Pixel Starships

Pixel Starships


8Bit Star Ship Trek


Free

0.961for iPhone
9.1
170 Ratings
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Oct 1, 2020
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About Pixel Starships

Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world.


Featured Reviews -

Touch Arcade - Pixel Starships tasks you with outfitting your very own ship with resource rooms, staff, and weapons. This looks Awesome!

MMGN - The graphics in this 8Bit indie game is the best we've seen in a retro style game for a long time

PocketTactics - I’m intrigued by the cutaway side-view of the starship with turbolifts and transporters at the ready

TechTimes - The World’s First 8-Bit Total Starship Management Game Hits The Online Universe

The Discovery Channel - A fully immersive starship captain experience.


Key Features -

● Build Epic Starships of your own design.
● Many races, aliens, factions to command and conquer.
● Battle it out with other real players in a single massive online universe.
● Manage diplomacy, recruitment, research, exploration!
● Control ship's power and limited resources. Discover epic weapons.
● Build and deploy support ships to support your Starfleet.
● Cross section full ship control and battles.
● Explore planets, discover secrets of space.
● Form alliances and battle with your friends to achieve victory!
● Program situational AI commands to systems and crew allowing automatic combats and offline play.


If you're a fan of Star Wars and Star Trek; if you enjoy games like EVE, Clash of Clans, FTL, or Homeworld, you'll love Pixel Starships!

Note on IAP -

Pixel Starships is totally free to play and is designed for perfect balance for all players. However, there are in-app items that can be purchased for real money to help speed up progress or offer cosmetic improvements. If you don't want this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.

Note on Auto-Renewing Subscription -

Pixel Starships contains a optional Subscription Membership. Members receive extra missions, bonuses, and daily rewards. Membership content is regularly updated.

The Monthly Membership Subscription cost is USD $3.99 per month or a similarly adjusted currency price in your local region. Please refer to IAP menu or in app display for localised pricing. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.

The subscription is auto renewable and will renew monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription can be cancelled via iTunes subscription manager. There is also a 7 day free trial for the membership; the free trial period is not transferrable and any remaining free time is cancelled if a paying subscription starts.

Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

EULA: http://www.pixelstarships.com/eula
Privacy Policy: http://www.pixelstarships.com/privacypolicy

As per Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, you must be at least 13 years of age to play or download Pixel Starships.
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What's New in the Latest Version 0.961

Last updated on Oct 1, 2020
Old Versions
- Implemented new UI for displaying active bonus events
- Updated movement pathing for scatter type missiles such as the HDL
- AI editing now enabled even when rooms are upgrading
- Added 60 second timeout for asset downloading
- Fixed bug where RNG always returns the same values at the beginning of any battle
- Fixed incorrect crew ground battle ability values
- Fixed several battle sync issues
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Version History
0.961
Oct 1, 2020
- Implemented new UI for displaying active bonus events
- Updated movement pathing for scatter type missiles such as the HDL
- AI editing now enabled even when rooms are upgrading
- Added 60 second timeout for asset downloading
- Fixed bug where RNG always returns the same values at the beginning of any battle
- Fixed incorrect crew ground battle ability values
- Fixed several battle sync issues
0.946
Nov 21, 2019
PSS 2019 Holiday Update
- Special Festive season missions and rewards
- New Hazards Mode
- New AI Chips and Configuration
- Limited edition Skins
- New Items, Crew and Sales!
0.934.1
Aug 15, 2019
EVENT HORIZON II Patch 1:
Adds support for Event Horizon II event
Implemented mission markers for Galaxy Map
Several UI improvements
Fixed some battle-related bugs
Fixed a display issue with Bio-Recycler menu
Fixed several minor bugs and errors
0.933
Jul 25, 2019
EVENT HORIZON EXPANSION PATCH 2:
Bio-Recycler will now only allow the top 3 affordable rarity items to be redeemed
Fixed some bugs with Android crews not functioning in battle
Fixed a display issue with promotions in the Bank
TargetConditionRoom AI will now always include destroyed rooms for both crew and rooms consistently
Fixed a bug with rooms not being able to upgrade into skin variations
Fixed an issue with getting stuck during the tutorial
Fixed an error during Starbase raids
Fixed a bug where XP Books cannot be applied on fully trained crew
0.932.1
Jul 18, 2019
EVENT HORIZON EXPANSION PATCH 1:
- Fixes issues with the update message when loading
- Fixes some UI issues when in PVP matchmaking
- Fixes to droid AI
- Fixed the fire crew button when drawing crew.
- Fixed issues with the blender room.
- Fixed the fatigue bubble not displaying correctly after training
- Minor UI fixes & improvements
0.932
Jul 15, 2019
EVENT HORIZON EXPANSION
A massive expansion update bringing in a tonne of new game features.
- New Task System. Daily objectives to complete along with bonus rewards.
- New Galaxy Preview. First Arc of the massive Pixel Starships galaxy has been unlocked.
- New AI Chips making AI setup a breeze.
- What’s new portal. Never miss out on important announcements again.
- Equipment Deconstruction. Create new consumables from unused equipment lying around!
In Addition.
- Tonnes of new items, crew and rebalancing
- New missions to explore
- Hyperspace travel
- New prestige tree
0.931.1
Jul 9, 2019
MAC ENGINE UPDATE PATCH 1!
- Ship zoom has been improved, exterior now fades in much later
- Inventory horizontal scroll now works with touchpad & magic mouse
- Character abilities & AI issues have been addressed
- Fixed issues with using items
- Fixed issues when restarting replays
- Fixed issues that caused the VS screen to become stuck
0.931
Jul 6, 2019
MAC ENGINE UPDATE!
- Completely rebuilt on top of a robust game engine
- Fixes a number of memory leak issues
- Fixes issues with passwords not being obscured on entry
0.929
Apr 15, 2019
EASTER SPECIAL UPDATE PATCH 2
- New tutorial steps
- Fixes an issue with room upgrades
- Fixes issues with a crash during asset loading

Flowers are blooming, the grass is green, everything is beautiful at the Galaxy Gardens! To celebrate the beautiful time of the year, star captains are adopting furry pets! To launch the new feature, grab a bonus bunny at the Starbank with the Easter Promotion!
Captains Pets will follow your Star Captains into battle and keep your captain company during lonely hyperspace flight.
Also in store:
- Limited edition easter theme
- Tournament Changes: Daily Bonus Stars, PVP Matching improvements, Reward balancing
- Loot Modifiers
- Special missions
- New game balance
- New Gray Ship Layout
- New Crews
- New Items
0.928
Apr 1, 2019
EASTER SPECIAL UPDATE PATCH 1
- Improved loading speed
- Fixes a memory leak which could cause a crash with extended play
Flowers are blooming, the grass is green, everything is beautiful at the Galaxy Gardens! To celebrate the beautiful time of the year, star captains are adopting furry pets! To launch the new feature, grab a bonus bunny at the Starbank with the Easter Promotion!
Captains Pets will follow your Star Captains into battle and keep your captain company during lonely hyperspace flight.

Also in store:
- Limited edition easter theme
- Tournament Changes: Daily Bonus Stars, PVP Matching improvements, Reward balancing
- Loot Modifiers
- Special missions
- New game balance
- New Gray Ship Layout
- New Crews
- New Items
0.927
Mar 28, 2019
EASTER SPECIAL UPDATE PATCH 1
- Improved loading speed
- Fixes a memory leak which could cause a crash with extended play

Flowers are blooming, the grass is green, everything is beautiful at the Galaxy Gardens! To celebrate the beautiful time of the year, star captains are adopting furry pets! To launch the new feature, grab a bonus bunny at the Starbank with the Easter Promotion!
Captains Pets will follow your Star Captains into battle and keep your captain company during lonely hyperspace flight.

Also in store:
- Limited edition easter theme
- Tournament Changes: Daily Bonus Stars, PVP Matching improvements, Reward balancing
- Loot Modifiers
- Special missions
- New game balance
- New Gray Ship Layout
- New Crews
- New Items
0.926
Mar 9, 2019
EASTER SPECIAL UPDATE
Flowers are blooming, the grass is green, everything is beautiful at the Galaxy Gardens! To celebrate the beautiful time of the year, star captains are adopting furry pets! To launch the new feature, grab a bonus bunny at the Starbank with the Easter Promotion!

Captains Pets will follow your Star Captains into battle and keep your captain company during lonely hyperspace flight.

Also in store:
- Limited edition easter theme
- Tournament Changes: Daily Bonus Stars, PVP Matching improvements, Reward balancing
- Loot Modifiers
- Special missions
- New game balance
- New Gray Ship Layout
- New Crews
- New Items
0.923
Mar 2, 2019
2019 SEASON PATCH 4
- A stability patch to fix some loading hangs and quiz bug.

Introducing full year competitive season for Pixel Starships for 2019.
Compete in the first year long tournament league to test out against the best in the galaxy.
12 exciting monthly tournaments await with points up for grabs each month! A new individual season ladder has been created in addition to the fleet tournament ladder.

Captains will be able to prepare their ships and organize fleets every month. Battle out to win Starbux, Prizes, and valuable Championship Points. Grab new monthly loot crate rewards as well an epic season prize. The new seasons leaderboard displays the leading captains. Monthly and Season champions receive customized in game items from our artists.

In addition, the new small weapons platform opens up new mid-game strategies. For story focused players there’s over 50 new mission events available in the PVE missions.
0.921
Feb 14, 2019
2019 SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE UPDATE PATCH 1
Improved user authentication and botting prevention with in game captcha service. Also support added for new 2019 server spec.
Over 50 new items, crew and weapons added!
0.920
Jan 17, 2019
SECURITY UPDATE AND NEW SERVER SUPPORT
Improved user authentication and botting prevention with in game captcha service. Also support added for new 2019 server spec.
Over 50 new items, crew and weapons added!
0.916
Dec 5, 2018
PRO SPEC UPDATE PATCH 2
A quick little fall update to bring some small but wonderful updates in preparation for the holidays.
- Missle, Craft, Android remanufacture schedule woop woop
- Blimp construction speed up
- EMP now affects engines
- Urgent repair now removes fire and emp
Many balance and stat changes refer to wiki
0.914
Nov 26, 2018
PRO SPEC UPDATE PATCH 2
A quick little fall update to bring some small but wonderful updates in preparation for the holidays.
- Missle, Craft, Android remanufacture schedule woop woop
- Blimp construction speed up
- EMP now affects engines
- Urgent repair now removes fire and emp

Many balance and stat changes refer to wiki
0.913
Nov 24, 2018
PRO SPEC UPDATE
A quick little fall update to bring some small but wonderful updates in preparation for the holidays.

- Missle, Craft, Android remanufacture schedule woop woop
- Blimp construction speed up
- EMP now affects engines
- Urgent repair now removes fire and emp

Many balance and stat changes refer to wiki
0.912
Nov 6, 2018
November Patch Update.

Compatibility update to support exciting new side-quests and an updated single player storyline.
Over 40 new in game items, characters, and missions.

For a list of balance changes please visit our Wiki Site!
0.901
Oct 19, 2018
Compatibility update to support exciting new side-quests and an updated single player storyline.

Over 40 new in game items, characters, and missions.

For a list of balance changes please visit our Wiki Site!
0.89
Sep 28, 2018
PEW PEW UPDATE PATCH 3
Here comes the 3rd and final patch for Pew Pew Weapons update before we get ready for the silly season(s)! Top 5 patch features:
1. All Level 2 - 11 faction ships have undergone massive hull upgrades!
2. 2018 Seasons tournament ladder now showing for fleets.
3. Performance improvements, UI Tweaks, and more.
4. Room, items, and weapons balances for improved gameplay.

A brand new pixel starship feature updated has arrived!
Featuring a complete rebalance of the PVP gameplay and introducing three new customizable mid game weapons with new Armour Piercing and Shield Penetration Ammo. New shield batteries provide additional support to the shield generators. Room upgrade modules can now be restocked with new barriers and proximity mines to defend your key infrastructure. The new supply chain automation research further improves ship management and reduces taps needed to prepare your vessel for combat. New Phython 3.0 AI instruction set allows crazy complex ai setup for your ships.

In addition, new backstories for the 3 races have been added with additional single player missions. Artwork in the game has been redrawn to provide better visual fidelity. Additional ship hulls are available for purchase and improved guide system added!

For a list of balance changes please visit our Wiki Site!
0.87
Aug 30, 2018
PEW PEW PATCH 1

New UI, Graphics enhancements, and Stability to Pew Pew Expansion

A brand new pixel starship feature updated has arrived!
Featuring a complete rebalance of the PVP gameplay and introducing three new customizable mid game weapons with new Armour Piercing and Shield Penetration Ammo. New shield batteries provide additional support to the shield generators. Room upgrade modules can now be restocked with new barriers and proximity mines to defend your key infrastructure. The new supply chain automation research further improves ship management and reduces taps needed to prepare your vessel for combat. New Phython 3.0 AI instruction set allows crazy complex ai setup for your ships.

In addition, new backstories for the 3 races have been added with additional single player missions. Artwork in the game has been redrawn to provide better visual fidelity. Additional ship hulls are available for purchase and improved guide system added!

For a list of balance changes please visit our Wiki Site!
0.86
Aug 20, 2018
PEW PEW AUGUST FEATURE UPDATE
A brand new pixel starship feature updated has arrived!

Featuring a complete rebalance of the PVP gameplay and introducing three new customizable mid game weapons with new Armour Piercing and Shield Penetration Ammo. New shield batteries provide additional support to the shield generators. Room upgrade modules can now be restocked with new barriers and proximity mines to defend your key infrastructure. The new supply chain automation research further improves ship management and reduces taps needed to prepare your vessel for combat. New Phython 3.0 AI instruction set allows crazy complex ai setup for your ships.

In addition, new backstories for the 3 races have been added with additional single player missions. Artwork in the game has been redrawn to provide better visual fidelity. Additional ship hulls are available for purchase and improved guide system added!

For a list of balance changes please visit our Wiki Site!
0.84
Jul 1, 2018
SUMMER PERFORMANCE UPDATE
Following up from the last major expansion, we've improved some of the minor ui issues, and added additional help & support in the game options menu. The crew collections have been rebalanced with updated functions and descriptions. In addition.

- Collections rates increased across the board
- New crews
- Support for random events
- Lower item construction costs
- New items
0.83
Jun 14, 2018
Get your dose of outer space goodness! Now with Advanced Tactics eSport Expansion! Build & Command your own Starship! Form your own Starfleet and explore the galaxy!
ADVANCED TACTICS EXPANSION PATCH 3

With stability and performance improvements, and UI enhancements, improved Localizations.

This major update emphasizes on competitive play by supporting greatly varied strategies for mid-high level players. Also contains a number of stability fixes and GDPR patch for ad blimp
The new Starship Cloaking weapon makes your Starship invisible to opponents for short bursts of time. New hull expansion modifications allows you to carry additional cargo and weapons.

Crews can now work together in groups and gain unique passive abilities. The new biochemistry facility allows DNA extraction and construction of new items.

This is the largest gameplay content expansion since launch with:

- Over 30 new crews
- Crews can now work together in Groups
- Over 50 new items
- Over 15 new room upgrades
- New Event based Single Missions
- New Achievements
- New Ship Cloaking Weapon
- New Starbase Weapons
- New Crew Passive Abilities
- New BioChemical Lab
- New Training Items
- New Alien Races
- Starship Hull Modifications
0.82
May 30, 2018
Get your dose of outer space goodness! Now with Advanced Tactics eSport Expansion! Build & Command your own Starship! Form your own Starfleet and explore the galaxy!

ADVANCED TACTICS EXPANSION PATCH 2

Now with additional ad network support following GDPR. Stability and performance improvements, and UI enhancements, improved Localizations.

This major update emphasizes on competitive play by supporting greatly varied strategies for mid-high level players. Also contains a number of stability fixes and GDPR patch for ad blimp
The new Starship Cloaking weapon makes your Starship invisible to opponents for short bursts of time. New hull expansion modifications allows you to carry additional cargo and weapons.

Crews can now work together in groups and gain unique passive abilities. The new biochemistry facility allows DNA extraction and construction of new items.

This is the largest gameplay content expansion since launch with:

- Over 30 new crews
- Crews can now work together in Groups
- Over 50 new items
- Over 15 new room upgrades
- New Event based Single Missions
- New Achievements
- New Ship Cloaking Weapon
- New Starbase Weapons
- New Crew Passive Abilities
- New BioChemical Lab
- New Training Items
- New Alien Races
- Starship Hull Modifications
0.81
May 23, 2018
ADVANCED TACTICS EXPANSION WITH GDPR PATCH
This major update emphasizes on competitive play by supporting greatly varied strategies for mid-high level players. Also contains a number of stability fixes and GDPR patch for ad blimp

The new Starship Cloaking weapon makes your Starship invisible to opponents for short bursts of time. New hull expansion modifications allows you to carry additional cargo and weapons.

Crews can now work together in groups and gain unique passive abilities. The new biochemistry facility allows DNA extraction and construction of new items.

This is the largest gameplay content expansion since launch with:

- Over 30 new crews
- Crews can now work together in Groups
- Over 50 new items
- Over 15 new room upgrades
- New Event based Single Missions
- New Achievements
- New Ship Cloaking Weapon
- New Starbase Weapons
- New Crew Passive Abilities
- New BioChemical Lab
- New Training Items
- New Alien Races
- Starship Hull Modifications
0.80
May 21, 2018
ADVANCED TACTICS EXPANSION

This major update emphasizes on competitive play by supporting greatly varied strategies for mid-high level players.

The new Starship Cloaking weapon makes your Starship invisible to opponents for short bursts of time. New hull expansion modifications allows you to carry additional cargo and weapons.

Crews can now work together in groups and gain unique passive abilities. The new biochemistry facility allows DNA extraction and construction of new items.

This is the largest gameplay content expansion since launch with:

- Over 30 new crews
- Crews can now work together in Groups
- Over 50 new items
- Over 15 new room upgrades
- New Event based Single Missions
- New Achievements
- New Ship Cloaking Weapon
- New Starbase Weapons
- New Crew Passive Abilities
- New BioChemical Lab
- New Training Items
- New Alien Races
- Starship Hull Modifications
0.79
Apr 19, 2018
ESPORTS EXPANSION PATCH II
In this minor patch update we've fixed a number of UI glitches and improved stability of the game. In addition there's now support for new upcoming faction specific missions.
0.76
Mar 23, 2018
A number of UI improvements for the eSports update. Security Improvements. Fixes for tournament ladder ordering. Fixes a bug for ground battles.
0.75
Mar 1, 2018
Introducing the new Monthly eSports Tournament Expansion for Pixel Starships. Up to 10,000 players (players of top 100 fleets) can now participate in monthly group battles and win unique prizes. Reward points are added to participants and the new reward store allows redemption of new and unique epic weapons not available in the standard game. Tournaments are broken up into 4 phases. Pre Season, Drafting, Qualify, and Finals. Qualifying is based on player's current trophy position, and finals is based on a new per battle scoring system for the Finals week (Last week of Month) only. Fleets can win championship points each month to achieve the annual season title.
0.70
Dec 15, 2017
New Christmas theme for the Holiday Season! and a bunch of Festive goodies!
0.64
Nov 17, 2017
Added polish localisation, improved client and server sync, support for new server achievement types.

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