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Star Control: Origins on Twitch — competition and audience

Stardock· 2018· PC
RPGSimulatorStrategyAdventureIndieScience fiction

Star Control: Origins is a science fiction action-adventure game that combines planetary exploration, diplomacy with alien races, and one-on-one ship-to-ship space battles. Players captain a starship, sending a lander to survey planets, gather resources, and examine artifacts, then spending those resources on new technologies, weapons, upgrades, and ships from other races. The top-down Fleet Battles pit two vessels against each other and can be played against the AI or in multiplayer. It is considered part of the Star Control series but takes place in a separate universe from the original games.

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What is Star Control: Origins about?

In the year 2088, humanity's space agency Star Control launches Earth's first interstellar-capable ship to investigate an alien distress signal. The player takes the role of that ship's captain, venturing out from the Solar System into a largely unknown galaxy. What begins as a response to a single signal opens into a wider journey of exploring distant worlds, making contact with alien species, and navigating the alliances and conflicts that follow. Characters, species, and events encountered along the way present quests that draw the captain deeper into the galaxy and its mysteries.

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Should I stream Star Control: Origins on Twitch?

0/100 · Closed off· 14 viewers per streamer on paper

Probably not. The only English stream here holds all 14 English viewers — once you take it out there is nothing left to reach.

The only English stream here holds all 14 English viewers. There is nothing left over for a second.

Almost nobody here is available to you — either a couple of streams hold the room, or nobody is watching in English, or the category is empty, or you would be buried.

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

Where to buy

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How many people stream Star Control: Origins?

Right now

1 right now, to 14 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Star Control: Origins too saturated on Twitch?

Not crowded, but not open either. Only 1 person is streaming Star Control: Origins, and the one English stream holds all 14 English viewers — so the room is quiet because that audience is already committed, not because it is waiting for you.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 1 live right now

Is Star Control: Origins any good?

Players score it 69 out of 100 from 22 ratings, and critics 70 out of 100.

70Critics4 outlets
69Players22 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Sep 20, 2018 · 8 years ago
Time to finish
No ending — ongoing game
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Rated
CLASS_IND 12
Biggest stream
14 (100% of the category)
Typical stream
14 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 17, 2026, 2:54 AM UTC