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2012 · Schine, GmbH · Adventure · Flight simulation

StarMade

StarMade is a 3D sandbox space shooter created by Robin "schema" Promesberger, founder of Schine. The game allows players to explore the vastness of space; building factories; creating ships, space stations and structures out of various block types. Both single-player worlds and multi-player servers are available players. StarMade is currently in Alpha, and is a free-to-play game.

Released: 28 February 2012
Platforms: Linux Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Flight simulation Indie Role-playing Science Shooter Simulation Strategy
Developers: Schine, GmbH
Publishers: Schine, GmbH
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction Survival Sandbox
Country: Germany
Languages: Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)

About

StarMade is an open world space sandbox Minecraft clone developed by Schine GmbH that was released on 28 February 2012 as a public alpha for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Gameplay

In StarMade, the player, an astronaut, explores the proceduraly generated voxel universe. This universe contains randomly generated galaxies, stars, asteroids, artificial structures (such as space stations and shops), and planets. Players create and customize their own spacecraft to explore the universe. Players create ships out of blocks, where they can then proceed to customize their ship in the game's "Ship Build Mode".

Ships can be customized with a variety of materials to enhance performance, add new features or create combat/defense systems. In single-player universes, there is the ability to access a "Creative Mode", where the player has access to every block and item in the game.

Development

On July 24, 2013, StarMade was greenlit by the Steam community, meaning the game would eventually be added to the Steam store. It was officially made available on Steam on December 4, 2014.