Mobile game · 2015

Sid Meier's Starships

Sid Meier’s Starships challenges players to build a planetary federation by exploring the galaxy, expanding its influence and domain, researching futuristic technologies and engaging in deep, turn-based tactical space combat with an armada of uniquely customizable starships. Each new campaign will feature its own distinctive galactic strategy map of worlds with dynamically generated tactical combat missions that will enhance the game’s replay value. In addition, Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth fans who purchase Sid Meier’s Starships will uncover cross-connectivity with the two games such that will enhance and expand the depth of both game experiences.

Estimated daily players

~2200.0%

Range 110–450

Estimated total players

~86,0000.0%

Range 49K–150K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Mar 12, 2015iOS

Strategy 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Science fiction

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Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Sid Meier's Starships, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Steam. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~220

0.0%

Range 110 – 450

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~86,000

0.0%

Range 49K – 150K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Sid Meier's Starships per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~86,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Sid Meier's Starships where it is sold.

Steam players in game

Reviews: 2,471

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Sid Meier's Starships: Google Play, App Store, Discord, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Sid Meier's Starships?

We estimate that about 86,000 people have played Sid Meier's Starships — plausibly between 49K and 150K. Around 220 of them play on a given day, in a range of 110 and 450. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Steam rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Sid Meier's Starships still active?

Yes. Sid Meier's Starships is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Sid Meier's Starships player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 1 readings taken since August 9, 2026.

When was Sid Meier's Starships released?

Sid Meier's Starships was released on March 12, 2015 for iOS.

What platforms is Sid Meier's Starships available on?

Sid Meier's Starships is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).

Sid Meier's Starships

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