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Pixel Starships

You command a starship in a persistent online sci-fi universe. Build its interior from functional rooms, recruit a crew, and develop the vessel as you encounter other ships and explore space. Arrange rooms and manage ship power and resources while assigning crew to stations. Set conditional AI instructions for crew and ship systems to guide combat, with options to intervene manually during battles. Upgrade rooms and technology, improve your crew, and expand your ship over time. Explore planets and take on PvE missions alongside online battles against other players; fleets and alliances add a cooperative layer.

Design a pixel-art starship, assign its crew and AI, then upgrade, explore, and battle other players in a persistent universe.

Released 23 May 2023

73%positive of
3.0k player reviews

Free

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Post-apocalyptic

Sci-fi

Massively Multiplayer

RPG

Design Deck-by-Deck Ships

Program Crew AI

Battle Online Captains

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Developed by SavySoda · Published by SavySoda

Pixel Starships Basic AI Guide (Level 1-6)

Players Praise Most

Ship-Building Depth
Customizable Crew AI
Strategic Combat
Active Player Community

Common Player Critiques

Pay-to-Progress Pressure
Long Upgrade Timers
Repetitive Resource Grind
Uneven PvP Matchups

73%

positive of 3.0k player reviews

From the Devs

From one of the most successful Mobile Game Kickstarter campaigns of the year comes Pixel Starships!

Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world.

Key Features -

● Build Epic Starships of your own design.
● Many races, aliens, factions to command and conquer.
● Battle it out with other real players in a single massive online universe.
● Manage diplomacy, recruitment, research, exploration!
● Control ship's power and limited resources. Discover epic weapons.
● Build and deploy support crafts to augment your Starship.
● Cross-section full ship control and battles.
● Explore planets, discover the secrets of space.
● Form alliances and battle with your friends to achieve victory!
● Program situational AI commands for subsystems and crew. Allowing automatic combats and offline play. (from ship level 4 after building command room)

Note -

Pixel Starships is totally free to play and is designed for fair balance for all players. However, there are in-app items that can be purchased for real money to help speed up progress or offer cosmetic and unique improvements. Real currency purchases are not required to fully progress to end game. There are also idle mechanics in the game akin to EVE or Clash of Clans. This is not an FTL style rogue-like game.

Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements	54
Age ratings	ClassInd (Brazil) 10 — Violência fantasiosa Violência IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Interaksi Daring Kekerasan OFLC PG — 296660 Steam (Germany) 12 — Gewalt
Controller support	Xbox
Controller required	No
DRM / EULA	Requires 3rd-Party Account: Email/Password Pixel Starships Account (Optional) (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Content notices	In-game purchases, In-game chat, Online interactivity
Website	Official website