Underplayed Gems

Startron (2025)

Startron cover
Developer
Rogo Darius
Publisher
Rogo Digital
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Rating
5.0 of 5, 25 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A calm, methodical space colony sim where you manage automated mining and building across a procedurally generated cosmos with a whimsical crew of cats or dogs.

ascii-basedsimulationstrategyproceduralautomationexplorationmanagementchill

What players say

Players love the ambition and depth of this free ASCII space sim, with trading, building, and 4X gameplay. Many find the 3D ASCII perspective causes motion sickness. There is no manual saving and permadeath can erase long empire-building progress, which splits players.

Screenshots

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