Star Shelter
Released Oct 2018
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
77% positive · 434 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Star Shelter launched out of Early Access on October 23, 2018. At that time, the developer (Overflow) noted that more patches were planned but gave no specific roadmap for ongoing major content. The game received one major content update — the local co-op Helper Drone update (version 1.2) on June 22, 2020 — followed by a small bug fix patch on July 1, 2020. That July 2020 patch represents the last known developer communication. There are no unreleased DLC listed on the store, no announcements of upcoming content, and no developer posts of any kind since July 1, 2020. The store description uses present-tense language describing current features but makes no promises of future additions. With only one major post-launch content release and nearly six years of silence since the last update, the game appears to have concluded its post-launch content cycle. It launched as a finished VR survival game and received incremental improvements through 2020 before going quiet.
Evidence
Version 1.2 launched with a Helper Drone enabling local co-op — the only major post-launch content update.
Game exited Early Access on October 23, 2018. Developer noted patches were still planned but gave no specific content commitments beyond ongoing bug fixes.
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Developer
Publisher
Overflow
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen
About this game
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in a mysterious graveyard of abandoned ships, the only way out is to repair a broken spaceship.
You have to scavenge for materials and plants to repair and arm your spaceship.
Keep your oxygen, power, and hunger in the green. Grow plants, build solar panels and other objects to generate what you need.
Climb around the zero gravity but don't rely on your thrusters to much, they are fueled by the same oxygen you breathe.
Scavenge the wreckages of spaceships and be wary of hazards.
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You have to scavenge for materials and plants to repair and arm your spaceship.
Keep your oxygen, power, and hunger in the green. Grow plants, build solar panels and other objects to generate what you need.
Climb around the zero gravity but don't rely on your thrusters to much, they are fueled by the same oxygen you breathe.
Scavenge the wreckages of spaceships and be wary of hazards.
current Features:
- Randomly generated environments and spaceships.
- Use the crafting to build, arm and improve your Space station.
- Grow plants in your spaceship to generate oxygen and fruit.
- Voiced AI to guide you and keep you aware of hazards.
- Destructible/Repairable base, maintaining your spaceship is as important as eating.
- Innovative UI, interactive holograms to navigate menus/hack, "AR" labels on objects.
- Shoot down drones and turrets that stand in your way.
- Classic survival mechanics - Hunger, oxygen, power, sleep.
We're active on the [] STAR SHELTER - DISCORD[/url] if you wanna have a chat and tell us if something should be changed, added or improved.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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