Star Control: Origins

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• science fiction video game

• action-adventure game

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Series

• Star Control

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• Simulation^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• PvP^*
• Online PvP^*
• Shared/Split Screen PvP^*
• Shared/Split Screen^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Stats^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Remote Play Together^*
• Family Sharing^*
• Local co-op^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Norwegian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Finnish^*
• Italian^*
• Russian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  406^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  393^*

• Choices Matter^*

  Votes · historical

  389^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  382^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  338^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  329^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  317^*

• Competitive^*

  Votes · historical

  307^*

• Action-Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  307^*

• Dark Humor^*

  Votes · historical

  305^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  301^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  295^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  275^*

• Aliens^*

  Votes · historical

  275^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  273^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  264^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  260^*

• Combat^*

  Votes · historical

  258^*

• Local Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  256^*

• Multiple Endings^*

  Votes · historical

  250^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  Dual Core Intel or AMD processor^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel Integrated 520 or equivalent^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  26 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX Compatible Sound Card^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Video card with 2GB of video memory^*

  Processor alternatives

  Quad-core Intel or AMD processor^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

  Video memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  44^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Stardock Entertainment^*

Publishers

• Stardock Entertainment^*

• 2018-09-20

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2018-09-20 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2018-09-20^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 20, 2018^*

Detailed specifications