Quick Play - Space Station 13 (2024)

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (2)Goonstation

New Players Casual Light Roleplaying

Established way back in 2008, 'Goonstation' is the longest running Space Station 13 Community. Built on top of the original source code, all forks are derived from this codebase. The gameplay style can be considered casual. People will generally play the game in character, but it's not taken entirely seriously. There's little chance of being penalised if you get things wrong, or don't understand your role on the station.

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (4)/TG/Station 13

Experienced Light Roleplaying Medium Roleplaying Casual Expert

/tg/Station 13 (from the /tg/ (Traditional Games) section of 4chan), quickly became the primary open source upstream after Goonstation went closed source, making them the closest thing to 'vanilla' SS13. /tg/station has multiple servers at multiple locations and roleplaying levels, and annoyingly strides to fit their server perfectly between roleplay (RP) levels. Sybil and Basil in the US and Terry in the EU operate as middleground Low-RP/Medium-RP servers. A fourth server called Manuel operates as their middleground Medium-RP/High-RP server, with an EU version in the works since the dawn of man. The gameplay style is a comfortable middle-ground between Goonstation and Baystation 12, and a newbie shouldn’t have too many problems jumping in. They host yearly events that bring in members from the entire SS13 community.

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (6)CM-SS13

Expert Medium Roleplaying

Colonial Marines is a heavily modified SS13 server inspired by the Aliens film along with it’s surrounding universe and built from Baystation 12. One of the most notable differences between colonial marines and other standard SS13 servers is that the players are split between two teams, the United States Colonial Marines (USCM) and the Xenomorph Hive. The server strikes a thin balance between the fast paced action and the unique roleplay moments that present themselves during the round as it progresses. Some of the most notable features of colonial marines are the perspective sprites, unique xenomorph abilities and the vast array of armaments ready for you to test out and enjoy.

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (8)Paradise Station

Expert Medium Roleplaying

A major codebase and community, Paradise has been consistently ranked as the most populated public SS13 server. Notable things include a plethora of custom jobs and species to choose from, and a focus on a lag free experience over feature bloat. The server tries to strike a balance between calmer, more RP oriented rounds and events, and intense action packed gamemodes – Without compromising the complex interactions of game mechanics. A large team of friendly mentors are available to help even the newest player quickly get on their feet.

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (10)BeeStation

New Players Medium Roleplaying

BeeStation is a roleplay server that greatly focuses on being newbie-friendly. There is also a group of mentors who can help you through the steep learning curve of SS13, by answering your questions, or just walking you through basic tasks on the station. Another ongoing goal of theirs is to be the most balanced SS13 server, by constantly tweaking gameplay features to be more fun, and fair. Rounds on BeeStation tend to be very chaotic and fast-paced. The server is a good place to experience high population, and fun features. The code for the server was forked off of the /tg/station codebase.

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Quick Play - Space Station 13 (12)Yogstation

New Players Light Roleplaying

Yogstation was founded in 2011 when then-host asked Yogscast if we could have their blessing to open an SS13 server in their name. Yogscast allowed this and even played on the server a handful of times at the start of Yogstations birth. Since 2011, Yogstation has come a long way. The server is now run by a council of elected staff and the codebase is now open with regular contributions from the community as well as downstreaming all TG’s code. Yogstation still stands and is ran on a powerful host machine/dedicated box, runs a donation system for in game and forum perks, and runs at a safe %99 lag free rate. Yogstation is one of SS13’s most long-standing communities far surpassing most others in time. Yogstation runs mentors as well as staff who are always friendly and on-hand to give assistance when needed.

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FAQs

Is SS13 free? ›

Space Station 13, often shortened to SS13, is a top-down tile-based action role-playing multiplayer video game running on the freeware BYOND game engine, originally released in 2003.

What is the best Space Station 13 server for beginners? ›

BeeStation. BeeStation is a roleplay server that greatly focuses on being newbie-friendly. There is also a group of mentors who can help you through the steep learning curve of SS13, by answering your questions, or just walking you through basic tasks on the station.

How long does a game of Space Station 13 last? ›

A round of SS13 can last anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours depending on the mode of play and the shuttle call, but a typical round lasts about 45 minutes to an hour.

How to emote Space Station 13? ›

You can use the "me" command to emote anything you'd like, e.g. "Me waves to you". There are also some built-in emotes in the game, some with special effects. Just use say and an asterisk before your emote, e.g. "Say *blink" (or use one of the below).

How much does Space Station 13 cost? ›

“Space Station 13 is one of the finest sandbox simulations available, for free or otherwise.”

Is space station 14 the same as 13? ›

Space Station 14 is a remake of SS13 that runs on Robust Toolbox, our homegrown engine written in C#. This is the primary repo for Space Station 14. To prevent people forking RobustToolbox, a "content" pack is loaded by the client and server.

Where can I play SS13? ›

Space Station 13 is built on a game platform called BYOND (Build Your Own Net Dream), which you'll need to download and install to play.

How do you talk in Space Station 13? ›

How do I talk? To speak to fellow players, type Say, press spacebar, and write your message. Press Enter. To speak on your headset, type Say, press spacebar, type a ;, then write your message.

Is SS13 open source? ›

Space Station 13 (SS13) is one of the largest open source games in the world.

How to sit in chairs in SS13? ›

To buckle yourself onto a chair, stand over a chair and do one of the following:
  1. Press Z (or C if you're on /tg/style WASD) while on any intent besides Grab.
  2. Click on yourself while on Help intent.
  3. Drag your character's sprite onto the chair's sprite.
Mar 5, 2024

How to eat SS13? ›

How do I eat something. Click on the piece of food with an empty hand to pick it up, then click on your character. Make sure you are not wearing a mask or helmet that covers the face.

What is Space Station 13 coded in? ›

SS13 is coded in Byond, which is an object oriented programming language.

How do I get SS13? ›

Download. Space Station 13 is built on a game platform called BYOND (Build Your Own Net Dream), which you'll need to download and install to play.

How much is international space station? ›

The total design and construction cost will be about $75 billion while the delivery cost for 40 to 50 Shuttle flights, at about $450 million each, will be about $20 billion.

How do I start a SS13 server? ›

Unless you want to host a server for people to join, do not follow this guide, and go to the Coding page instead.
  1. Get a copy of a server's code.
  2. Create the __secret. dme file.
  3. Compile the server.
  4. Load Dream Daemon.
  5. Select a port and forward it.
  6. Start the server.
  7. You are now all set to play!
  8. Quick Useful Tibits.
Sep 23, 2022

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