<s>
Starsector	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Starfarer	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
top-down	O
single-player	O
indie	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fractal	O
Softworks	O
for	O
computers	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
release	O
and	O
have	O
continued	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
on	O
every	O
update	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
"	O
Mount	B-Application
&	I-Application
Blade	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warband	I-Application
in	O
space	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starsector	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
single-player	O
space	O
combat	O
role	O
playing	O
and	O
exploration	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
procedurally	O
generated	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
and	O
join	O
one	O
of	O
7	O
factions	O
,	O
remain	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
,	O
or	O
become	O
a	O
mercenary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pirates	O
are	O
a	O
loose	O
faction	O
of	O
mercenaries	B-Application
,	O
bandits	O
,	O
looters	O
,	O
and	O
terrorists	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mosolov	O
cited	O
Star	B-Application
Control	I-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
major	O
"	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
:	I-Application
Privateer	I-Application
,	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
's	O
Pirates	O
!,	O
and	O
Solar	B-Application
Winds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alpha	O
Version	O
of	O
Starsector	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
six	O
missions	O
and	O
a	O
tutorial	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
basic	O
modding	B-Device
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starsector	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
using	O
LWJGL	B-Language
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
receiving	O
steady	O
updates	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
currently	O
available	O
on	O
digital	O
distribution	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Kotaku	O
recommended	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Control	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Ur-Quan	I-Application
Masters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cubed3	O
previewed	O
the	O
unfinished	O
game	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
explaining	O
that	O
Starsector	B-Application
"	O
has	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
go	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
hammering	O
out	O
balance	O
...	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
massive	O
annoyance	O
to	O
an	O
otherwise	O
promising	O
space	O
sandbox	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
