# Star Control®: Origins Summer DB entity ID: ca0f03b0\-9f96\-448f\-9e8c\-82c681be97a5 Steam App ID: 271260 Welcome Aboard Welcome to Star Control, Captain\! You’re here because you’ve shown exemplary service, aced all your flight exams, and \- most importantly \- passed all the sanity tests\. Humanity has learned that it is not alone in the universe and that we are hopelessly outmatched by alien civilizations seeking to destroy us\. You have been selected to command Earth's first and only interstellar starship to accomplish this \- try not to break it\. It was expensive\. Your mission: Save humanity, Captain\. At all costs and by any means necessary\. A Vast Universe Set in the year 2088, humanity has discovered it’s not alone in the universe\. Worse yet, it is catastrophically unprepared to deal with what's out there\. In response, Star Control is formed and the player is selected to command the crew of the U\.E\.S\. Vindicator\. Star Control: Origins takes place in a huge living universe just waiting to be explored\. Players will find their time split between exploring distant solar systems, landing on exotic planets, navigating hyperspace, and interacting with alien species\. Encounter exotic alien civilizations\. Explore strange new worlds\. Assemble a fleet mighty enough to face galactic powers that have bestrode the galaxy for thousands of years\. Features Navigate a living universe filled with thousands of new worlds and hundreds of hand\-crafted adventures\. Travel across exotic and amazing worlds searching for relics, Precursor artifacts, and treasures\. Meet strange new aliens that can become great allies or terrible enemies\. Find alien technology to upgrade your ship from being an embarrassment to the terror of the galaxy\. Navigate through thousands of planets in a universe that has a deep history spanning\. back hundreds of thousands of years\. Design your own ships or download them from Steam to build fleets and take them into combat in fleet battles\. Experience and all\-new Sci\-Fi universe in which you are the central character\. Join the adventure\. Save the world\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Stardock Entertainment - Publisher: Stardock Entertainment - Release date: Sep 20, 2018 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation - Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Stats, Includes level editor, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_720b8f7f6cb701354b84ccd1b70f3b7ef7c65c8e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_f0503491086a9928dc303846338c5cbb51d83251\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_8cd44a8aeaf205026d71cf5a7c313c403ceee524\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_1dece8f8d792c9f2e374e523d30bc6f2f3e1ccd3\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_8d86464da1a6114cfb601a326a5c9957cb7fdbd7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_5f7cc69e3a9280c5b9ae957c71d9819a0d7a4663\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_519bf955fb0303fcc948ca8f911bc5e8945f7c81\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_3d7b8d4f2683aec325cda4d655286d80da6f8d2c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_fa61ffd26cb7ef03232b5ea9b493d96f08a201d7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_d09570c9958cd545abaa36d02f92ad079c36202a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_86573b1226ecca3fb74f54dcb08dafc3f4746b98\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_70c12d177de1cfa5a0b0f25b00df675e986c6276\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_0a3924bedc333784dee8718a562369e5c965339d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_14b568ffb92d83b70a03bed49f7149db5d8430a1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_61b5238c336b66e5d18a5ec8cec09501c3310c1f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_c574e1d07faa3e2915fb6be1347b8ee428ab5959\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_096fba4785423a69858ec10a94b622ca83665990\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_d00d4c7f17f7e3ecaff0e75560002c1c063ea0f6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/271260/ss\_1c591336181562e06ba939f5333f91c16ebaef02\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788799651 - Price: 1999 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 12 - Steam review count: 2695 - Steam positive reviews: 1995 - Steam negative reviews: 700 - Steam positive percentage: 74.02597402597402% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/ca0f03b0-9f96-448f-9e8c-82c681be97a5/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/ca0f03b0-9f96-448f-9e8c-82c681be97a5/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-21T22:53:40\.489303\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-21T22:53:41\.809779\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-21T22:53:41\.497981\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/271260/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/271260/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=271260","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/271260"\},"price":"2026\-09\-21T22:53:40\.489303\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-21T22:53:40\.489303\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-21T22:53:41\.809779\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-21T22:53:41\.497981\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"8fa5f001\-4196\-4fdd\-b573\-fd2571150782","catalog":"d6c0d1d7\-4a84\-445a\-a236\-2da18821d60e","details":"20d48a59\-32ec\-40e9\-a372\-e219644ad97d","players":"1c658ed8\-bcc7\-4b29\-8a49\-50625c2bd6d6","reviews":"7540bafb\-f6f1\-4812\-a0d4\-28fefba23341"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"ca0f03b0\-9f96\-448f\-9e8c\-82c681be97a5","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/ca0f03b0-9f96-448f-9e8c-82c681be97a5)