Star Control®: Origins
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.
- Price:$6.79
- Release Date:9/20/2018
- Franchise:Stardock
- Developer:Stardock Entertainment
- Publisher:Stardock Entertainment
- Last Updated:10/24/2025
- Steam App Id:271260
Star Control®: Origins
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Star Control®: Origins has 13 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 90% lower than its previous all-time peak of 127 players achieved on 10/13/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Star Control®: Origins. It has received a total of 2,638 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 72 (Mostly Positive).
Star Control®: Origins Price
Star Control®: Origins costs $6.79 in the Steam store as of 10/24/2025 which is a 66% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Star Control: Origins - Galactic Edition which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Star Control®: Origins.
About Star Control®: Origins
Star Control®: Origins is an Indie, Adventure, RPG, Action, and Simulation game developed by Stardock Entertainment. On 9/20/2018, it was released on the Steam Store by Stardock Entertainment.
Players have rated Star Control®: Origins as "Mostly Positive" out of 2,638 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,945 positive reviews and 693 negative reviews — an overall 74% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is not possible to play or run Star Control®: Origins on the Steam Deck.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Chinese (Simplified), and Norwegian. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Star Control®: Origins supports the following features:
- Single-player
- Steam Cloud
- Partial Controller Support
- Family Sharing
- Shared/Split Screen
- Steam Achievements
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Stats
- Multi-player
- Includes level editor
- Remote Play Together
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Online PvP
From the Steam community, Star Control®: Origins has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Competitive
- Third Person
- Aliens
- Third-Person Shooter
- Combat
- Vehicular Combat
- Sci-fi
- Open World
- Local Multiplayer
- PvE
- Adventure
- Action
- Moddable
- Space
- PvP
- Atmospheric
- Multiple Endings
- Story Rich
- 3D
- Shooter
- Narration
- Dark Humor
- Choices Matter
- Transhumanism
- Conversation
- Action-Adventure
- Top-Down Shooter
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Funny
- Building
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Star Control®: Origins and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Star Control®: Origins is referenced by 4 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Control: Origins - Original Soundtrack | Music | 9/20/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Earth Rising Expansion | DLC | 12/11/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Multiverse DLC | DLC | 10/25/2018 | View |
 | Star Control: Origins - Reinforcements DLC | DLC | 12/6/2018 | View |
Related Bundles
Star Control®: Origins is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Control: Origins - Galactic Edition | 5 | 5 | $14.83 | View |
Related Packages
Star Control®: Origins is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Star Control: Origins - Commercial License | $29.99 | View |
| Star Control: Origins | $11.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Star Control®: Origins is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Norwegian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Finnish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
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Soures & References
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Star Control®: Origins data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, October 24). Star Control®: Origins on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260
- Valve Corporation. (2025, October 24). Star Control®: Origins. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/271260
- Stardock Entertainment. (2023, July 8). Star Control®: Origins. Star Control®: Origins. https://www.starcontrol.com