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IGDB / 3019

Starbound

2016 79 / 100 Adventure Indie Platform
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic my Show full summary

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic mysteries in the process, or you may wish to forego a heroic journey entirely in favor of colonizing uncharted planets.

World design Open World GameplayExploration StructureSandbox GameplaySurvival GameplayCrafting

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What it is about.

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Story & context

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe…

GameplayExploration StructureSandbox GameplaySurvival GameplayCrafting Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreIndie GenrePlatform GenreRole-playing (RPG) ThemeAction ThemeSandbox ThemeScience fiction ThemeSurvival Trait2d Traitaction-adventure Traitblocks Traitboss fight Traitbuilding Traitcrafting Traitcrash landing Traitday/night cycle Traitdigital distribution Traitexploration Traitfalling damage Traitfuture Traitgiant squid Traitloot gathering Traitmining Traitninja Traitplanet Traitpre-release public testing Traitprocedural generation Traitrandomly generated dungeons Traitspace Traitspaceship Traitsteam

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Chucklefish Games
Publisher
Chucklefish Games
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Sandbox, Science fiction, Survival
03
Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Mac Jul 22, 2016
  • Xbox One Oct 24, 2024
  • Xbox Series X|S Oct 24, 2024
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jul 22, 2016
  • Linux Jul 22, 2016

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