Space Station 14
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| Developer(s) | Space Wizards Federation, community based[1] |
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| Engine | RobustToolbox |
| Platform(s) | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Release | 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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Space Station 14, often shortened to SS14, is a free and open-source multiplayer role-playing video game played from a top-down perspective usually set aboard a space station.[2] It is a remake of the 2003 game Space Station 13, developed by a group called the Space Wizards Federation together with its community.[1][2]
Instead of the proprietary BYOND engine on which the original game is built, SS14 uses the RobustToolbox[3], a game engine written specifically for SS14[4][5] using C#[6]. The project has been developed publicly on GitHub since 2017,[6] and is available on Steam as a playtest.[7]
Gameplay
In Space Station 14 each player takes on a job aboard the station, such as chef, scientist, engineer or security officer. Each job comes with its own equipment and set of tasks, and the jobs vary in difficulty. Players communicate with each other through an in-game text chat.[2] Because the game is free and open-source and servers are run independently, the jobs on offer and the rules governing them can differ from server to server.[4]
At the start of each round a number of players are selected at random to work against the rest of the crewmembers as antagonists. Antagonists can range from syndicate traitors who are tasked to steal specific high value items or murder random crewmembers, to nuclear operatives who are tasked with destroying the station using a nuclear bomb.[8]
Development
Space Station 13 was released in 2003 and runs on BYOND, a game engine whose limitations have prompted several attempts to rebuild the game.[1] Instead of adapting an existing engine, the developers wrote RobustToolbox specifically for Space Station 14.[5]
Code in the game's main repository is released under the MIT License with most sprites and sounds licensed under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.[6]
Reception
in 2023, PC Gamer described the game as a "Mix of Dwarf Fortress, Among Us, and RimWorld", while praising the game as "an ambitious engine shift and modernisation that has been in the works for over a decade" which can "potentially attract a far greater audience than its predecessor".[1]
As of March 2026 the game averages roughly 2600 players daily on Steam, which does not account for players of the standalone release of the game.[9]
See also
- List of open-source video games
- Space Station 13
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Prescott, Shaun (9 June 2024). "Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG". PC Gamer. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sharma, Mayank (June 2023). "HotPicks: Space Station 14". Linux Format. No. 302. Future plc. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "space-wizards/RobustToolbox". GitHub. Space Wizards Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About Space Station 14". spacestation14.com. Space Wizards Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Squires-Hand, Liam (11 May 2020). "Space Station 14 is another attempt to capture the spirit of the classic BYOND multiplayer RPG". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "space-wizards/space-station-14". GitHub. Space Wizards Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Space Station 14 on Steam". Steam. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Game Modes". Space Station 14 Wiki. Space Wizards Federation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Space Station 14 Playtest - Playercount". Steam Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
External links
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