- OS: Windows XP
- Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
- Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space
- Additional: Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
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StarDrive sets a new benchmark for the ‘4X Space Strategy’ genre. Starting with a single planet and a small number of space-worthy vessels, you must venture forth into the galaxy, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours. How you play is your decision. Use diplomacy or brute force. Trade, spy and research your way to galactic domination. Make friends, or create mortal enemies…
The heart of StarDrive is its ship design and combat engine.
StarDrive takes a modular approach to ship design, allowing the player to create custom ships where the composition and placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship.. In combat, if your portside armour is taking a beating, then rotate around and show them the starboard side! Hide behind a friendly capital ship’s shields; warp into and out of the fray, launch fighters, lay mines, and so much more.
Key Features
Real time gameplay with a seamless zoom from a grand strategic view to a close-up action view
Choose from 8 beautifully rendered alien races or design your own to lead into the stars; interact, negotiate and forge allegiances on your way to victory
Expand your empire and colonize all kinds of planets, terraform and populate them and build them into specialized centers of trade or industry
Research and unlock an array of technologies to improve your military and industrial capabilities
Control your ships with classic real time strategy commands or jump into the fray by taking direct ‘arcade’ control of any ship in your empire
Create your unique ship designs with the modular ship design system and determine your own fate in battle
Create custom fleet formations and set rules of engagement in the easy-to-use fleet editor
Steal technologies, incite rebellions, or rob your enemies blind with a rich agent-based espionage system
Deploy ground troops from orbit to defeat the enemies’ last planetary defenses in ground combat
Explore the rich universe that comes alive with random events, remnant elements, hidden treasures, deep space terrors and late-game threats
System Requirements
Swipe- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or Better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 or better
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space
- Additional: Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
Player reviews
I got this game a very long time ago, and really liked the game mechanics, but the technical issues due to the game engine made it unplayable late game until 2 weeks ago. The recent Jupiter update of the Black Box mo...
broken on launch atm
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StarDrive sets a new benchmark for the ‘4X Space Strategy’ genre. Starting with a single planet and a small number of space-worthy vessels, you must venture forth into the galaxy, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours. How you play is your decision. Use diplomacy or brute force. Trade, spy and research your...
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- Zero Sum Games
- Release date
- 26 Apr, 2013
- Languages
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
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Description
The heart of StarDrive is its ship design and combat engine.
StarDrive takes a modular approach to ship design, allowing the player to create custom ships where the composition and placement of ship modules really matters to the performance of a ship.. In combat, if your portside armour is taking a beating, then rotate around and show them the starboard side! Hide behind a friendly capital ship’s shields; warp into and out of the fray, launch fighters, lay mines, and so much more.
Key Features
- Real time gameplay with a seamless zoom from a grand strategic view to a close-up action view
- Choose from 8 beautifully rendered alien races or design your own to lead into the stars; interact, negotiate and forge allegiances on your way to victory
- Expand your empire and colonize all kinds of planets, terraform and populate them and build them into specialized centers of trade or industry
- Research and unlock an array of technologies to improve your military and industrial capabilities
- Control your ships with classic real time strategy commands or jump into the fray by taking direct ‘arcade’ control of any ship in your empire
- Create your unique ship designs with the modular ship design system and determine your own fate in battle
- Create custom fleet formations and set rules of engagement in the easy-to-use fleet editor
- Steal technologies, incite rebellions, or rob your enemies blind with a rich agent-based espionage system
- Deploy ground troops from orbit to defeat the enemies’ last planetary defenses in ground combat
- Explore the rich universe that comes alive with random events, remnant elements, hidden treasures, deep space terrors and late-game threats
System Requirements
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900
- Hard Drive
- 2 GB HD space
- Additional
- Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or Better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 or better
- DirectX®
- 9.0c
- Hard Drive
- 2 GB HD space
- Additional
- Please Note: integrated Intel graphic card/chips not supported
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12 years ago
PC Gamer talks StarDrive, Endless Legend
Come check out this cool story about 4x games that PC Gamer has done. A meaty chat.<br><br><a class="bb_link" href="http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/25/interview-endless-space-and-stardrive-developers-talk-about-4x-design/" target="

12 years ago
StarDrive 2 Development Log
Here is a video log update of our development progress on StarDrive 2! <br><br><a class="bb_link" href="http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak" target="_blank" rel="" >http://youtu.be/xz0OI-K-Oak</a>

12 years ago
Patch Notes 1.15
Here is the changelog for the 1.15 patch. I think many players will appreciate both the fixes and the additions, and it also holds some good stuff for modders.<br><br><ul class="bb_ul"><li><b>Fixed an issue with the Fletchette can
Best Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 21 May 2026
I got this game a very long time ago, and really liked the game mechanics, but the technical issues due to the game engine made it unplayable late game until 2 weeks ago. The recent Jupiter update of the Black Box mod swapped the entire engine and brought it to the modern age with a 64bit engine. This solved almost all the performance and crashes that the game had. The content added by the Combined Arms Mod really gives the game the mission depth. Worth a try now.
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👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 6 Jun 2026
broken on launch atm
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Recent Reviews
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 6 Jun 2026
broken on launch atm
1 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 21 May 2026
I got this game a very long time ago, and really liked the game mechanics, but the technical issues due to the game engine made it unplayable late game until 2 weeks ago. The recent Jupiter update of the Black Box mod swapped the entire engine and brought it to the modern age with a 64bit engine. This solved almost all the performance and crashes that the game had. The content added by the Combined Arms Mod really gives the game the mission depth. Worth a try now.
1 found this helpful



