Sid Meier's Starships
Released Mar 2015
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
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Done
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Sid Meier's Starships launched on March 12, 2015 as a standalone, self-contained strategy game. The store description presents it as a complete, finished product with no mention of planned expansions, DLC, seasons, or post-launch content. There are no DLC listings of any kind associated with the game.
After launch, Firaxis shipped two patches: a minor bug fix on April 2, 2015, and the 1.3 update on May 5, 2015, which added AI improvements and community-requested tweaks. There have been no developer communications of any kind after May 5, 2015 — over eleven years of silence. No roadmaps were ever published, no expansions announced, and no future content was ever promised. The game was clearly shipped as a complete, finished experience from day one, with only brief post-launch maintenance before Firaxis moved on.
Evidence
Starships 1.3 patch released with AI improvements, difficulty tuning, and minor bug fixes. This is the last known developer communication.
Store description presents the game as a full stand-alone experience with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content plans.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
2K
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Take command of a fleet of powerful starships in this adventure-driven strategy game from legendary designer Sid Meier. Travel to new worlds, completing missions to help save and protect the planets and their people from dangerous Space Pirates, to powerful Marauders and other hostile factions. Build a planetary federation as you strengthen your fleet and secure your homeworld as you attempt to preserve intergalactic peace and your vision of humanity. Set in the universe of Civilization: Beyond Earth after the age of the Seeding, Sid Meier’s Starships offers sci-fi/strategy fans a full stand-alone game experience that also features cross-connectivity with Beyond Earth, expanding the depth of both games. See if you have what it takes to rule the universe!
• Tactical Space Combat: Encounter unique tactical challenges in every mission, with dynamically generated maps, victory conditions, and foes.
• Fully Customizable Starships: Create an armada that fits your tactical plan with modular spaceship design.
• Diplomacy, Strategy, and Exploration: Expand the influence of your Federation and gain the trust of the citizens of new planets. Use the unique abilities of the each planet to enhance your fleet and Federation, and keep your opponents in check. Build improvements on worlds to increase the capabilities and resources of your Federation.
• A Galaxy Of Adventure: Explore the galaxy as you lead your fleet to distant worlds and complete missions to help the citizens of these planets. Fight pirates, protect colony ships, destroy rogue AI, and more.
• Multiple Paths To Victory: Will you win by conquering the greatest threat to the galaxy? Or will you unite a plurality of worlds in your Federation? Perhaps you will lead your people to push the frontiers of science. Each choice you make carries consequences on your path to victory
• Tactical Space Combat: Encounter unique tactical challenges in every mission, with dynamically generated maps, victory conditions, and foes.
• Fully Customizable Starships: Create an armada that fits your tactical plan with modular spaceship design.
• Diplomacy, Strategy, and Exploration: Expand the influence of your Federation and gain the trust of the citizens of new planets. Use the unique abilities of the each planet to enhance your fleet and Federation, and keep your opponents in check. Build improvements on worlds to increase the capabilities and resources of your Federation.
• A Galaxy Of Adventure: Explore the galaxy as you lead your fleet to distant worlds and complete missions to help the citizens of these planets. Fight pirates, protect colony ships, destroy rogue AI, and more.
• Multiple Paths To Victory: Will you win by conquering the greatest threat to the galaxy? Or will you unite a plurality of worlds in your Federation? Perhaps you will lead your people to push the frontiers of science. Each choice you make carries consequences on your path to victory
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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