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Starsector on Twitch — competition and audience

Fractal Softworks· 2013· Linux · PC · Mac
RPGSimulatorStrategyIndieScience fictionSandbox

Starsector is a game of space combat, fleet management, trade, and role-playing. Pilot a ship and command a fleet through intense tactical combat while exploring, trading, battling, and leveling-up in an open-ended sandbox campaign set in a lost sector of the galaxy. Explore distant star systems. Trade goods and loyalty among competing factions. Beware of ruthless pirates while evading tariff patrols. Assemble your fleet for trade or battle while upgrading and modify your starships, then fight your enemies! Forge your destiny and steer the fate of the human race 6000 light-years from Old Earth.

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What is Starsector about?

The game itself has minimal plot, and the player is involved in very few story moments. The player is instead intended to create their own story. Lead developer Alexander Mosolov has stated that the player is intended to uncover the setting's backstory as they travel throughout the world. The game takes place in the far future, after humanity developed faster-than-light travel using transport gates, which acted as wormholes. For many years, this method of travel created a golden age for humanity, which took place under a governing political entity known as the Domain. However, exactly 206 years prior to the game's start, all transport gates abruptly ceased to function and humanity was plunged into a dark age where piracy went rampant and splintering factions began to form and exert their influence. This event is referred to as "the collapse". In the sector, a region of space in the Milky Way galaxy where the game takes place, there are various different factions that have taken hold and reached a strategic stalemate, with no faction being able to win.[8] These factions are:

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20Room for youThin
3Live streamers1 in English
509People watching
#3Your spot at 10 viewersof 4

Should I stream Starsector on Twitch?

20/100 · Thin· 170 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. One stream holds 95% of the 509 people watching Starsector, leaving about 24 for everyone else — and the category empties when that streamer logs off.

One stream holds 95% of the 509 viewers here, leaving about 24 for everyone else. When they log off, the category empties.

Only 7 of the 509 viewers here (1%) are watching in English. 1 of the 3 live streams are in English.

Most of the audience here is committed elsewhere, or you would start too far down the list to be found.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

When is the best time to stream Starsector?

Around 11am UTC, when Starsector averages 29 viewers for every streamer competing — about 29.3× the room it has at 5am, its most crowded hour. Measured across 20 of the 24 hours so far.

Most room so far around 11am UTC 29 viewers per streamer.

20 of 24 hours measured over 1 day. The rest fill in as they are seen. Counts ignore each category’s biggest stream, so one star can’t make an empty hour look busy. Times in UTC until your clock loads.

What day should I stream it?

Sundays. Starsector has about 2.1× the room on a Sunday than on a typical day, measured across 10 days of readings.

Sundays have the most room — about 2.1× a typical day here.

Each day against this category’s own average, from 10 days of readings. Counts ignore the biggest stream, so one star can’t make an empty day look busy. No readings yet for Mon, Tue, Sat.

Where to buy

All plain links straight to the official stores. Some will become affiliate links later, and they’ll be marked with a ♥ when they are — you’ll always be able to tell, and the unmarked ones will always be there.

How many people stream Starsector?

Daily averages since 4 September 2026

3 right now, to 509 viewers between them. 1 of them is streaming in English. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

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Is Starsector too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 3 people are streaming Starsector, and one of them holds 95% of the 509 viewers — so the room is quiet because the audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 3 live right now

Is Starsector any good?

Players score it 92 out of 100 from 10 ratings.

92Players10 ratings

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Details

Released
Apr 26, 2013 · 13 years ago
Time to finish
No ending — ongoing game
Playing on Steam
Price
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Rated
Biggest stream
485 (95% of the category)
Typical stream
17 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Sep 6, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC