SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath 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
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 11 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7338281
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_h2640
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    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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

Tags

😃 Funny 📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 👤 Third Person 🔫 Shooter 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 🗺 Exploration 🥇 Competitive 🌄 Action-Adventure 🗿 Dark Humor 💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 👽 Aliens 🚀 Sci-fi 🌠 Space 🌫 Atmospheric 🛠️ Moddable ⚔️ Combat 📺 Local Multiplayer 🔚 Multiple Endings

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Stats Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Shared/Split Screen PvP Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp4 March 2025 – 14:43:02 UTC
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Downloadable Content

AppID Name Last Update
956460 Star Control: Origins - Reinforcements DLC 11 March 2025 – 23:09:04 UTC
961150 Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising Expansion 6 June 2025 – 22:20:03 UTC
874580 Star Control: Origins™ Content Pack 14 November 2024 – 22:30:41 UTC
899550 Star Control: Origins ™ Content Pack 14 November 2024 – 22:30:27 UTC
899551 Star Control: Origins – Mowlings™ Content Pack 14 November 2024 – 22:30:27 UTC
919830 SteamDB Unknown App 919830 (Star Control: Origins – Melnorme™ Content Pack (919830) Depot) 28 February 2024 – 00:37:46 UTC
919831 SteamDB Unknown App 919831 (Star Control: Origins – Mu’Kay™ Content Pack (919831) Depot) 28 February 2024 – 00:37:46 UTC
919832 SteamDB Unknown App 919832 (Star Control: Origins – Super Melee™ Content Pack (919832) Depot) 28 February 2024 – 00:37:46 UTC
959250 Star Control: Origins - Multiverse DLC 11 March 2025 – 23:09:04 UTC
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