StarMade Reviews

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Hello, No one will see this review, but it isn't for you. This review is for my younger self and every person who experienced this. At one time, this was the best game to ever exist. I will buy this game one day, I will bring back its former glory. I will make Starmade the best game to ever exist once more. Mason

(NOTE: I am in no way affiliated with the game's developers or anyone else mentioned in this guide in any official capacity) My first Steam review...so please forgive me if it seems clunky. StarMade is an open-world sandbox in the style of games such as Minecraft, which allows players to travel the stars in their own custom-made ships, as well as build space stations on both planets and in space itself. I supported the game back in the day, and I still find it has a very low bar of entry for players. If you know Minecraft, this game is similar, with some differences in controls, but you can still navigate it very easily. As of the time of me writing this (2-25-2025), the game is currently in a zombie-like, quasi-dead state, and according to second-hand rumors this was due to problems within the company. The developers, however, still have a love for this game and though it seems like the game is barely operational, community developers have stepped up with the official support of the main devs, and small updates occasionally come to those of us here on Steam while the devs work out how they can return to this game. So while this game is mainly a side-project now for all involved, it is far from dead. The problems, as of the time of writing, include clunky tutorials and difficult-to-understand systems, guides are definitely recommended for new players (I can personally recommend some here on Steam from an individual named Lecic). While this may scare some from the game, I can still fully recommend it even though it is still in Alpha. Simply put, though some of the systems can be complex, guides and trial-and-error can ease this barrier, and this game has a very low bar of entry for new players compared to other games in the same genre. I was able to understand most of the systems back in the day fairly easily, and to my experience that's still true. If you don't want to get into the nitty-gritty of optimizations for your systems you can still just build a ship and fly around, being wary of pirates. It's an excellent game despite the flaws, and although updates tend to be slow in coming, they ARE still coming. Now is a great time to try StarMade for free, and if you enjoy it, consider buying to support the devs so they can return to the game and give it the love that it needs.

StarMade... oh boy, StarMade... If you're looking for a game that isn't completely dead, I would look somewhere else. But I have had so many good memories attached to this game to do anything that isn't recommend it. Used to play this game with my Grandpa and cousins, doing stuff like spawning a bunch of pirates on a space station we built, or just overall messing around with blueprints and stuff. I know that this game is all but dead, but I don't have it in my heart to not recommend this game. Even if it has flaws like the StarMade energy system being the StarMade energy system, or how it gets rather boring after a while, I still can't bring myself to hate it. Recommended, 6/10

This game used to be amazing and so fun, but after power 2.0 the game became so much more restrictive and seemed to force players to make smaller and smaller ships. Power 2.0 ruined this game for me and imo, killed the game.