Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) overview

Overview

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) comes from Massive Damage, Inc. and is published by Massive Damage, Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Aug 10, 2017, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)'s latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 5 September 2026 - 05:54:49 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 79% positive across 835 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) has sold up to 137,000 units and has 587 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,400,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) overview details

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

LIGHTSPEED EDITION Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition brings together the original Halcyon 6 base game along with all of the additional content (Combat & Customization, Diplomatic Diversions, Loot’em Up, and Morale Booster updates) released since launch in Sept 2016 as well as brand new Lightspeed Edition optimizations and features as follows: Streamlined Campaign Greatly speeds up progression and tightens the campaign to an action and adventure packed 12 hrs depending on your play style and pace Streamlined All Systems For faster progression, including economy, starbase, resources, and officer levelling. New Officer Progression System With 6 subclasses, 3 Prestige classes, new skill tree, and over 20+ new Prestige/Epic powers. New Ship Loadout and Config Screen Will let you customize loadouts (and save them) for your ships just before entering combat New Difficulty Mode Called Vice Admiral and slightly increased difficulty across the board Enhanced Combat Includes 25+ new alien faction space combat abilities, more combos for both players and enemies, increased faction weaknesses and resistances, and other balancing tweaks New UI Overhaul Designed for greater readability and usability. Many many UI quality of life enhancements to all areas of the game, too many to list here. Halcyon 6 On the edge of Terran space lies Halcyon 6, a derelict starbase left behind by a mysterious precursor race. Your mission is to reclaim the derelict station and rebuild it. A mysterious alien force is making a beeline towards Earth and this starbase is the best chance for the New Terran Fed…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 5 September 2026 - 05:54:49 UTC, a tracked peak of 14, and 79% positive reviews.

Overview tags

4XTactical RPGTurn-BasedExplorationTurn-Based StrategyBase-BuildingStrategy RPGRPGStrategy2DTurn-Based CombatSpaceDiplomacyPixel GraphicsSci-fi

Content descriptors

Cartoon violence and cartoon gory deaths

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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