Starcom: Unknown Space

Starcom: Unknown Space

Wx3 Labs, LLC · 2024 · Space, Exploration, Open World, Space Sim, Action RPG

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About Starcom: Unknown Space

✦ AI summary

Explore a vast open-world galaxy with over a hundred star systems, build your custom starship from scratch, and engage in tactical combat against alien factions while uncovering mysteries and ancient threats. Master a deep tech tree, forge diplomatic alliances or rivalries, and investigate 230+ unique anomalies across undiscovered worlds filled with lost artifacts and strange phenomena.

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.

Explore



Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled with undiscovered planets, mysterious artifacts, lost derelicts, and strange phenomena. Over 230 anomalies to investigate, each uniquely illustrated and with their own story.

Build Your Starship



Transform your small scout ship into a powerful starship of your own design with an innovative shipbuilding system. Make a deep space explorer, a fast strike craft, or an armor-leaden battlecruiser. Experiment with different designs and share your blueprints with others.

Discover & Research



Every new scientific discovery grants Research Points allowing you to unlock new modules and enhancements with a deep technology research tree. Choose techs that favor your preferred gameplay style: Upgrade your plasma cannons or unlock long range missiles? Better armor or shields? Unlock crew specializations first or a larger hull?

Make Allies & Enemies



The galaxy is full of unique alien factions each with their own motives. Decide who you will trust, trade with, hire, or vaporize.

More Features:


  • 60+ main story and side-quest missions to discover
  • Train your command crew to improve their skills and ship management bonuses
  • Smart autopilot to known locations, discover fast-travel gateways to distant systems, or venture into the unknown void
  • Alien factions will change their disposition and behavior depending on your actions
  • Collect, analyze, and trade over 100 different artifacts
  • Detailed, searchable ship log of every encounter and interaction
  • Save anywhere outside combat

Fans of Starcom: Nexus should know that the overall game mechanics have remained similar (with a lot of improvements), this is not a direct sequel-- it is a brand new story. New players will not need to be familiar with the plot of Starcom: Nexus to jump right in.

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Jul 18, 2026
its almost a good game. The missions in the mission log ar exremely vauge and there are a lot of times where I had no clue what to do next. The main mission just fall off at certain points and the game offers no direction on what to do next. Was enjoying it until that.
Recommended Jul 18, 2026
Some damn good sci-fi. I loved the first game, and this one does everything right and is a joy to play. Hope to see more in the series.
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Got this game because of The Mighty Jingles
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Very similar to the Starcom Nexus, as far as I have played it. However, I found it most entertaining and recommend the game.
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
Repetitive but in a really addictive way. Very good entry to the ship building genre.
Recommended Jul 17, 2026
light work

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