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Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!

Released Feb 21, 2013 Developer Kerberos Productions Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Rogue-likeDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathProcedural GenerationCrafting
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

83.8%positive1,527 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Sword of the Stars: The Pit is a legendary rouge-like game with some strategy, crafting, and RPG elements mixed in. The number of floors to be explored exceed 50, with each floor randomly generated with each playthrough, leaving an infinite amount of variety. The ability to…”

— a player, Steam review · 137 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“After 225 hours I have finally beaten the game on normal difficulty.”

— a player, Steam review · 229 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
1424-hour peak
1,298all-time peak
0 250 500 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 327 avg · Mar 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

187achievements
0.6%median completion
0.2%rarest: Seriously, Medic?
87.0% of players 48.6% of players 42.3% of players 29.7% of players 20.9% of players 17.5% of players 13.4% of players 9.2% of players 7.7% of players 6.6% of players 5.2% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.3% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 87.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.0%Touchdown! — You've traveled the distance of a football field. It sounds impressive.
76.5%Incroyable! — You've traveled far enough to walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower. If they let you, which they don't. They make you pay for an elevator.
58.3%Ricky Recruit — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Seriously, Medic? — You've made it to the bottom of The Pit with the Medic, Seriously!
0.2%Medic Win Insane — You've made it to the bottom of The Pit with the Medic on Insane!
0.2%Doctor Wha? — 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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

May 04, 2022
The Pit 2 Gets a Demo Release During the Going Rogue Sale!

The Pit 2 Now Has A Demo! It's been 6 months, give or take, since Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 was released to the gaming public on Steam. And after a lot of hard work we've made great strides with t

May 02, 2022
Get The Pit at 50% off during the Going Rogue sale!

"OK, let's get this out of the way right now. You will die. Lots." - Review on Steam, with 500+ hours playtime. The Pit series of games are pleased to be part of Steam's week-long celebration of the R

Mar 04, 2022
In Regards To The Invasion.

As we are all aware, darkness has enveloped Ukraine and a Bandit King seeks to subjugate Her people. We here at Kerberos have always made our games available to service men and women on the frontlines

Mar 03, 2022
In Regards To The Invasion.

As we are all aware, darkness has enveloped Ukraine and a Bandit King seeks to subjugate Her people. We here at Kerberos have always made our games available to service men and women on the frontlines

Oct 28, 2021
Xombie Nightmare in The Pit!

It's Halloween and we've just launched the sequel to The Pit into Early Access (see below)! To celebrate both, we are rolling the four DLC characters for Sword of the Stars: The Pit into the based gam

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRogue-like · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death · Procedural Generation · Crafting · Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Aliens · Lore-Rich · RPG · Strategy · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements187
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.sots-thepit.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DX compatible card DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 1.4 GB HD space Sound: Any Windows compatible sound device Additional: Controller support: 2-button mouse, keyboard and speakers