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Between the Stars

Space action RPG mixing cruiser battles with text-based events

Isolated Games · Released Mar 7, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
75% of 2,035
Recent reviews
Mixed
41% of 12 in 30 days
Players
3
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 6, 2025
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
8 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Between the Stars?

You captain an interstellar cruiser in a single-player space action RPG, traveling between sectors of a procedural galaxy to stop the Children of the Sun from expanding beyond the border planets. You fight real-time ship battles, respond to text-based events, hire crew, and upgrade ships and equipment.

For you if...

  • +you like story-driven space adventures with substantial reading
  • +you enjoy managing a crew alongside ship combat

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast dogfights in small, agile ships
  • −you prefer minimal reading between combat encounters
  • −you expect complex combat and varied side missions

What players say

75% of 2,035 reviews are positive · 41% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the writing, ship designs, and crew events; some also enjoy the cruiser combat. They complain about bugs that block progress, repetitive missions, awkward controls and menus, and story choices that can feel restrictive.

How many players finish Between the Stars?

3.1% of Steam players have unlocked «End of the Game», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Between the Stars system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 660 Ti, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
Processor
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz / AMD FX-4330
Graphics
GeForce GTX 660 Ti / Radeon R9 270X
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz / AMD FX-6300 Six-Core
Graphics
GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 470
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Does Between the Stars have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Between the 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
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
106
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French, Russian.

Does Between the 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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