Released Mar 12, 2015 $14.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Sid Meier's Starships

By Firaxis Games · published by 2K

Strategy Space Turn-Based Strategy Sci-fi Singleplayer Tactical Casual 4X Turn-Based

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Reviews 1,965 Mixed

Players yesterday 19 at the busiest moment

Owners 100K–200K estimated

Sid Meier's Starships is a game tagged Strategy, Space and Turn-Based Strategy by Firaxis Games, released Mar 12, 2015. It has 1,965 Steam reviews (Mixed). It has an estimated 100K–200K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition, Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection and Armada 2526.

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

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Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition 95% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection 90% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
Armada 2526 89% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
Genesis Rising 88% match · Strategy, Space, Sci-fi
Stellar Monarch 2 86% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
UFO: Aftershock 85% match · Strategy, Space, Sci-fi
Lords of the Black Sun 85% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
X-COM: Interceptor 85% match · Strategy, Space, Sci-fi
UFO: Aftermath 85% match · Strategy, Space, Turn-Based Strategy
Ancient Space 85% match · Strategy, Space, Sci-fi

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Everything Steam lists for Sid Meier's Starships · record updated 15 hours ago

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Overview

App ID282210

Release dateMar 12, 2015

Last change number39323160

Last record update15 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 64
Website: 2k.com/games/sid-meiers-starships

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes
Italian	Yes
German	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Japanese	Yes
Korean	Yes
Polish	Yes

All 10 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Russian	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$14.99

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Lowest seen · US$14.99Oct 26, 2026

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
595483	public	Oct 25, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
38823	Sid Meier's Starships	1	$14.99
62035	Sid Meier's Starships and Civilization: Beyond Earth	2	$49.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
229020	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
282211	—	Windows	671.1 MB	—	3502331684326777087
282212	—	macOS	638.0 MB	—	2648687862074274173

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	595483	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Sid Meier's Starships

Executable	Systems	Description
Starships.exe	Windows · 32-bit	Launch 32-bit
Starships.app	macOS	Launch
Starships64.exe	Windows · 64-bit	Launch 64-bit

Space per player9.8 KB

Filesup to 100

Save locations2

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinSavedGames	BeyondTheStars	*.sve	Windows
MacAppSupport	BeyondTheStars	*.sve	MacOS

Achievements

Achievements310 hidden

Most unlocked78.2%I, uh, I've been to another planet, Ma.

Rarest1.9%The trouble with science…

I, uh, I've been to another planet, Ma. Travel to another planet 78.2%
Hit 'em where it hurts Score a critical hit on an enemy ship 66.1%
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. Upgrade the lasers on your ship 63.2%
Tell me of your homeworld Bring a planet fully into your empire 60.8%
Through the wormhole Use a jump gate during battle 55.8%
It's just a flesh wound Repair a critical hit on a ship in your fleet 52.7%
They've gone to plaid! Have a ship in your fleet move 7 or more hexs in one turn during a battle 52.2%
Dodge this Destroy a ship with a torpedo 51.9%
We gotta get outta here Win a mission by bringing your flagship to a warp portal 50.9%
Food for the masses Upgrade the population on an earth-like planet 47.3%
…We don't need roads Create a warp portal between two planets 42.8%
I am the swarm Have 4 or more fighters on the map at once during a battle 40.2%
Can you turn the tide of war? Take over an enemy's home planet 36%
Light years ahead of the competition! Research a tech to level 4 34.5%
Of all the wonders that I have heard… Control 5 Galactic Wonders 27.4%
Women and children first Win a mission by bringing the colony ship to a warp portal 26.5%
…Wretched hive of scum and villainy Defeat the Pirate planet 26.3%
A new order of intelligence Win the game as Supremacy 25.4%

All 31 achievements

Span the galaxy Win a Population Victory 23.3%
Like rabbits Increase the population on a planet to 10 23.2%
Building a better today Raise a planetary improvement to level 5 21.6%
A wondrous civilization Win a Wonder Victory 20.7%
That is the sound of inevitability... Win the game as Purity 20.5%
We choose our own path Win the game as Harmony 16.5%
They can't shoot what they can't see Upgrade the stealth module to level 6 13.8%
Perpetual peace is a futile dream Win a Domination Victory 13.8%
Knowledge is the key to success Win a Science Victory 7.2%
The technology of tomorrow Research 5 techs to level 4 4.3%
Take to the skies Start a game using a save game from Beyond Earth 3.4%
It's our time down here. Defend your home planet 2.1%
The trouble with science… Give away a tech through negotiating with an enemy 1.9%