Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) is a 4x, tactical rpg and turn-based game developed and published by Massive Damage and Inc..
Released on August 09th 2017 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 810 reviews of which 639 were positive and 171 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10
  • Processor: 2GHZ
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X
  • Processor: 2GHZ
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Linux Ubuntu
  • Processor: 2GHZ
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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March 2025
I've had this combo of XCOM (you have teams of soldiers you send a round a map under a time limit) and Star Trek/Babylon 5 (your main base of operations is a starbase in space, you send teams of greenshirts to different planets who mostly die horribly lol) on my Steam account for a while and finally got around to playing it. It was alright--I beat it on the third highest difficulty in about three days and 18.6 hours, so its not too substantial and thus I'm not leaving a lengthy review. But the pixel graphics were nice, the humor is pleasant enough, though some may find it grating, and it kept me occupied for all those hours, so I'll recommend it. However, its somewhat poorly balanced, IMO: The strategic side is pretty easy, I had essentially unlimited resources by the end of the second in-game chapter, while the final boss is the closest thing to a real challenge I had. And this was on the third-highest difficulty, mind you. Also, you should have an option to disable notifications for the repeating tasks you can set on your starbase, it's ridiculous they didn't think of that. But I got nearly 20 hours worth of fun outta this, so like I said, I'll recommend it.
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March 2025
It's combat is simple enough to get yet complicated enough to get REALLY tactical with it. After owning the game for years, it's still fun to go back and play again.
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Feb. 2025
It's a great game! If you like the base building and meta progress of XCOM, and rock paper scissors type of turn-based RPG combat you'll like this game.
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Aug. 2024
Lighthearted parody of mostly Star Trek, which is fun. I bounced off of it getting a bit grindy, but if you like grinding JRPG style battles, with a lightweight base building component, this is a fun, silly one for you. This is apparently the less grindy updated version of the game. The original is under "Classic Edition" and I give it thumbs down.
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May 2024
Halcyon 6 takes the base-building of XCom and pairs it with a combat system similar to early Final Fantasy titles. You recruit officers to captain your spaceships, send them on missions in fleets of up to three ships, and control them in both space and ground battles (though ground battles are unfortunately very few indeed). You upgrade your base's rooms to improve your ships and officers, and defend your base against the occasional alien attack. I keep coming back to Halcyon 6 every few years, because it's fun and low-key. The galaxy map moves in real-time (with frequent pausing to give you plenty of time to think), while battles are utterly turn-based. It's a great game to play when you just need a bit of a distraction from a crappy day, but still want something with enough depth to really sink your teeth into. On a personal note, I discovered Halcyon 6 when I was looking for something to scratch the Dwarf Fortress itch. It doesn't, but it's still a really fun game. You might think of it as a *very* stripped-down version of Stellaris, with none of the politics or civ-building aspects. To me, the games have a similar feel. Playing one makes me think of the other. I highly recommend Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition if you're a Star Trek fan, or just looking for a fun distraction on a rainy day. Replayability may be low, but not zero. I've personally never completed the game's story, but once I do I'll start playing on one difficulty above normal (*gasp!*).
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
7.5
639
171
Online players
9
Developer
Massive Damage, Inc.
Publisher
Massive Damage, Inc.
Release 09 Aug 2017
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