STARFORGE Support
Help with STARFORGE on Android, answers to common questions, and how to reach us.
Common questions
How do I unlock more hulls?
You start with the Sparrow and the Vanguard. The others unlock as you play: the Bulwark, Mantis, Phantom and Titan by finishing story chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5, the Wasp by destroying 500 enemies, the Comet by clearing a story stage in under 70 seconds, the Relic by encountering 100 bestiary species, and the Starforge by finishing the story. The HANGAR shows what each locked hull needs.
How do I get new parts?
Parts drop from the blueprints you know. Get new blueprints from crates in the R&D LAB, bought with coins (a duplicate refunds half its price), and by finishing story chapters. At the end of a roguelike run you keep one part for your hangar. In runs, traders sell, buy, reforge and fuse parts: three of a kind fuse into one of the next rarity.
What’s the difference between Story and a Roguelike Run?
- STORY: eight chapters of five hand-made stages, with up to five stars each. RESTART in the pause menu retries a stage, and QUIT TO MAP leaves it.
- ROGUELIKE RUN: three sectors of branching maps, where your ship, scrap and damage carry from one node to the next. Choose the hull and the Threat level before you LAUNCH; winning opens higher Threat levels, up to 10.
- DAILY RUN: a roguelike run with the same seed for everyone that day.
A run you leave unfinished is saved: pick it up with CONTINUE RUN on the title screen.
How do I earn all five stars on a stage?
Clear the stage, finish with at least half of your hull, beat the par score, destroy 80% of the enemies, and take two hits or fewer.
Can I use a controller, or play with a friend?
Yes. A gamepad works everywhere, including the menus. For two-player co-op on one device, press SELECT (or BACK) on a second gamepad to join, even in the middle of a stage. To change the buttons, open SETTINGS → CONTROLS and press the key or pad button next to an action, then the new one; RESET CONTROLS brings the defaults back.
The touch controls are too fast or too slow
Drag anywhere on the DRAG TO FLY pad to fly; your guns fire while your finger is down. Change how far the ship moves for each drag in SETTINGS → GAMEPLAY → Touch sensitivity.
The screen is too busy, or hard to read
SETTINGS has a Readability section, with your shots’ opacity, the background brightness, explosion intensity and damage numbers, and Gameplay options for screen shake, damage flashes, high-contrast bullets and always showing your hitbox. Settings can also be opened from the pause menu, and every change applies at once.
Do I need an internet connection?
No. STARFORGE plays offline. Google Play Games, if you sign in, uses the internet to back up your progress.
Your progress
Moving to a new phone
Sign in to Google Play Games. The game signs you in by itself if you already use Play Games; otherwise open ACHIEVEMENTS on the title screen and tap SIGN IN TO GOOGLE PLAY GAMES. While you are signed in, a copy of your progress is kept in your Google account.
On the new phone, sign in with the same account and open STARFORGE; your progress comes back on its own. Progress from both phones is combined, keeping the best of each: stars, hulls, blueprints, upgrades, best scores, the bestiary and achievements. Your coins, parts, ship designs, settings and a run in progress stay on the phone where you had them.
If you don’t sign in, your progress comes back with Android’s own backup when you restore it on a new phone.
Starting over
STARFORGE has no reset button. To delete everything the game has stored on your phone, clear its storage in your phone’s Settings, or uninstall it. If you use Google Play Games, delete your Play Games data for STARFORGE too, or your progress comes back the next time you sign in.
Privacy
How STARFORGE handles your data is described in its privacy policy.