Pixel Starships

Pixel Starships

SavySoda · May 23, 2023 · Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Space Sim, Space, Strategy

Pixel Starships is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Pixel Starships price

Pixel Starships is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Pixel Starships

✦ AI summary

Build and command your own starship in an 8-bit MMO universe, managing everything from construction and crew to battles and diplomacy against real players. Master ship systems, programmable AI combat, and deep strategy across a persistent world where alliances clash and exploration rewards the bold.

From one of the most successful Mobile Game Kickstarter campaigns of the year comes Pixel Starships!

Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world.

Key Features -

● Build Epic Starships of your own design.
● Many races, aliens, factions to command and conquer.
● Battle it out with other real players in a single massive online universe.
● Manage diplomacy, recruitment, research, exploration!
● Control ship's power and limited resources. Discover epic weapons.
● Build and deploy support crafts to augment your Starship.
● Cross-section full ship control and battles.
● Explore planets, discover the secrets of space.
● Form alliances and battle with your friends to achieve victory!
● Program situational AI commands for subsystems and crew. Allowing automatic combats and offline play. (from ship level 4 after building command room)

Note -

Pixel Starships is totally free to play and is designed for fair balance for all players. However, there are in-app items that can be purchased for real money to help speed up progress or offer cosmetic and unique improvements. Real currency purchases are not required to fully progress to end game. There are also idle mechanics in the game akin to EVE or Clash of Clans. This is not an FTL style rogue-like game.

Pixel Starships — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op, Cross-platform multiplayer
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 16, 2026
very fun buying people on the market place
Recommended Sep 16, 2026
Clash of clans but in space.
Recommended Sep 13, 2026
gtx 960 2vram with i5 3570 with 16 gb of ram very very fantasticooooo eenglish orginianlall no rpoblem 50 50
Not recommended Sep 7, 2026
i just aint gunna bother anymore. games p2w af and as much as i have bought into the game, its not really worth it. devs dont seem to care too much about shifting the mechanics of play to allow for more freedom and less awful grind. again, very P2W GAME. dont play it
Recommended Sep 6, 2026
one of the best games ever made
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
Quick fun

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