Starsector, one of the best space RPGs that's not on Steam had a huge update

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/starsector-one-of-the-best-space-rpgs-thats-not-on-steam-had-a-huge-update/

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19 Comments

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

i bought this game so long ago, and i keep forgetting i own it until something like this pops up like once every couple years.

ObsidianZed@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

I just learned of it today and was checking out their dev blog and it went back to 2011??? That's crazy.

SteveNashFan@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Legendary game, only thing that comes close to M&B Warband as a sandbox IMO (shoutouts to Daggerfall)

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You ever play X3? That's what I've considered to be the Warband of space games for a long while.

SteveNashFan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I couldn't get into it, but I do have several dozen hours on X4 :)

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yoo, for real? Okay, this is gonna be a big deal for me if that's accurate

AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If it's even close to M&B or Daggerfall my upcoming summer break is in trouble.

revanthetrueemperor@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes its a lot like M&B but in space, it cost like 10€ but if you want to try it first, look at the video SsethTzeentach made about it, there is a (developers approved) code to play for free. I would also recommend looking at ironcladlion's videos, because the modding scene is BIG and add a ton of replayability to the game. Honestly 11/10 i spend a few months each year replaying the fuck out of it.

AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Just played through the tutorial. Looks and plays great.

phx@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (10 replies)

I'm guessing one of the reasons it's not in Steam is that it depends on Java to run? I don't recall every having a Java based game on Steam

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Slay the spire is on Java

technohacker@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Project Zomboid too AFAIK

PushButton@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)
technohacker@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y

Huh, i thought PZ shipped a Java runtime?

daddy32@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Oh my, you're right! I thought it's in unity, because of their later strong stance against it. Maybe PC version is in Java and some of the ports in Unity?

aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Mindustry is on steam

dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Can't see a problem with Java on Steam as long as you bundle the runtime and not depend on linking to it

c10l@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

It would be very very arbitrary of Steam to bar a game based on the language it’s written on.

courval@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why would that be the first reason you came up with and not the fact that steam takes a ridiculous 30% cut from dev's work? And yes, the game is that good, so good they can tell steam to fuck off. Makes me like the game even more..

endeavor@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
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