SimulationFit check
Is Star Control®: Origins worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space role-playing fans who want exploration across many planets
- Players who prefer story settings built around alien alliances and conflicts
- Fleet-combat fans who want to design ships before battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear campaign rather than broad exploration across a large universe
- Players who prefer short, focused sessions instead of a game built around extensive travel, discovery, and fleet building
- Players looking for a non-science-fiction setting
Our take on Star Control®: Origins
The defining structure is a role-playing campaign that alternates between planetary exploration, hyperspace travel, alien encounters, and fleet combat across a large universe.
What is Star Control®: Origins?
Star Control: Origins is a space role-playing game set in 2088, when humanity discovers hostile alien civilizations and forms Star Control in response.
The player commands the U. E. S. Vindicator, Earth's first interstellar starship, on a mission to save the planet. Gameplay moves between visiting distant solar systems, landing on unusual planets, crossing hyperspace, and meeting alien species that may become allies or enemies. Exploration includes relics, Precursor artifacts, treasures, alien technology, and a universe with history extending hundreds of thousands of years. Ship upgrades support progression from an underpowered vessel to a formidable warship. Players can also design ships or download creations through Steam, assemble fleets, and use them in fleet battles.
How Star Control®: Origins plays
- 01Large explorable universe
- The setting includes thousands of planets, many worlds to visit, and hundreds of handcrafted adventures.
- 02Alien diplomacy
- Encounters with extraterrestrial civilizations can lead to cooperation or conflict.
- 03Ship upgrades
- Recovered alien technology can improve the U.E.S. Vindicator's capabilities.
- 04Custom fleet battles
- Players can create ships or obtain Steam creations before taking fleets into combat.
- 05Ancient universe history
- The setting's backstory reaches hundreds of thousands of years into the past.
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Star Control®: Origins: platforms & release
Is Star Control®: Origins worth it?
It is worth it if: space role-playing fans who want exploration across many planets. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear campaign rather than broad exploration across a large universe.
Where can I download Star Control®: Origins?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Star Control®: Origins's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Star Control®: Origins on?
Windows only.
