: You can typically extract the contents and run starbound.exe from the win64 or win32 folder without a formal installation.
: By early 2020, the game was highly stable. Most of the game-breaking bugs from the early beta years had been ironed out. Starbound Build 03232020.rar
: This was a golden era for modding. Large-scale mods like Frackin' Universe were fully mature by 2020, and many players used specific build backups (like the one in your .rar file) to ensure compatibility with their favorite mod setups before any potential (though rare) official patches. Why Archive Specific Builds? : You can typically extract the contents and run starbound