
Star Control: Origins
App ID | 271260 |
App Type | Game |
Store Name | Star Control®: Origins |
Developer | Stardock Entertainment |
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 ( |
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 ( |
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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/ |
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Primary Genre | Adventure (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Store Genres | Action (1), Adventure (25), Simulation (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steam Release Date | 20 September 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ( |
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Store Asset Modification Time | 13 August 2025 – 17:51:18 UTC ( |
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library_assets |
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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 |
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Content Descriptors | General Mature Content (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First seen on SteamDB | 17 December 2013 – 00:22:32 UTC ( |
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Content Descriptors (Including DLC) | General Mature Content (5) |
Supported Languages
10 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
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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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Hardware Categories
Assets
Load all asset imagestrailer_name | Star Control: Origins Accolades Trailer |
trailer_category | 1 |
trailer_480p ↴ | |
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video/mp4 | 256731132/movie480.mp4 |
trailer_max ↴ | |
video/webm | 256731132/movie_max.webm |
video/mp4 | 256731132/movie_max.mp4 |
microtrailer ↴ | |
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video/mp4 | 271260/188576/03870c21c83b00f586309bcb7ca55501628fd50e/1750499762/microtrailer.mp4 |
adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
dash_av1 | 271260/188576/03870c21c83b00f586309bcb7ca55501628fd50e/1750499762/dash_av1.mpd |
dash_h264 | 271260/188576/03870c21c83b00f586309bcb7ca55501628fd50e/1750499762/dash_h264.mpd |
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screenshot_medium | 256731132/movie.293x165.jpg |
screenshot_full | 256731132/movie_full.jpg |
all_ages | true |
is_highlight | true |
timestamp | 19 October 2023 – 19:49:05 UTC |
trailer_name | Star Control: Origins Universe Trailer |
trailer_category | 1 |
trailer_480p ↴ | |
video/webm | 256727767/movie480.webm |
video/mp4 | 256727767/movie480.mp4 |
trailer_max ↴ | |
video/webm | 256727767/movie_max.webm |
video/mp4 | 256727767/movie_max.mp4 |
microtrailer ↴ | |
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video/mp4 | 271260/182793/8fddf8dc7acc6fe7515e6e021e89ef1efe39cd5e/1750499725/microtrailer.mp4 |
adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
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screenshot_medium | 256727767/movie.293x165.jpg |
screenshot_full | 256727767/movie_full.jpg |
all_ages | true |
is_highlight | true |
timestamp | 19 October 2023 – 19:49:15 UTC |
trailer_name | Star Control: Origins Gamescom Trailer |
trailer_category | 3 |
trailer_480p ↴ | |
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video/mp4 | 256726495/movie480.mp4 |
trailer_max ↴ | |
video/webm | 256726495/movie_max.webm |
video/mp4 | 256726495/movie_max.mp4 |
microtrailer ↴ | |
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video/mp4 | 271260/180438/b824d9683f28461d8e42eeeac8a06f9039c1afe4/1750499667/microtrailer.mp4 |
adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
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screenshot_medium | 256726495/movie.293x165.jpg |
screenshot_full | 256726495/movie_full.jpg |
all_ages | true |
is_highlight | true |
timestamp | 19 October 2023 – 19:49:19 UTC |
User File System
Key | Value | ||||||||||
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quota | 93.13 GiB (100000000000) | ||||||||||
maxnumfiles | 10000 | ||||||||||
savefiles |
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Save File Locations
Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.
Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.
Platform | Path | Pattern |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Star Control/Saves | *.StarControlSave |