Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 00:32 UTC | 107 |
| 2 Nov, 20:31 UTC | 158 |
| 2 Nov, 16:31 UTC | 159 |
| 2 Nov, 12:30 UTC | 120 |
| 2 Nov, 08:29 UTC | 97 |
| 2 Nov, 04:27 UTC | 98 |
| 2 Nov, 00:26 UTC | 120 |
| 1 Nov, 20:24 UTC | 188 |
| 1 Nov, 16:23 UTC | 197 |
| 1 Nov, 12:22 UTC | 194 |
| 1 Nov, 08:21 UTC | 149 |
| 1 Nov, 04:20 UTC | 140 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchAugust 2022 | 781 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onNovember 2022 | 125 | 16% | Loses players fast (better than 30% of 9,258 other games) |
| 12 months onAugust 2023 | 179 | 23% | About average (better than 58% of 7,793 other games) |
Star Valor kept 16% of the average players it had at its launch in August 2022 after 3 months and 23% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Patch 2.2.5b (29 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 1.3× the week before's average. Since it came out, players were level with the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Patch 2.2.5b29 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.8 of 7 days; 4.4 of 7 days so far | 199 (1.3×) | 0% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 144 | 0 | −0.1% | 197 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 144 | −120 | −45.4% | 225 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 264 | +116 | +78.3% | 714 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 148 | +41 | +38.2% | 921 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 107 | +18 | +20.1% | 194 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 89 | +18 | +25.2% | 224 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 71 | +19 | +37% | 141 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 52 | −10 | −15.6% | 99 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 62 | −5 | −7.8% | 120 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 67 | −13 | −16.6% | 120 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 80 | −13 | −14.2% | 154 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 93 | +14 | +17.7% | 178 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 79 | −22 | −21.9% | 147 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 102 | −101 | −49.8% | 210 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 202 | −535 | −72.6% | 424 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 737 | +501 | +212.6% | 1,661 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 236 | +191 | +430.5% | 1,596 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 44 | −8 | −15.1% | 83 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 52 | −7 | −11.4% | 96 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 59 | +9 | +17.7% | 123 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 50 | −3 | −6.5% | 90 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 54 | −4 | −6.6% | 116 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 57 | +6 | +12% | 108 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 51 | 0 | +0.4% | 107 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 51 | −8 | −13.3% | 103 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 59 | −20 | −25.5% | 112 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | +28 | +56.2% | 170 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 51 | −15 | −22.9% | 89 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 66 | +2 | +3% | 113 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 64 | +5 | +8.8% | 130 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 59 | −3 | −4.6% | 122 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 61 | +3 | +5.9% | 137 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 58 | −6 | −9.6% | 101 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 64 | −6 | −8.2% | 142 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 70 | −9 | −11.8% | 134 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 79 | +11 | +16.2% | 150 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 68 | −34 | −33.6% | 125 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 103 | +17 | +19.1% | 190 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 86 | −93 | −51.9% | 171 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 179 | −72 | −28.7% | 357 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 251 | +190 | +308% | 600 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 62 | −18 | −23.1% | 123 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 80 | −57 | −41.4% | 176 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 137 | +25 | +21.9% | 282 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 112 | +15 | +15.7% | 234 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 97 | −36 | −27% | 222 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 133 | +5 | +4% | 282 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 127 | +3 | +2% | 243 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 125 | −100 | −44.5% | 240 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 225 | −76 | −25.2% | 504 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 301 | −480 | −61.4% | 662 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 781 | +639 | +450.9% | 1,880 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 142 | +78 | +122.1% | 565 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 64 | −12 | −15.4% | 130 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 75 | +12 | +19.2% | 156 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 63 | +32 | +100% | 154 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 32 | −26 | −45% | 56 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 58 | +4 | +6.5% | 127 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 54 | +14 | +33.9% | 119 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 40 | −6 | −13.8% | 87 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 47 | +10 | +26.5% | 85 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 37 | +19 | +101% | 116 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 18 | −10 | −34.7% | 46 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 28 | −16 | −35.9% | 65 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 44 | +6 | +15.3% | 109 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 38 | +4 | +13.1% | 86 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 34 | −18 | −34.3% | 71 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 51 | 0 | +0.6% | 121 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 51 | −13 | −20.4% | 97 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 64 | −58 | −47.7% | 149 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 123 | +101 | +459.1% | 413 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 22 | −3 | −11.4% | 52 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 25 | −17 | −40.9% | 54 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 42 | +27 | +188.5% | 111 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 15 | −4 | −23.3% | 47 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 19 | +5 | +33.3% | 55 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 14 | −6 | −29.3% | 30 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 20 | −7 | −27.2% | 44 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 28 | +11 | +68.3% | 77 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 16 | −12 | −42.9% | 37 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 29 | +19 | +193.8% | 86 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 10 | −2 | −13.7% | 23 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 11 | −1 | −9.3% | 29 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 13 | +2 | +20.7% | 29 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 10 | +2 | +23.5% | 29 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 8 | −2 | −21.8% | 22 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 11 | +4 | +62.3% | 52 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 7 | −12 | −65.2% | 18 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 19 | +7 | +57.2% | 45 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 12 | +2 | +17.8% | 48 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 10 | −8 | −45.4% | 29 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 19 | 0 | −0.1% | 70 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 19 | +5 | +39.3% | 105 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 14 | +4 | +48.1% | 64 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 9 | −4 | −31.1% | 27 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 13 | +10 | +259.9% | 55 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 4 | −3 | −47.9% | 17 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 7 | +2 | +28.9% | 21 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 6 | −5 | −48.9% | 20 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 11 | −7 | −38.9% | 29 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 18 | — | — | 41 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.