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Between the Stars

Between the Stars

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Released Mar 7, 2024 Developer Isolated Games Platforms Windows SpaceRPGActionSimulationIndie
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

74.1%positive2,502 reviews
Recommended · 72 found this helpful

“Well, what can I say — I finished this game. This game is not a masterpiece. It doesn’t shine with a huge number of mechanics or incredible graphics. It definitely doesn’t have the most beautiful space visuals, the best music, or the most original story, BUT despite all that,…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Recommended · 79 found this helpful

“I quite enjoy this game honestly, even in its current state as of June 2020. TLDR, This is worth a purchase as is, but it also has a lot of potential I'm excited about. Pros: +Fun combat with big ships: As much fun as tiny, nimble fighter games can be, I've always been wanting a…”

— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs played
Not recommended · 974 found this helpful

“I want to love Between the Stars, I really, really, really, really, REALLY BADLY want to love Between the Stars. At first blush, this was the "you are a capital warship" space game I really wanted. But the following problems need to be addressed by the devs before I can…”

— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

399all-time peak
0 50 100 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 58 avg · Jun 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

106achievements
4.0%median completion
0.4%rarest: Cheers!
92.4% of players 83.6% of players 47.0% of players 44.9% of players 38.7% of players 37.3% of players 36.6% of players 33.5% of players 32.8% of players 28.9% of players 28.7% of players 27.8% of players 27.0% of players 23.5% of players 23.2% of players 22.7% of players 20.3% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.8% of players 16.3% of players 13.7% of players 12.9% of players 12.8% of players 12.5% of players 11.5% of players 11.4% of players 9.1% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.7% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.3% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 4.1% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 92.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.4%To Arms — Start a new adventure.
83.6%Recruit of the Republic — Destroy 5 enemy ships.
47.0%End of the Beginning — Finish the prologue of the game.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Cheers! — Hidden achievement
0.7%Overcharge — Hidden achievement
0.7%All red! — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$9.89lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US29.99 USD
EU28.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia43.95 AUD
Canada38.99 CAD
Japan3,400 JPY
Brazil88.99 BRL
China108.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$16 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$33

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-31 08-21 09-11 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 14, 2026
Trading Cards and badges added!

Greetings, Captains! Some members of the community have expressed that they would love to have trading cards and badges for Between the Stars, so we've added them to the game! You can now collect a to

Oct 06, 2025
Patch v1.0.0.9

This patch fixes a security vulnerability discovered in the Unity engine. You can find more details here: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59489

Aug 27, 2024
Patch v1.0.0.7

Fixed an issue that prevented aiming with the mouse when using a joystick or gamepad. With this fix, the game can now be played with a HOMAS (Joystick + Mouse) configuration. We have corrected some te

May 22, 2024
Patch v1.0.0.6

Fixed a bug that could cause a softlock in the main menu when trying to start a game or load an existing one. Reduced by 33% the life of the shield generators of the ship of the mission "The Counterat

Apr 29, 2024
Patch v1.0.0.5

Fixed a bug that could cause a softlock in the main campaign if the player exited the game just after finishing the Security Protocol mission. Fixed a bug that could cause the "Ludopath" attribute to

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsSpace · RPG · Action · Simulation · Indie · Strategy · Adventure · Space Sim · Singleplayer · Sci-fi · Sandbox · Early Access (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements106
Official sitehttp://www.isolatedgames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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