Released Apr 26, 2013 $29.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

StarDrive

By Zero Sum Games

Strategy 4X Space Indie Sci-fi RTS SingleplayerReal-TimeExploration

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Reviews 1,252 Mixed

Players yesterday 4 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

StarDrive is a game tagged Strategy, 4X and Space by Zero Sum Games, released Apr 26, 2013. It has 1,252 Steam reviews (Mixed). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Star Ruler, Lords of the Black Sun and Star Ruler 2.

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

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Star Ruler 100% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Lords of the Black Sun 100% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Star Ruler 2 100% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Galactic Inheritors 100% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Galaxy Reavers 97% match · Strategy, Space, Indie
Predestination 96% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Armada 2526 Gold Edition 96% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
StarDrive 2 95% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition 91% match · Strategy, 4X, Space
Stars in Shadow 91% match · Strategy, 4X, Space

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for StarDrive · record updated 16 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID220660

Release dateApr 26, 2013

Last change number39323160

Last record update16 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Zero Sum Games
Publisher: —
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 61
Website: stardrivegame.com

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
German	Yes
French	Yes
Polish	Yes
Russian	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Unknown

Single-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$29.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$29.99Oct 25, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
222030	public	Oct 24, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
26196	StarDrive	1	$29.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
220661	—	All	1.02 GB	—	5471841813814171761
220662	— French	All	619 B	—	7836657229351543143
220663	— Spanish	All	—	—	—
220664	— Polish	All	620 B	—	2739926553576192374
220665	— German	All	617 B	—	3915402835888005016
228983	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229002	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229011	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229012	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
229013	— Russian	All	623 B	—	1621457731082840735

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	222030	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/StarDrive

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
StarDrive.exe		Windows	Launch

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Oct 25, 2026 · 23:44 #39323160
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed
- depots.branches.public.timebuildupdated added 1395957986

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StarDrive

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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