Between the Stars
Skip · Roguelike · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 18.2h
- Value
- $1.65/hr
- Reviews
- 74% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 660 Ti / Radeon R9 270X, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $9.89. That was June 2026. Its cuts run 35 percent off as a rule. There have been 77 in the 7 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Endless Sky (free, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats StarMade ($14.99, scores 15).
This site sampled 664 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 8 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 358 reviews written there were positive, against 74 percent overall, and those are 18 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
93% start to 39% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 11:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A heavily flawed game, that I still enjoy. I get why it has mixed reviews, it may deserve a negative overall. But this game has soul. I recommend it at 15 bucks or less. Short pro/con lists Pros: - Fun if easy combat - Quality writing - Good ship designs - Generally good art Cons: - Poor fight design, specifically in regard to story missions - Poor weapon balance - Technical issues regarding story choices and...
Personally enjoyed this game. Though, for alot of people, there will be moments where things feels really out of place and I completely understand where that's coming from. The only large thing that bugs me personally is how shields work in this game. Because it's almost like they're completely useless in this game. Other than that, there's nothing else wrong for me. The controls are really easy to grasp if you play...
The writing is good, but not good enough to save everything else. After 5 hours the gameplay gets stale, the game railroads you at every turn ("Our shields are failing!" while your shields are at 99%), and it's not impressive in any area apart from the story.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Between the Stars scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/727130/between-the-starsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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