Greenlight Highlight | Starship Theory

Title: Starship Theory
Developer: Reconnect Software
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What type of game is it?

Strategy, Management

What’s the 30 second elevator pitch?

Design, build, and command a spaceship, from small fighter ships, to hulking mining ships, through veritable space-fortresses. How will you command?

What do we like most about it?

The game appears to be built to allow for a massive diversity of play styles, in the pitch the developer mentions mining, trading and combat as fully fledged components of the game, and stresses that the game is not simply a case of getting tougher as to survive enemies – you can maintain a tight, efficient ship, or boost away from combat.

I desperately hope that this game will be launching into an early access state, and that we see the developer really pushing all of their ideas into the game, as I think this game could really be something amazing if the level of quality on show is maintained as the game expands its scope.

Also, I’m sure many of you will have noticed slight similarities in art style and design with Rimworld, while this might not have been as intentional as it seems it’s clear that the developer of RW doesn’t mind — if anything, from his ‘Looks very snazzy’ remark in the comments, he’s happy to see a game of this ilk in production.

Anyway, as any fan of the base-building (or as we label them here, management) genre will likely feel, this one really looks like one to watch.

When’s it due?

Starship Theory doesn’t currently have a release date set. When it does launch it is planned to do so for Windows, Mac & Linux.