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Is Star Traders: Frontiers worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space RPG players who want to choose among distinct captain careers
- Strategy players who enjoy configuring ships and assigning crew roles
- Players who prefer branching faction stories and procedurally generated galactic maps
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted, fixed-map campaign may find the procedural universe and changing narrative less suited to that preference.
- Players who want a simple ship setup may find the range of hulls, upgrades, crew talents, and equipment involved.
- Players looking for a prison-escape RPG may prefer Back to the Dawn.
- Players seeking real-time stealth strategy may prefer Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.
Our take on Star Traders: Frontiers
The game offers broad captain and ship customization, with a corresponding trade-off: managing crew assignments, equipment, and vessel upgrades takes attention away from a simpler, more focused spacefaring role.
What is Star Traders: Frontiers?
Take command of a spaceship and crew in a galaxy shaped by political conflict, alien threats, and rival factions.
Choose among 33 captain roles, including merchant, spy, explorer, pirate, and bounty hunter. Build a ship using more than 350 upgrades and 45 hulls, assign talents and equipment to crew members, and launch support craft from a carrier during combat. Explore procedurally generated maps, meet characters, take on enemies, and make choices that affect faction relationships and the story. Crew members also change in response to the captain’s decisions and actions. Difficulty options include save slots for separate builds or storylines, as well as character permadeath. Achievements unlock optional starting ships and contacts; a moddable version can bypass that unlock process.
How Star Traders: Frontiers plays
- 01Captain roles
- Choose from 33 jobs, including spy, smuggler, explorer, merchant, pirate, and bounty hunter.
- 02Ship customization
- Build a vessel from more than 350 upgrades and 45 hulls.
- 03Crew development
- Crew members receive assigned talents and specialized equipment, and their traits shift in response to the captain’s choices.
- 04Carrier combat
- A capital ship configured as a carrier can launch interdictors, bombers, and shuttles into battle.
- 05Permadeath option
- Difficulty settings include character permadeath alongside save slots for trying different builds or storylines.
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Star Traders: Frontiers: platforms & release
Is Star Traders: Frontiers worth it?
It is worth it if: space RPG players who want to choose among distinct captain careers. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted, fixed-map campaign may find the procedural universe and changing narrative less suited to that preference.
Where can I download Star Traders: Frontiers?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Star Traders: Frontiers's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Star Traders: Frontiers on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
