PULSAR: Lost Colony

pulsarthegame.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms, Kind of game, Working in sync, Exploring.

• Online co-op: The page says you can play offline with bots or with friends online.
• Most players online: It calls the game cooperative for 1 to 5 players and says a crew has up to five members.
• Platforms: The page says the game is built for Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
• Kind of game: The page says everyone plays a key role on the ship, with five classes.
• Working in sync: It says coordination between crew members is necessary for survival.
• Exploring: The first heading is about a randomized galaxy to explore.

pulsarthegame.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms, Release date, About, Fighting, Working in sync, Planning ahead.

• Online co-op: The features list says online co-op multiplayer for 1 to 5 players.
• Most players online: The features list gives 1 to 5 players online.
• Platforms: The page lists Windows, Mac and Linux.
• Release date: The history lists the 2015 beta and early access release and the summer 2021 1.0 release.
• About: The text sends the crew to abandoned stations and to planet surfaces with harsh conditions and dangerous creatures.
• Fighting: The features list starts with fast, tactical ship-to-ship combat, then boarding and away-team fights.
• Working in sync: The intro says coordination between crew members is essential to survive.
• Planning ahead: The intro says the strategies are up to you or your Captain.

store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Release status, Release date, About, Exploring, Unlocks and progress, Tension and danger, Free base co-op.

• Online co-op: Key features list Online Co-op and Co-op.
• Release status: The page shows a full release date and no Early Access banner.
• Release date: Steam shows 22 Jun, 2021 as the release and 15 Sep, 2015 as the early access start.
• About: The short text calls it a co-op open-world space sim about exploring alien planets.
• Exploring: User tags include Exploration, Open World and Nonlinear.
• Unlocks and progress: The short text lists researching new talents.
• Tension and danger: The text has the crew reroute power, launch nukes and start the warp drive to escape a fight they cannot win.
• Free base co-op: Steam sells one paid edition for all three systems and lists no demo.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Genres.

• Steam app ID: The product identifier is 252870.
• Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
• Platforms: Steam marks Windows, Mac and Linux builds as available.
• Release status: Steam lists the game as out now and has no Early Access genre.
• Release date: Steam shows Jun 22, 2021.
• Genres: Steam lists Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG and Simulation. The short text calls it a space sim, which supports simulation.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Release status, Release date.

• Release status: The maker's post says the game has left early access and is now in version 1.0.
• Release date: The post is dated 2021-06-22, the day 1.0 came out. Early access began on 2015-09-15.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Sessions, Story.

• Sessions: The Beta 31 notes call the Lost Colony the main campaign and add a shorter bonus campaign you can play instead.
• Story: The new campaign is a shorter story about another faction, next to the main Lost Colony story.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Sessions.

• Sessions: The Beta 30.4 notes mention an ending cutscene for the Lost Colony, so the main campaign has a set end.

store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Friends can join mid-game.

• Friends can join mid-game: A 2021-10-06 fix covers clients who join a crew while it is in the middle of a warp. This is a maker statement after 1.0 that players join a running crew.

web.archive.orgStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Friends can join mid-game.

• Friends can join mid-game: An archived copy of the Steam page from 2021-02-09 lists online drop-in and drop-out play as a current feature. The line is no longer on the live page, so this rests on the older text and the later patch note.

wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026

Backs Wikidata item, Genres, About, Release date.

• Wikidata item: The item matches Steam application ID 252870.
• Genres: P136 lists first-person shooter and science fiction video game.
• About: P136 includes science fiction video game.
• Release date: P577 gives only the year 2014. That disagrees with the maker and Steam, who both give 2021-06-22, so the maker wins.

gamingonlinux.comPress, read 28 October 2026

Backs Kind of game, Fighting, Exploring.

• Kind of game: Article of 2021-06-24 says each crew member handles a major ship system and compares the game to Star Trek: Bridge Crew.
• Fighting: It describes fast, tactical ship-to-ship battles with each player at a station.
• Exploring: It says players explore planets and stations for loot and can teleport to other ships and stations.

steamcommunity.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Laughter and chaos, Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Getting better, Working in sync.

• Laughter and chaos: Among forty helpful English reviews read on 2026-10-28, a few describe a family crew laughing when things go wrong. Play stays mostly serious, so chaos is minor.
• Calm and coziness: A 2015 review describes a crew passing the time in the lounge while the ship warps, so there are quiet stretches between jobs.
• Time to hang out: The same review shows friends chatting between jobs, but most talk in other reviews is about the task at hand.
• Getting better: Reviews tell new players to watch an engineer tutorial or do the Academy training first, which shows each station has to be learned.
• Working in sync: A helpful review of the pilot role describes shouting for power and firing solutions between stations.