Firaxis Games

Sid Meier's Starships

2015 turn-based strategy video game · science fiction video game · strategy video game^*

At a glance

Genres

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Game facts

Developers

Firaxis Games

Publishers

2K

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Platforms

Compatibility and community reports

Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Platinum^*
Reports
33^*
Community confidence
good^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*

System requirements

macOS · Minimum^*
Operating system
Mac OS X 10.9 or higher^*
Processor alternatives
2.0 GHz Intel^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD4000 or better integrated graphics^*
Storage
700 MB available space^*
Conditions
Input: Multi-button Mouse^*
Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD4000 or better integrated graphics^*
Storage
841 MB available space^*
Audio hardware
Audio output capability^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Italian^*
German^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Japanese^*
Korean^*
Polish^*
Russian^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Audio languages

English^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Steam Trading Cards^*
Steam Leaderboards^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Strategy^*

Screenshots

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* Provisional data