Star Traders: Frontiers

Star Traders: Frontiers

Trese Brothers · August 1, 2018 · Sci-fi, Moddable, Simulation, Trading, Tactical RPG

Buy Star Traders: Frontiers from Steam at $14.99 — the cheapest of 2 stores we compare. The cheapest Star Traders: Frontiers key from a keyshop is $20.62 at CJS CD Keys.

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Star Traders: Frontiers price by region

Star Traders: Frontiers costs $8.49 in Georgia (USD), £12.79 in the United Kingdom, €14.79 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, CA$19.49 in Canada, A$21.95 in Australia, NZ$21.99 in New Zealand, R$46.99 in Brazil and zł53.90 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Star Traders: Frontiers offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $8.49 $8.49 $20.62 2
United Kingdom £12.79 £12.79 £15.61 2
Europe (EUR) €14.79 €14.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 $20.62 2
Canada CA$19.49 CA$19.49 — 1
Australia A$21.95 A$21.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$21.99 NZ$21.99 — 1
Brazil R$46.99 R$46.99 — 1
Poland zł53.90 zł53.90 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Star Traders: Frontiers

✦ AI summary

Command your custom starship and crew across a procedurally-generated galaxy, choosing from 33 different roles like pirate, bounty hunter, or merchant as you navigate political intrigue and alien threats. Build your vessel from 45 hull types and 350+ upgrades, assemble a loyal crew whose personalities evolve based on your choices, and experience an open-ended narrative where your decisions reshape the faction-torn frontier.

Command your ship and crew as a space pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, and more in Star Traders: Frontiers – an epic space RPG from Trese Brothers Games. Venture forth into a massive open universe, rich with adventure and the lore of the Star Traders. Choose your path by assembling and commanding your custom crew and spaceship in a constantly evolving galaxy torn by internal strife, political intrigue, and alien threats. Will you fly as a pirate terrorizing shipping lanes, join the solar wars as a military captain, or track targets across the stars as a fearsome bounty hunter?
  • Explore a rich, open universe: Discover endless procedurally-generated galactic maps, meet unique characters, and take on enemies across galaxy!
  • Become an intergalactic captain: Take on the role of a spy, smuggler, explorer, pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, and more (33 jobs total)!
  • Customize your own spaceship: Choose from more than 350 upgrades and 45 ship hulls to build your very own vessel to venture across the vast reaches of space.
  • Assemble your wing fleet: Outfit your capital ship as a carrier and launch interdictors, bombers and shuttles into space combat against your enemy
  • Assemble and tailor a loyal crew: Assign talents and equip specialized gear for every spaceship crew member.
  • Experience an ever-changing narrative: Decide to make friends or foes with other factions and influence political, economic, and personal vendettas.
  • Varied Difficulty Options! play with save slots to try out different builds or storylines or turn on character permadeath and enjoy classic roguelike experience
  • Achievement Unlocks: accomplish story and challenge goals to unlock additional optional (but not better) content like new starting ships and new starting contacts. Or simply load the moddable version of the game to skip this entirely!
  • Mold the crew by your choices: As you make decisions and set the tone for your ship, your crew will grow and change to match. Destroy enemy ships with all hands on deck and your crew will become more bloodthirsty and savage. Explore distant worlds and loot dangerous wastelands and your crew will become intrepid and clever ... or scarred and half-mad.
First there was the Exodus – when survivors of a great war left the ruins of the Galactic Core behind in search of a new home in the stars. Scattered worlds were claimed on the fringe of the galaxy. Each pocket of survivors held on to an isolated set of worlds while trying to rebuild under the great law of Shalun. Three centuries later, technology has brought them back together again. Discovery of the hyperwarp has bridged what was once an unimaginable distance between far-flung colonies, long-lost families, and political factions.

With that reunification has come great economic prosperity. The hyperwarp reestablished the transportation of cargo, goods, and technologies between the quadrants – but it has also brought great strife. Political rivalries have been rekindled, blood has been shed in age-old feuds, and the fires of war have been stoked. Amidst the political infighting, a ruthless revolution is rising – and the fervent explorers of the hyperwarp have awoken something that was better left asleep.
Our very first game, Star Traders RPG, took hundreds of thousands of gamers on an interstellar adventure. Star Traders’ success and overwhelmingly positive reception helped to launch Trese Brothers Games. It was the adventures of our community’s star-crossed captains that put us on a trajectory to share more of our worlds, ideas, and dreams.

We set out to capture the loneliness, bravery, and camaraderie of people living together in a spaceship sailing across the stars. It is with great pride that after releasing four other games in the Star Traders universe, we’ve created a sequel to the original Star Traders RPG.

Step onto the bridge of your starship, take to the stars, and create your own story in Star Traders: Frontiers.

Star Traders: Frontiers — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Star Traders: Frontiers is a deeply engaging space trading and crew management game with D&D-like mechanics that rewards long-term play, offering extensive depth, frequent updates, and plenty of content to explore across multiple playthroughs. Players consistently praise its addictive gameplay loop, straightforward learning curve, and the developers' commitment to ongoing support and improvements. This is a game that players return to repeatedly over years and consider well worth purchasing.

Recommended Sep 24, 2026
If you pay attention to the description it's worth the purchase but it's not my cup of tea. For a small GB game it's good but you might as well be reading a comic book.
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Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
I really wanted to like this game, but the early-game is a brutal grind made worse by how easily a single bad run-in can completely erase hours of progress. All it takes to end a playthrough is bumping into a pirate at precisely the wrong moment. If the RNG rolls lean in their favour while you fail yours, despite your crew skills, ship equipment, firepower, et cetera, you are doomed no matter what you do. This has happened to me three separate times now, completely wiping out my playthroughs just as I was finally making headway on quests or saving up for a much-needed ship and equipment upgrade. The heavy reliance on RNG elements is just too punishing. It makes the experience intensely frustrating and sucks the fun out of the game to the point where I actually regret the purchase. If you have high patience and can overlook brutal, run-ending RNG that can strike at any moment, there is a neat little game here that you might really enjoy. Unfortunately, I cannot enjoy a game that has ended three of my playthroughs despite doing everything right as far as I can tell, purely because of RNG. I play games to relax after a very demanding day at work, not to elevate my blood pressure eve…
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Recommended Sep 29, 2026
I bought this game the moment it was able to be purchased. no regret, but despite the number of hours, I've never been able to fully invest in it. I want a game where I can have a base/colony, etc, essentially star sector just turned based boarding and more star trekish exploration
Not recommended Sep 14, 2026
I don't like card games, and although this is a deep systems-based game, it feels too much like a card game to be actually enjoyable...I'd recommend looking at Cybernights Flashpoint, a much better Trese Brothers game....
Recommended Sep 13, 2026
This game scratches a very particular itch for me. Certainly not for everyone as it has a steep learning curve, but for some who wants a challenge and some good roleplay gameplay this can be a great game.
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
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