Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
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An over-engineered ship designer that nonetheless manages to disappoint with its lack of variety. The "game" around it amounts to a wallpaper.
The mechanics are incredible, and fighting is satisfying, but the world itself is boring. Building the ship is complex and the larger the ship, the harder and more satisfying it becomes to optimize. The game is still early access but the developers seem to be only focused on the ship building aspect of the game, and it's a shame if the decide not further work on the world. 10/10 for the ship building and fighting...
It's not a bad game, it just feels very vapid when it comes to actual progression and gameplay. I got bored pretty quickly when I realized the game/campaign dissolved into 3 types of missions, and they're all shallow. You either go to a place to kill something, sell a specific item for a bonus payout, or explore the map. They don't even give good amounts of currency, instead you're far, far, better off by just...
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BANGER · Strategy · 2022 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $19.99.
about 87.1h$19.99 (~)
Recent reviews trending down (85% last 30 days vs 94% all-time)
Better value than 100% of Strategy games
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Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/799600/cosmoteer-starship-architect-commander<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/799600/cosmoteer-starship-architect-commander"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/799600" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/799600/cosmoteer-starship-architect-commander)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 6h ago.
Low $13.99High $19.99Now $19.99
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
Peak 482Low 482Latest 482
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $13.99, set in July 2025. It has been discounted 34 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 20 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 7 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
Players rate it 94 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 85 percent. Something recent has soured the room.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).