Beyond These Stars

City builder about sustaining a colony on a space whale

Balancing Monkey Games · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Oct 16, 2026

Reviews: Mixed; 65% of 214
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 128; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 19 hours ago; Oct 28, 2026
Minimum PC: GTX 960; 8 GB RAM · 7 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Beyond These Stars?

In this single-player city builder, colonists live on Kewa, a space whale traveling between star systems. You reshape terrain, dig canals, plant forests, and arrange production buildings around adjacency bonuses and travel times. You research technologies and gather resources on other worlds while protecting Kewa's ecosystem and uncovering your people's past.

For you if...

+you enjoy balancing production against demand rather than maximizing output
+you like city builders with a story to follow

Not for you if...

−you want fast progression rather than waiting on resource production

What players say

65% of 214 reviews are positive

Players praise the space-whale premise and visual style. Common complaints include byproduct storage filling up and stalling linked production chains, along with an awkward interface. Some players also report progress-blocking bugs, including colonists not working.

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Beyond These Stars system requirements

Minimum: GTX 960, 8 GB RAM, 7 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 3200G (quad-core)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 (4 GB)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: SSD recommended

OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600 (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X (hexa-core)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 (8 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 6600 XT (8 GB)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: SSD recommended

Does Beyond These Stars have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Beyond These Stars run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 64
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does Beyond These Stars use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam