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Join artifact-seeking explorers, chart settled worlds, customize a spacecraft, and take on quests and battles across space.
Released 05 Sep 2023
Build Modular Starships
Survey Alien Worlds
Fight in Zero-G
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks









In 2330, humanity has settled worlds beyond the solar system. Create a character by choosing an appearance, background, and traits, then join Constellation, a group of explorers searching the galaxy for rare artifacts.
Travel between settlements, bases, and wild landscapes as you take on quests, meet potential companions, and join different factions. Explore planets by scanning their resources and wildlife, and face threats with firearms, explosives, or boost-pack movement—including in zero gravity.
Customize a ship’s appearance and systems, assign crew, and engage other ships in combat. Gather materials to research and craft equipment, food, and medicine, or build outposts that extract resources and link cargo between sites. Experience-based skill points and skill challenges shape character progression.
The supplied reviews express a wide range of reactions. Players who enjoy the game often highlight designing ships, exploring at their own pace, and treating the galaxy as a sandbox for their own roleplay; some also praise combat, the setting, or particular questlines. Recurring criticisms describe the planets and locations as repetitive or empty, travel as interrupted by frequent loading screens, and quests or character choices as having limited impact. Several reviews also report bugs or awkward interfaces.

| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 82 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 5 listed on Steam |
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