Star Ruler
Short description
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
- Developer
- Blind Mind Studios
- Publisher
- Blind Mind Studios
- Release
- Mon, Sep 20, 2010
- Price
- $7.99
- Reviews
- 259
- Positive
- 86%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy
- Features
- Multi-player
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $7.65, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $7.99 launch price. That is 4% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Aug 10, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
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StarDrive | Zero Sum Games 2 titles | 6 | same tags | $29.99 | 1,254 | 43% | Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | $1.5m $659k – $13.1m |
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Star Ruler 2 | Blind Mind Studios 2 titles +1 | 6 | same tags | $19.99 | 661 | 81% | Fri, Mar 27, 2015 | $576k $256k – $9.7m |
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Sins of a Solar Empire II | Stardock Entertainment 21 titles +1 | 5 | − Indie + Singleplayer | $49.99 | 7,014 | 83% | Thu, Aug 15, 2024 | $13.6m $8.6m – $21.6m |
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StarDrive 2 | Zero Sum Games 2 titles | 5 | − RTS + Management | $29.99 | 1,933 | 55% | Thu, Apr 09, 2015 | $2.2m $1.3m – $2.6m |
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AI War: Fleet Command | Arcen Games 11 titles | 5 | − 4X + Co-op | $9.99 | 990 | 86% | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | $386k $171k – $4.3m |
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