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Star Control®: Origins

74% positive of 2,072 Steam reviews

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To finish
14 h
To 100%
59 h
Released
2018
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Stardock Entertainment.

About the game

Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Tagged by players

  • Competitive
  • Third-Person Shooter
  • Dark Humor
  • Aliens
  • Choices Matter
  • Third Person
  • Funny
  • Local Multiplayer
  • Space
  • Shooter
  • Story Rich
  • Action-Adventure

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    I purchased this game close to when it was first released and enjoyed it, but real life became busy at the time and I never got into the meatier parts of the game -- until recently. Also, I was a bit put off from playing it more after the whole Toys for Bobs fiasco (which was eventually amicable solved). A few months ago, I decided to pick this game back up and give it a full play through as real life now gave me a…

    63 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Tis a silly fun game that doesn't really challenge or force a high skill learning curve. Might help that I have hours and hours on the original.

    134 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    This game clearly wants to be good, but each individual element just isn't. Combat is boring, exploring is boring, even clicking through the clunky dialogue trees is boring.

    46 min played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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