StarDrive

StarDrive

Zero Sum Games · April 26, 2013 · Strategy, 4X, Space, Indie, Sci-fi

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lowest tracked $2.99
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StarDrive price by region

StarDrive costs £10.49 in the United Kingdom, €11.80 in Europe (EUR), $13.91 in the United States, $29.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$32.99 in Canada, NZ$35.99 in New Zealand, A$42.95 in Australia, zł53.46 in Poland and R$55.99 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest StarDrive offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £10.49 −54% £22.99 £10.49 3
Europe (EUR) €11.80 −58% €27.99 €11.80 5
United Statesyour region $13.91 −54% $29.99 $13.91 4
Georgia (USD) $29.99 $29.99 — 1
Canada CA$32.99 CA$32.99 — 1
New Zealand NZ$35.99 NZ$35.99 — 1
Australia A$42.95 A$42.95 — 1
Poland zł53.46 −50% zł107.99 zł53.46 2
Brazil R$55.99 R$55.99 R$72.66 2

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 StarDrive

✦ AI summary

Build a galactic empire from a single planet by conquering worlds, researching technologies, and engaging in diplomacy or warfare across a rich 4X strategy experience. StarDrive stands out with its modular ship design system and dynamic real-time combat where armor placement matters, letting you customize fleets, take direct control of ships, and execute tactical maneuvers like rotating to protect damaged sides or hiding behind friendly shields.

StarDrive sets a new benchmark for the ‘4X Space Strategy’ genre. Starting with a single planet and a small number of space-worthy vessels, you must venture forth into the galaxy, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours. How you play is your decision. Use diplomacy or brute force. Trade, spy and research your way to galactic domination. Make friends, or create mortal enemies…

The heart of StarDrive is its ship design and combat engine.

StarDrive takes a modular approach to ship design, allowing the player to create custom ships where the composition and placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship.. In combat, if your portside armour is taking a beating, then rotate around and show them the starboard side! Hide behind a friendly capital ship’s shields; warp into and out of the fray, launch fighters, lay mines, and so much more.

Key Features


  • Real time gameplay with a seamless zoom from a grand strategic view to a close-up action view
  • Choose from 8 beautifully rendered alien races or design your own to lead into the stars; interact, negotiate and forge allegiances on your way to victory
  • Expand your empire and colonize all kinds of planets, terraform and populate them and build them into specialized centers of trade or industry
  • Research and unlock an array of technologies to improve your military and industrial capabilities
  • Control your ships with classic real time strategy commands or jump into the fray by taking direct ‘arcade’ control of any ship in your empire
  • Create your unique ship designs with the modular ship design system and determine your own fate in battle
  • Create custom fleet formations and set rules of engagement in the easy-to-use fleet editor
  • Steal technologies, incite rebellions, or rob your enemies blind with a rich agent-based espionage system
  • Deploy ground troops from orbit to defeat the enemies’ last planetary defenses in ground combat
  • Explore the rich universe that comes alive with random events, remnant elements, hidden treasures, deep space terrors and late-game threats

StarDrive — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Mar 2, 2026
game crashes all the time instead of fixing the game dev decided to release stardrive 2. guy prob works for rockstar now.
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 15, 2026
Bad.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 6, 2026
broken on launch atm
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 26, 2026
boring and buggy
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 21, 2026
I got this game a very long time ago, and really liked the game mechanics, but the technical issues due to the game engine made it unplayable late game until 2 weeks ago. The recent Jupiter update of the Black Box mod swapped the entire engine and brought it to the modern age with a 64bit engine. This solved almost all the performance and crashes that the game had. The content added by the Combined Arms Mod really gives the game the mission depth. Worth a try now.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 7, 2026
cool
1 found this helpful

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