Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier's Starships

Construct and lead a space armada, voyaging across planets to explore, construct, negotiate, and battle in defense of your ideal for mankind.

Release Date 12 Mar, 2015
Developer Firaxis Games
Publisher 2K
Genre Strategy
Platforms Windows, macOS
64 Metacritic View on Steam

System Requirements

Component
Minimum
Operating System
Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7
Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz D
Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz D
Graphics
ATI HD2600 XT, nVidia 8800 GT, or Intel HD4000 B
Mobility Radeon HD 5165 B
Memory
2 GB
4 GB
Storage
841 MB
841 MB

Suggested PC Build

Minimum Build

  • CPU: Athlon 64 Dual Core 5600+
  • GPU: Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • Storage: 1 GB
  • OS: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7

Recommended Build

  • CPU: Intel Celeron B830 @ 1.80GHz
  • GPU: Mobility Radeon HD 5165
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • Storage: 1 GB
  • OS: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7

About This Game

Lead a powerful armada in this strategy adventure by renowned designer Sid Meier. Journey to alien planets, undertaking tasks to save worlds and inhabitants from Space Pirates, Marauders, and other enemies. Establish a planetary federation while upgrading your fleet and defending your home world to maintain galactic peace and your human ideal. Located in the Civilization: Beyond Earth universe post-Seeding, this title provides a complete standalone experience for sci-fi strategy buffs with connectivity to Beyond Earth, enriching both titles. Test your ability to dominate the cosmos!

• Tactical Space Combat: Face distinct tactical hurdles in every operation, featuring dynamically created maps, win criteria, and enemies.
• Fully Customizable Starships: Design a fleet matching your strategy using modular spaceship construction.
• Diplomacy, Strategy, and Exploration: Grow your Federation's reach and earn the confidence of new planet populations. Leverage each world's unique traits to boost your fleet and Federation while managing rivals. Construct planetary upgrades to boost resources and power.
• A Galaxy Of Adventure: Traverse the galaxy, guiding your ships to far-off worlds to aid their populations. Battle buccaneers, guard colony vessels, eliminate rogue AIs, and more.
• Multiple Paths To Victory: Will you triumph by defeating the galaxy's biggest danger? Or by uniting many worlds in your Federation? Maybe you will drive scientific progress. Every decision impacts your journey to success.