Starship Commander: Arcade

Starship Commander: Arcade

Human Interact · September 10, 2020 · Voice Control, VR, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Artificial Intelligence

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Starship Commander: Arcade costs $2.19 in Georgia (USD), £2.49 in the United Kingdom, $2.99 in the United States, €2.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$3.89 in Canada, NZ$4.49 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$10.49 in Brazil and zł13.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Starship Commander: Arcade offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $2.19 $2.19 — 1
United Kingdom £2.49 £2.49 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €2.99 €2.99 — 1
Canada CA$3.89 CA$3.89 — 1
New Zealand NZ$4.49 NZ$4.49 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 — 1
Poland zł13.49 zł13.49 — 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 Starship Commander: Arcade

The Arcade Experience finally comes home! Starship Commander: Arcade is a cinematic, choose-your-own-adventure narrative, inspired by classic PC adventure games like Day of the Tentacle and Telltale's Walking Dead series. Go faster-than-light on an adventure through space, as you infiltrate an alien spy facility on a top-secret mission.

Want to role-play as a serious and stoic commander? A brash and argumentative hard-ass? Or just troll the game every chance you get? The open dialogue system allows you to speak freely into the microphone, and the NPCs react accordingly. No dialogue wheels, no clunky controls, just natural conversation.

COMMAND YOUR STORY
Want to know more about your ship and the lore? Just ask Sergeant Sarah Pearson. Ready to blow things up? Just say "Let's go." You command the story, at your pace and with your style, using a next-gen AI system developed by Microsoft and Human Interact. The future of adventure games is here, today.
ACTION AWAITS
Command the XR71, the galaxy's most advanced fighter, on a mission to infiltrate and destroy the Ecknian spy facility at all costs. Your choices and your performance determine who lives and who dies.

VISUALLY STUNNING
Made in Unreal Engine 4, and with outstanding visuals designed by AAA game industry veterans, STARSHIP COMMANDER has been meticulously crafted to have a lived-in feel. Mechanical engineers and experienced concept artists worked hand-in-hand to craft the rich environments which you will traverse.

NEW HOME FEATURES
Steam Achievements, and a non-VR mode makes the 15 minute original VR arcade classic more accessible and fun than ever. Included along with the package is a documentary called "Passion at All Costs", about the VR industry as well as the development of Starship Commander from its inception in 2015 to the Steam release today in 2020.

Starship Commander: Arcade — game info

Platforms
Windows
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.

Not recommended May 30, 2026
it haves no AI and knows a few commands. its over within 30 min but on the positive side... it looks good but its irritating as hell
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 25, 2023
Voice recognition is not properly responsive and the game don't give you any information on the commands. With 75% discount ~2$ its good demo experience with ok visuals.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 8, 2023
Oh wow. I was watching a training video about conversational AI and the maker of this thing came on a talked about how much better the game was because of this new tech. So bad. Worse than any voice rec bot on a phone line. I was shocked. So, so, very bad. Wish I read reviews first. Save your cash!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 7, 2024
Fun few minutes. Wish they made it into a full game. Buy on sale not full price.
Recommended Feb 23, 2024
[h1]Tldr;[/h1] Starship Commander: Arcade caught my attention while going through the AI-900 certification training materials. It instantly sparked my interest. With a little help from my AI, I found and immediately purchased the game—it's precisely the kind of AI application I'm passionate about. Figuring out the integration of AI into gaming, particularly in crafting game narratives, is something I am looking into personally. This proof-of-concept arcade game was a fun experience and demonstrated a lot of potential. However, I believe there's room for refining and further developing these ideas, even within the game's current framework. Just a note: I don't have a VR headset, so I had to rely on a computer screen and mouse. [h1]The Deets:[/h1] Starship Commander: Arcade is a VR game that makes innovative use of natural language processing (NLP) to steer the game. It’s like a hint at the future of interactive storytelling, where the game boundaries get thinner while the immersion gets thicker. Here are some of my observations and some things that I wish were included: [h2]Observations:[/h2] [h3]Use of NLP and Possible Expansion:[/h3] Playing "Starship Commander: Arcade" and …
Recommended Jun 30, 2022
This is a fun little experience. It's really short, but it's also quite unique in what it tries to do. I had some issues with the voice recognition, but I'm not a native speaker, so it may be due to that. Recommendable to people who want to try VR with voice recognition (even though Skyrim VR with a couple of mods would be a better way to do that).

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