Starship Theory
Skip · Strategy · 2026
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 50% of 1,151
- Genre rank
- Top 100% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Players and genre
- Online
- 3 now
- Better reviewed
- 2% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
It is less well reviewed than 98 percent of its genre. Starmancer ($14.99, scores 6) outscores it, and so does Space Haven ($24.99, scores 71). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
Its player count is falling. 10 were online at the highest of our weekly checks over 42 days, 3 at the last one, on Nov 7, 23:50 UTC.
More about Starship Theory
Inside the two-hour refund window, 20 percent of the 113 reviews written there were positive, against 50 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce GT 640 or equivalent, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Starship Theory scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/574760/starship-theoryReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.