Starsector (formerly “Starfarer”) is an in-development open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.
Though it is in-development, you can purchase Starsector now at a discount to gain access to ongoing builds. Starsector supports custom content & mods and is available now for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
Current Features
- Pilot your ship in top-down 2D combat
- Command your fleet in tactical battles
- Gain experience to level up your skills
- Detailed space combat mechanics
- Customize your ship’s loadout before battle
- Hire officers to give skill bonuses, pilot auxiliary ships, and oversee your operations
- Explore war-torn star systems
- Exploit events to trade goods for profit
- Win the favor or scorn of powerful factions
- Discover new worlds and salvage lost derelicts
- Mod support for diverse user-made content
- Claim new worlds, build outposts and industry
- Complete narrative missions and uncover hidden technology
Upcoming Features
- Determine the fate of the Sector by your actions
The World of Starsector
The interstellar Gate network which bound the stars of the Human Domain in a network of trade, industry, and empire collapsed in an instant that irrevocably shattered known civilization. Countless fleets were scattered and lost. The sophistication of the high age of technology is but a memory. Entire worlds cut off from the Gate network starve, burn, and tear themselves apart. You find yourself stuck in the Persean Sector, a cut-off pocket of divided worlds trying to recover from the great Collapse.
The story of Starsector concerns a dense region of space in the Perseus Arm left remaining after the calamity which presumably destroyed the Domain. For over 200 cycles, humanity has been losing its grip on interstellar civilization and struggling desperately to hang on to what is left.
What will you discover in the ongoing development of the world of Starsector?
- Single player, gritty, dystopian sci-fi setting
- Classic top-down gameplay style enhanced by modern technology
- A procedurally generated galactic sector seeded with well-known core worlds and factions
- Develop your character into a hot-shot pilot, a smuggler, a stern admiral, an industrial magnate – or anything in between
- Outfit ships with your weapons of choice and add hull modifications to create devastating tactical combinations
- Explore hundreds of locations to find habitable worlds, rich resource deposits, and lost technology
- Assemble a large, powerful fleet or a finely-tuned task force with hand-picked officers and crew
- Cripple core world supply lines to create easy prey for piracy or bolster the rule of law and try to reverse the Sector’s descent into chaos
- Survey forgotten worlds and establish new colonies among the ruins
- Use lost and forbidden technologies to advance your cause – can you afford to pay for the consequences of your hubris?
- Leave your mark upon the world and determine the fate of the Sector with your decisions
Some weapons found in Starsector:
Some ships found in Starsector:
Sounds neat, what now?
- Follow development of the game on the official Starsector blog
- Purchase the game at a discounted rate to gain access to ongoing builds
- Join us in the discussion forums and talk to fans and the developers – we’d love to hear from you!
- Check out more screenshots and videos of Starsector in the media section
