Action · March 7, 2024

Between the Stars (2024)

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Between the Stars is a space action game with RPG growth and real time combat that places you at the helm of an interstellar cruiser. Your mission will be to protect civilization from the Children of the Sun, a faction that dominates border planets and seeks to expand. In order to undertake your mission you must journey across the galaxy, face new challenges at each warp jump, and make difficult decisions that affect your ship, crew and the universe around you, while upgrading your ship's equipment and fighting in battles to survive. Fight in intense space battles in real time. Use special abilities on your ship at the right moment to make a difference on the battlefield. Unlock, upgrade, personalize and buy different playable ships and their systems in order to conquer the galaxy. Create a captain and develop them throughout the adventure. Level them up and acquire different attributes depending on your decisions. Explore the stellar map and its events generated in a procedural universe. Visit space stations and planets across different sectors that make up the galaxy. Hire and upgrade your crew in order to face the dangers of the universe. Ensure their safety and cover your casualties, as well as level them up. Hundreds of text based events that will pit your capacity as well as your crews against countless dangers. Craft, salvage, and investigate new weaponry in order to augment your offensive capabilities. Decisions made in one event could change the evolution of the entire playthrough. Enjoy a standard difficulty mode or play with permadeath on for a challenge.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Space · 107
  • RPG · 100
  • Action · 92
  • Simulation · 92
  • Indie · 87
  • Strategy · 80
  • Adventure · 73
  • Space Sim · 69
  • Singleplayer · 61
  • Sci-fi · 60
  • Sandbox · 49
  • Early Access · 36
  • Open World · 36
  • Rogue-lite · 36
  • 3D · 33

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.3k Steam reviewsTop 92% in Action
Positive rating75% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 80%
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 66% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Simplified Chinese
  • French
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 7, 2024
DeveloperIsolated Games
Base price$10.49 -65%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Reception Metrics

Steam community

75%Mostly Positive · 2.3k reviews

1.7k positive · 575 negative

Curator recommendations

1.9k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

Achievements

106

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Between the Stars