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Station Commander (2021)

Station Commander cover
Developer
Ben Marks Game Studios
Genres
Strategy
Rating
3.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You manage, expand, and defend a space station through resource gathering, fleet building, and economic trade in a top-down strategy sandbox.

strategicresource managementexplorationtacticalscifisystematicmethodical

What players say

Players are split on Station Commander. Some enjoy its simple trading economy and planet stock markets, while others find it too bare bones with a steep difficulty spike from pirates, tedious ship repair, and no danger to the player's own station.

Screenshots

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