
StarCraft
- Released
Mar 31, 1998
10,435 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- Mac
- Ratings
Release dates
North America dates- Mar 29, 199910,072 days ago
- Mac
- Mar 31, 199810,435 days ago
- PC
About
StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut off from Earth; the Zerg, an insectoid swarm that assimilates other species; and the Protoss, a technologically advanced race with powerful psionic abilities. Each species features distinct units, structures, and strategic options. The game includes a story-driven single-player campaign for each faction and competitive multiplayer via Battle.net.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 199 players- Main story
- 25 h
- Main + extras
- 28 h
- Completionist
- 31 h
Reviews
Game info
- Released
- 1998 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Multiplayer
- Online up to 8Online co-op 7Online co-op, LAN co-op
Editions, DLC & expansions
Other versions
Remasters 1
Ports 1
Studios
Characters
Age ratings
- ESRBTAnimated Blood and Gore, Strong Language
- PEGI16Violence
- USK12No content descriptors
Themes & tags
- Science fiction
- Warfare
- a.i. companion
- alien invasion
- aliens
- ancient advanced civilization technology
- artificial intelligence
- assassin
- based on - comics
- battle.net
- bloody
- book tie-in
- cheat code
- collective conciousness
48 more tags
- construction
- controversy
- corruption
- cutscene menu
- death
- downloadable content
- drone
- esports
- explosion
- freeware
- fury
- futuristic
- good vs evil
- healer
- heal over time
- heroes
- heroic sacrifice
- hero turned evil
- hotkey
- human
- in-game announcer
- in-game map editor
- insect infestation
- interactive achievement awards 1998
- invented language
- invisibility
- leaderboard
- macromanagement
- mech
- melee
- meme origin
- mercenary
- micromanagement
- military
- mind control
- multiplayer lan
- mutants
- never-ending
- non-player character
- nuclear bomb
- online
- original soundtrack release
- pc to console port
- planet destruction
- planet jumping
- professional gaming
- psychic abilities
- queens
Story & names
In the distant Koprulu Sector of the galaxy, human colonists known as the Terrans have established competing governments far from Earth after their colony ships went off course centuries earlier. Two alien species also inhabit the sector: the Zerg, a ravenous insectoid swarm driven to assimilate other organisms for genetic perfection, and the Protoss, an ancient and powerful race that has secretly observed the Terrans for years.
When the Zerg begin targeting Terran worlds to absorb their psionic potential, the Protoss respond by destroying infested colonies to prevent the swarm's spread, plunging all three factions into open conflict. As the Terran Confederacy crumbles under attacks from rebels, Zerg, and Protoss alike, a new authoritarian government rises from the chaos while the Zerg Overmind sets its sights on the Protoss homeworld, seeking to assimilate the one species that could grant it genetic perfection.
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Also known as
- SCAcronym
- 星际争霸Chinese title
- 星际Acronym
- 星海爭霸Chinese title
- StarCraft 64N64 Version title
Release dates by region
The StarCraft series
All 9 games
This gameStarCraft1998
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty2010
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm2013 · Standalone expansion
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void2015 · Standalone expansion
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void - Collector's Edition2015
StarCraft: Remastered2017 · Remaster
Starcraft2030
Starcraft: GhostTBA
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.






