

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic mysteries in the process, or you may wish to forego a heroic journey entirely in favor of colonizing uncharted planets. You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe…
PlatformRole-playing (RPG)AdventureIndieActionScience fictionSurvivalSandboxexplorationninja2dfuturecraftingprocedural generationspaceshipspaceaction-adventuresteamXbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
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Character
Plot-driven, epic, earnest and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
- Developer
- Chucklefish Games
- Publisher
- Chucklefish Games
- Released
- July 22, 2016
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 51 h main story
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 238 ratings.
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