Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime
Top-down action roguelike with sword fights between armored spaceships
Spiritus Games · Released Nov 10, 2022 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 80% of 129
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 6 months ago
- Apr 22, 2026
What is Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime?
This single-player action roguelike takes place in a medieval science-fiction universe, where you play the last royal trying to save a kingdom after its sun is stolen. You pilot a ship through top-down, physics-based battles across procedurally generated runs, loot enemies, upgrade equipment, and manage scarce resources. Defeat returns you to the throne room to unlock advantages for future attempts.
For you if...
- +you enjoy tough fights that take practice to master
- +you like managing resources and equipment between battles
Not for you if...
- −you want relaxed combat with little risk of failure
- −you dislike restarting runs after defeat
What players say
80% of 129 reviews are positive
Players praise the combat's sense of weight and the mix of medieval and space imagery. They criticize limited content, especially repeated encounters, and slow Early Access development.
Screenshots and trailer
Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 7 SP1
- Processor
- 2Ghz or better
- Graphics
- 1280x720 minimum resolution, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Simplified Chinese.
Does Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime 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
Tags
- Early Access
- Singleplayer
- Action RPG
- Top-Down
- Physics
- Difficult
- Souls-like
- Pixel Graphics
- 2D
- Action Roguelike
- Hack and Slash
- Space
- Sci-fi
- Futuristic
- Spaceships
- Steampunk
Recent updates
- Apr 22, 2026 · Game update: Save Slots
- Apr 7, 2026 · The Moreoverforge Update
- Apr 7, 2026 · The Moreoverforge Update patch notes
- Mar 18, 2026 · The Overforge Update
- Mar 18, 2026 · The Overforge Update patch notes
