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Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Starcom: Unknown Space is a space, exploration and open world game developed and published by Wx3 Labs and LLC.
Released on September 02nd 2024 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, German, Russian and Ukrainian.

It has received 3,168 reviews of which 2,928 were positive and 240 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 17.15€ on Steam with a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified Starcom: Unknown Space into these genres:

Space Exploration Open World Space Sim Action RPG Story Rich Indie Sci-fi Top-Down Shooter RPG Action Combat Building Action-Adventure Lore-Rich Singleplayer Aliens Adventure Atmospheric 2D

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Windows

OS *: Windows 8/10/11
Processor: Core i5 2.3 GHz+
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB Direct3D 11 Capable video card or better (see additional notes)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 3 GB available space
Additional Notes: Some users have reported issues with older, integrated Intel laptop GPUs. Dedicated GPU recommended. Installing to SSD recommended.

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Jan. 2026

So I bought this game a few days after Christmas after seeing Mingles With Jingles start a playthrough on Youtube. And boy howdy did this thing fire the neurons in my brain and release the feel good chemicals. It's Starsector and Star Wars: Empire at War combat meets Star Trek-esc exploration. Flying around and blowing stuff up feels great. The interactions with the NPC's can at times be spectacular. The resource system isn't overly tedious to build up the biggest ships (Though I wish the Dreadnaught was 200 or even 250 hexes) Downsides would have to be the quest system. It does not hold you hand for sure, but I did need to look up some help on some quests. Room for improvement. And late game exploration could use a boost to sensors. Otherwise I'd give it a 9/10. This game sucked me in and I enjoyed it. P.S: Jingles you ruined part of my holidays

Nov. 2025

I enjoyed this game and got my money's worth so far. I am looking forward to finish it. I have been on a binge of Sci-Fi exploration games and this one tickled the itch. Explore, Upgrade, Battle, Gain Resources. I've also recently played StarControl: Origins and enjoyed that game as a similar style game. This one felt more serious in delivery of the story and lore, which was a nice switch from the silly humour of SC:O. I read over reviews of people who did not recommend this game (After investing 30+ hours of course...): - They expected to be able to skip all dialogue and just go to quest markers. This game provides a log you can review. Not all Quest next steps are directly marked on the map with a beacon. You can get the co-ordinates in the log. Coordinates of your ship show up on the map. I admittedly needed to find this out with a web search when I got stuck. I don't mind this. I like having to think a bit and recall, that comes with the risk of forgetting what I was doing and needing to refresh. - They wanted the game to be more fast paced and speed through space at all times. Some distances are large and the faster route isn't opened up until explored. So you need to do a long haul to a star to find the nearby faster route first. I don't mind this personally in the sense of it breaks up the game, and feels a bit immersive of the space experience. And you do encounter objects that have drifted into the void. So... they wanted the game to be more like modern games you can play without thought, and more like 'shorts' for immediate gratification. You can avoid this game if that is a concern of yours. As for me, I recommend it to anyone who isn't worried about those two points.

June 2025

Just an all around great game. Nothing groundbreaking, but good enough to see through to completion. Plenty of content. Ship editor is fun. Dialogue is witty. Didn't encounter any bugs. Gameplay reminds me of SPaZ 1. Priced well for what it is. On sale its a no-brainer if you enjoy Sci-fi. I didn't play the developer's first game but I will be looking forward to their next. 8/10

Feb. 2025

really fun! Despite the remainder of what I'm writing below, I do recommend this game. I wish it had an "endless" mode at the end. I mean you went through SO MUCH effort to produce something with such great quality, but the end it just drops to the credits. Why not make tiers, increase difficulty, increase costs, increase xp --- endlessly. Really enjoyed playing this, but it will sit in my steam inventory for the remainder of my life, since once you beat it, it's done.

Feb. 2025

I've played a lot of official Star Trek games and to me this feels more Star Trek than any of them. I was initially a little put off by the reflex based combat but it quickly became not a problem. Truth is, the game is a little bit on the easy side in that regard, there's a very small ramp up at the beginning where things can be a little tough but it's fairly easy to build a ship that lets you just roll into a sector and pretty much wreck anything that comes near you. The strength is the exploration and story. There's a lot going on and that can be a little bit of a problem because it can be hard to remember all the story threads. Imagine watching 10 Star Trek episodes by watching 5 minutes of one and then randomly switching to another one and watching 5 minutes of that, and so forth. When my engineer says "hey, this will fit that artifact we found" I'm like "uhhh... what artifact?" But fortunately the quest log is pretty good and they do a nice job of marking your map. Side quest overload definitely isn't something unique to just this game. Definitely recommended. Feels like a space version of Sunless Sea and that's one of my favorites.

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Starcom: Unknown Space is currently priced at 17.15€ on Steam.

Starcom: Unknown Space is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 17.15€ on Steam.

Starcom: Unknown Space received 2,928 positive votes out of a total of 3,168 achieving a rating of 8.87.

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Starcom: Unknown Space was developed and published by Wx3 Labs and LLC.

Starcom: Unknown Space is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Starcom: Unknown Space is not playable on MacOS.

Starcom: Unknown Space is not playable on Linux.

Starcom: Unknown Space is a single-player game.

Starcom: Unknown Space does not currently offer any DLC.

Starcom: Unknown Space is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Starcom: Unknown Space does not support Steam Remote Play.

Starcom: Unknown Space is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Wx3 Labs, LLC

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Wx3 Labs, LLC

Release 02 Sep 2024

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