I've gotta say I am new here (and making my first post in a popcorn thread is kind of funny) but ... I don't think I have seen a forum so tolerant in a long time. Any "BIG" game would have locked and trashed this on Friday night.
Therefore, it must be the Starmade Illuminati attempting to distract us with this free entertainment!
That said, I got into this game because of Steam. I saw it on Steam, realized I could try it for FREE (which was awesome), downloaded it and played it for 7 nights straight in sandbox.
I then did what I do for games I try for free and play a lot... I realized I had already gotten 20+ hours of fun out of a game that costs less than a movie ticket (well, a prime time movie ticket). So I picked it up on steam. No idea of it shows that or if I've linked any accounts or anything but if you get down to .50 cents/hour or less of fun, it's totally worth it to me.
So thanks for having it on Steam.
{goes back for more popcorn}