Great mod support and community
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The modding community for this game is fantastic.”
Steam review · 902 h played ↗
Starfield
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Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%Bethesda Game Studios2023Action RPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A huge, flawed Bethesda sandbox in space with fun ship building, good faction quests and strong mod support. Skip it if you want handcrafted exploration, seamless space flight or a gripping main story.
Great for
Bethesda fans who like slow sandbox play, ship building and modding, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Repetitive procedural planets, endless loading screens and a bland main story leave it feeling empty
What players love
Fun ship building and outposts
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Love the open galaxy game play and the starship 3d modeling software built into the game.”
Steam review · 615.7 h played ↗
Relaxing, enjoyable exploration loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Sometimes I just want to get in a spacecraft and walk around a planet after a bad day at work.”
Steam review · 105.6 h played ↗
Strong side and faction quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The side quests are the best I've played in any RPG ever.”
Steam review · 64.3 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals and space atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it’s also a ridiculously beautiful game”
Steam review · 352 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“There is a ton of content and places to go.”
Steam review · 214.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring, poorly written story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Characters are still the same card-board cut outs that lore dump when you talk to them”
Steam review · 51.7 h played ↗
Constant loading screens and fast travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“obtain quest, load screen to main town or city, load screen to ship, load screen to fly to atmosphere, load screen to warp to new planet”
Steam review · 49.4 h played ↗
Empty world with no real space exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Starfield is just like space! Cold, lifeless, and largely empty.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Repetitive copy-pasted planets and POIs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“When you see the same facility for the third time on the third planet, with the boss hiding in the exact same spot, you'll just uninstall it too.”
Steam review · 134.7 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and broken quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“They broke the game with the last update and now it crashes on loading”
Steam review · 921.7 h played ↗
Choices lack consequences, shallow RPG
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“No choice matters, as you just wipe the entire galaxy and repeat over and over.”
Steam review · 64.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support125 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
Storage125 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 with updates
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Storage125 GB available space
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
Storage125 GB available space
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