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	~~{{Italic title}} {{Use British English\|date=September 2026}}~~		'''''Space Station 14''''', commonly abbreviated '''SS14''', is a free and [[Open-source video game\|open-source]] multiplayer role-playing game developed by Space Wizards Federation, a community of volunteers. A remake and modernisation of ''[[Space Station 13]]'', it combines the operation of a space station with environmental hazards, sabotage and conflict between players. Participants assume occupations or antagonistic roles, with the events of each round emerging from their actions and interactions with the station's systems.<ref name="Prescott2024">{{cite web \|last=Prescott \|first=Shaun \|date=9 June 2024 \|title=Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/space-station-14-a-modern-reimagining-of-a-cultish-and-richly-complex-online-rpg-has-just-launched-into-early-access/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
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	~~\| title = Space Station 14~~
	~~\| developer = Space Wizards Federation~~
	~~\| publisher = Space Wizards Federation~~
	~~\| engine = Robust Toolbox~~
	~~\| platforms = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]~~
	~~\| genre = [[Role-playing video game\|Role-playing]], [[Simulation video game\|simulation]]~~
	~~\| modes = [[Multiplayer video game\|Multiplayer]]~~
	}}'''''Space Station 14''''', commonly abbreviated '''SS14''', is a free and [[Open-source video game\|open-source]] multiplayer role-playing game developed by Space Wizards Federation, a community of volunteers. A remake and modernisation of ''[[Space Station 13]]'', it combines the operation of a space station with environmental hazards, sabotage and conflict between players. Participants assume occupations or antagonistic roles, with the events of each round emerging from their actions and interactions with the station's systems.<ref name="Prescott2024">{{cite web \|last=Prescott \|first=Shaun \|date=9 June 2024 \|title=Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/space-station-14-a-modern-reimagining-of-a-cultish-and-richly-complex-online-rpg-has-just-launched-into-early-access/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=PC Gamer}}</ref>

	The project originated in an attempt to remake ''Space Station 13'' around 2011. Its source code was released in 2015, allowing other volunteers to continue development under the name ''Space Station 14''.<ref name="History">{{cite web \|title=About Space Station 14 \|url=https://spacestation14.com/about/about/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Space Station 14}}</ref> It uses Robust Toolbox, a custom engine written in [[C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]], and supports community-operated servers with modified content.<ref name="Repository2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14 \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> The game supports Windows, macOS and Linux. {{As of\|2026\|September}}, it is accessible through Steam Playtest, while its main [[Steam (service)\|Steam]] release remains listed as forthcoming.<ref name="Steam2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Steam}}</ref>		The project originated in an attempt to remake ''Space Station 13'' around 2011. Its source code was released in 2015, allowing other volunteers to continue development under the name ''Space Station 14''.<ref name="History">{{cite web \|title=About Space Station 14 \|url=https://spacestation14.com/about/about/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Space Station 14}}</ref> It uses Robust Toolbox, a custom engine written in [[C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]], and supports community-operated servers with modified content.<ref name="Repository2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14 \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> The game supports Windows, macOS and Linux. {{As of\|2026\|September}}, it is accessible through Steam Playtest, while its main [[Steam (service)\|Steam]] release remains listed as forthcoming.<ref name="Steam2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Steam}}</ref>

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{{Italic title}} {{Use British English|date=September 2026}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2026}}{{Infobox video game
| title = Space Station 14
| developer = Space Wizards Federation
| publisher = Space Wizards Federation
| engine = Robust Toolbox
| platforms = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]], [[Simulation video game|simulation]]
| modes = [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
}}'''''Space Station 14''''', commonly abbreviated '''SS14''', is a free and [[Open-source video game|open-source]] multiplayer role-playing game developed by Space Wizards Federation, a community of volunteers. A remake and modernisation of ''[[Space Station 13]]'', it combines the operation of a space station with environmental hazards, sabotage and conflict between players. Participants assume occupations or antagonistic roles, with the events of each round emerging from their actions and interactions with the station's systems.<ref name="Prescott2024">{{cite web |last=Prescott |first=Shaun |date=9 June 2024 |title=Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/space-station-14-a-modern-reimagining-of-a-cultish-and-richly-complex-online-rpg-has-just-launched-into-early-access/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=PC Gamer}}</ref>

The project originated in an attempt to remake ''Space Station 13'' around 2011. Its source code was released in 2015, allowing other volunteers to continue development under the name ''Space Station 14''.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=About Space Station 14 |url=https://spacestation14.com/about/about/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Space Station 14}}</ref> It uses Robust Toolbox, a custom engine written in [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], and supports community-operated servers with modified content.<ref name="Repository2">{{cite web |author=Space Wizards Federation |title=Space Station 14 |url=https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14 |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=GitHub}}</ref> The game supports Windows, macOS and Linux. {{As of|2026|September}}, it is accessible through Steam Playtest, while its main [[Steam (service)|Steam]] release remains listed as forthcoming.<ref name="Steam2">{{cite web |author=Space Wizards Federation |title=Space Station 14 |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Steam}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
''Space Station 14'' is organised into rounds representing shifts aboard a space station. Players control custom characters assigned occupations with different equipment and responsibilities. Roles include engineers, command personnel and service workers, as well as antagonists whose objectives conflict with those of the crew. Players perform tasks such as operating machinery, managing equipment and maintaining station facilities. Accidents, deliberate sabotage and external disasters can disrupt these activities and create emergencies.<ref name="Steam2" />

Gameplay combines cooperation with conflict. Players may respond to damage, defend or challenge the station's leadership, or continue their ordinary duties while other events unfold. The game's description presents these competing responses as sources of the round's developing story.<ref name="Steam2" /> Writing in ''PC Gamer'', Shaun Prescott described the game as combining [[Player versus player|player-versus-player]] and [[Player versus environment|player-versus-environment]] activity within a shared role-playing setting.<ref name="Prescott2024" />

=== Simulation and design ===
The developers' core design document identifies interacting simulation systems, a changeable environment and player agency as central principles. Station areas can be damaged or reconstructed, and systems are intended to interact in ways that produce unplanned situations. The document also calls for mechanics that encourage contact between players and communicate enough information for them to make decisions within the game.<ref name="CoreDesign2">{{cite web |author=Space Wizards Federation |title=Core Game Design |url=https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/space-station-14/core-design.html |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Space Wizards Development Wiki}}</ref>

The stated artistic direction combines [[Black comedy|dark comedy]] with [[surreal humour]]. Dangerous events coexist with absurd situations, while the setting is intended to retain sufficient consistency for role-playing. These principles describe the principal project's design goals; the documentation recognises that other server communities may take the game in different directions.<ref name="CoreDesign2" />

=== Community servers ===
Community operators can modify the game's rules, mechanics and setting. Players can therefore encounter different experiences on different servers, rather than a single uniform version of the game. In its 2020 coverage, ''GamingOnLinux'' highlighted this extensibility and the ability of server operators to customise the game for their communities.<ref name="GamingOnLinux20202">{{cite web |last=Squires-Hand |first=Liam |date=11 May 2020 |title=Space Station 14 is another attempt to capture the spirit of the classic BYOND multiplayer RPG |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/05/space-station-14-is-another-attempt-to-capture-the-spirit-of-the-classic-byond-multiplayer-rpg/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref>

== Development ==

=== Origins and continuation ===
''Space Station 14'' developed from efforts to recreate ''Space Station 13'' outside its original [[BYOND]] platform. According to the project's official history, developers associated with Goonstation, a branch of ''Space Station 13'', began a remake around 2011. Initially named ''Space Station 13'', the project was developed privately, with occasional public progress reports. Development slowed as its contributors became occupied with other commitments.<ref name="History" />

The developers released the source code in January 2015 so that other members of the community could continue the project. The continuation adopted the name ''Space Station 14'', and volunteers organised through an [[IRC]] channel. Work remained uneven because major components, including the rendering system, required replacement. The official history dates a renewed period of development to May 2017, when additional contributors joined, a new website and Discord community were established, and further engine revisions followed.<ref name="History" />

In May 2020, ''GamingOnLinux'' reported that the project had a Steam store page and planned a free release. The publication compared it with Unitystation, another ''Space Station 13'' remake, noting that ''Space Station 14'' did not require contributors to use the proprietary [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]] engine.<ref name="GamingOnLinux20202" />

=== Public testing ===
The developers announced Steam Playtest availability in February 2021. They explained that they had considered an [[Early access|Early Access]] release but judged a more limited testing programme better suited to the game's condition. Players were initially admitted in batches, and a standalone download remained available outside Steam. No date was set for a wider Early Access release.<ref name="Progress252">{{cite web |date=7 February 2021 |title=Progress Report #25: Blowing Off Steam |url=https://spacestation14.com/post/21-02-12-progress-report-25/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Space Station 14}}</ref>

The same report documented the introduction of a framework for antagonist objectives and a basic traitor mode. Its initial objectives included theft, assassination and survival. At the end of a round, the game revealed the traitors and reported whether their objectives had been completed.<ref name="Progress252" />

In January 2025, contributor PJB3005 published a retrospective marking ten years since the precursor's source code was released and the ''Space Station 14'' continuation began. The account described periods of declining activity and the decision to resume development of the existing project in 2017. It also identified the growth of the volunteer project as an ongoing organisational challenge.<ref name="Anniversary20252">{{cite web |author=PJB3005 |date=19 January 2025 |title=10 Years of Space Station 14 |url=https://spacestation14.com/post/25-01-19-10-years-of-space-station-14/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Space Station 14}}</ref>

== Technology ==
''Space Station 14'' runs on Robust Toolbox, a custom C# engine. Its architecture separates the engine from a server's game content. The client and server load a content package containing the material required for that particular version of the game. The project's documentation explains that this arrangement allows communities to develop their own content without maintaining separate modifications of the engine.<ref name="Repository2" />

The main content repository's code is released under the [[MIT License|MIT licence]]. Artwork and other assets have separate licensing arrangements. Most use Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0, with exceptions recorded in asset metadata; some assets have non-commercial licences. The source-code licence therefore does not apply uniformly to every component distributed with the game.<ref name="Repository2" />

== Distribution ==
The project offers a standalone download alongside its Steam Playtest distribution.<ref name="Progress252" /> {{As of|2026|September}}, the Steam page advertises automatic acceptance of playtest requests, while continuing to list the main release as forthcoming. Space Wizards Federation states that the game will remain free after leaving Early Access.<ref name="Steam2" />

== Reception ==
In June 2024, ''PC Gamer''{{'s}} Shaun Prescott characterised ''Space Station 14'' as a modernisation and engine replacement for ''Space Station 13''. He highlighted its variety of roles and suggested that Steam distribution could introduce the experience to a larger audience.<ref name="Prescott2024" />

Writing for ''Esports.net'' in August 2024, Michael Hassall identified the game as his personal highlight of the PC Gaming Show. He welcomed its potential to make the experience associated with ''Space Station 13'' more accessible. His enthusiasm drew substantially on his experiences of the earlier game.<ref name="Hassall2024">{{cite web |last=Hassall |first=Michael |date=20 August 2024 |title=Space Station 14 Is the Game I'm Most Excited for From the PC Gaming Show. Here's Why: |url=https://www.esports.net/news/gaming/space-station-14/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=Esports.net}}</ref>

In September 2026, Mathias Marques of the Portuguese publication ''PróximoNível'' emphasised the role of player creativity and interaction. Drawing on his own sessions, he described both routine occupational tasks and unexpected encounters, arguing that memorable events arose from players' use of the game's systems. He preferred the convenience of accessing ''Space Station 14'' through Steam, while noting that it and ''Space Station 13'' offered different content.<ref name="Marques2026">{{cite web |last=Marques |first=Mathias |date=3 September 2026 |title=Space Station 14 e a imaginação dos jogadores |trans-title=Space Station 14 and players' imagination |url=https://proximonivel.pt/space-station-14-e-a-imaginacao-dos-jogadores/ |access-date=18 September 2026 |website=PróximoNível |language=pt}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://spacestation14.com/ Official website]
* [[github:space-wizards/space-station-14|Source-code repository]]

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	~~{{Italic title}} {{Use British English\|date=September 2026}}~~		'''''Space Station 14''''', commonly abbreviated '''SS14''', is a free and [[Open-source video game\|open-source]] multiplayer role-playing game developed by Space Wizards Federation, a community of volunteers. A remake and modernisation of ''[[Space Station 13]]'', it combines the operation of a space station with environmental hazards, sabotage and conflict between players. Participants assume occupations or antagonistic roles, with the events of each round emerging from their actions and interactions with the station's systems.<ref name="Prescott2024">{{cite web \|last=Prescott \|first=Shaun \|date=9 June 2024 \|title=Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/space-station-14-a-modern-reimagining-of-a-cultish-and-richly-complex-online-rpg-has-just-launched-into-early-access/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2026}}{{Infobox video game~~
	~~\| title = Space Station 14~~
	~~\| developer = Space Wizards Federation~~
	~~\| publisher = Space Wizards Federation~~
	~~\| engine = Robust Toolbox~~
	~~\| platforms = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]~~
	~~\| genre = [[Role-playing video game\|Role-playing]], [[Simulation video game\|simulation]]~~
	~~\| modes = [[Multiplayer video game\|Multiplayer]]~~
	}}'''''Space Station 14''''', commonly abbreviated '''SS14''', is a free and [[Open-source video game\|open-source]] multiplayer role-playing game developed by Space Wizards Federation, a community of volunteers. A remake and modernisation of ''[[Space Station 13]]'', it combines the operation of a space station with environmental hazards, sabotage and conflict between players. Participants assume occupations or antagonistic roles, with the events of each round emerging from their actions and interactions with the station's systems.<ref name="Prescott2024">{{cite web \|last=Prescott \|first=Shaun \|date=9 June 2024 \|title=Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG \|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/space-station-14-a-modern-reimagining-of-a-cultish-and-richly-complex-online-rpg-has-just-launched-into-early-access/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=PC Gamer}}</ref>

	The project originated in an attempt to remake ''Space Station 13'' around 2011. Its source code was released in 2015, allowing other volunteers to continue development under the name ''Space Station 14''.<ref name="History">{{cite web \|title=About Space Station 14 \|url=https://spacestation14.com/about/about/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Space Station 14}}</ref> It uses Robust Toolbox, a custom engine written in [[C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]], and supports community-operated servers with modified content.<ref name="Repository2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14 \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> The game supports Windows, macOS and Linux. {{As of\|2026\|September}}, it is accessible through Steam Playtest, while its main [[Steam (service)\|Steam]] release remains listed as forthcoming.<ref name="Steam2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Steam}}</ref>		The project originated in an attempt to remake ''Space Station 13'' around 2011. Its source code was released in 2015, allowing other volunteers to continue development under the name ''Space Station 14''.<ref name="History">{{cite web \|title=About Space Station 14 \|url=https://spacestation14.com/about/about/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Space Station 14}}</ref> It uses Robust Toolbox, a custom engine written in [[C Sharp (programming language)\|C#]], and supports community-operated servers with modified content.<ref name="Repository2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14 \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=GitHub}}</ref> The game supports Windows, macOS and Linux. {{As of\|2026\|September}}, it is accessible through Steam Playtest, while its main [[Steam (service)\|Steam]] release remains listed as forthcoming.<ref name="Steam2">{{cite web \|author=Space Wizards Federation \|title=Space Station 14 \|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/ \|access-date=18 September 2026 \|website=Steam}}</ref>

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