Star Control®: Origins
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
- Price:$29.99
- Release Date:9/20/2018
- Franchise:Stardock
- Developer:Stardock Entertainment
- Publisher:Stardock Entertainment
- Last Updated:10/18/2024
- Steam App Id:271260
Star Control®: Origins
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Star Control®: Origins has 16 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 87% lower than its previous all-time peak of 127 players achieved on 10/13/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Star Control®: Origins. It has received a total of 2,574 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 71 (Mostly Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Star Control®: Origins. Right now, it costs $29.99 in the Steam Store.
About Star Control®: Origins
Star Control®: Origins is a RPG, Simulation, Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by Stardock Entertainment. On 9/20/2018, it was released on the Steam Store by Stardock Entertainment.
Players have rated Star Control®: Origins as "Mostly Positive" out of 2,574 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,891 positive reviews and 683 negative reviews — an overall 73% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $29.99. It can also be purchased through Star Control: Origins - Galactic Edition which gives a discount off its base price. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising Expansion, Star Control: Origins - Multiverse DLC, and Star Control: Origins - Reinforcements DLC available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is not possible to play or run Star Control®: Origins on the Steam Deck.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), and Norwegian. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Star Control®: Origins supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Stats
- Includes level editor
- Partial Controller Support
- Remote Play Together
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
- Shared/Split Screen
- Online PvP
From the Steam community, Star Control®: Origins has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Competitive
- Third Person
- Aliens
- Third-Person Shooter
- Combat
- Vehicular Combat
- Sci-fi
- Open World
- Local Multiplayer
- PvE
- Adventure
- Action
- Moddable
- Space
- PvP
- Atmospheric
- Multiple Endings
- Story Rich
- 3D
- Shooter
- Narration
- Dark Humor
- Choices Matter
- Transhumanism
- Conversation
- Action-Adventure
- Top-Down Shooter
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Funny
- Building
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Star Control®: Origins and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Star Control®: Origins is referenced by 4 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Control: Origins - Original Soundtrack | Music | 9/20/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising Expansion | DLC | 12/11/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Multiverse DLC | DLC | 10/25/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Reinforcements DLC | DLC | 12/6/2018 | View |
Related Bundles
Star Control®: Origins is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Control: Origins - Galactic Edition | 5 | 5 | $49.59 | View |
Related Packages
Star Control®: Origins is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Star Control: Origins - Commercial License | $29.99 | View |
| Star Control: Origins | $11.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Star Control®: Origins is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Norwegian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Finnish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Star Control®: Origins data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, October 18). Star Control®: Origins on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260
- Valve Corporation. (2024, October 18). Star Control®: Origins. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/271260
- Stardock Entertainment. (2023, July 8). Star Control®: Origins. Star Control®: Origins. https://www.starcontrol.com