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Between the Stars

Between the Stars is a space action game with RPG growth and real time combat that places you at the helm of an interstellar cruiser. Your mission will be to protect the civilized world from the Children of the Sun, a faction that dominates border planets in the known universe. In order to undertake your mission you must cross the galaxy, face new challenges at each warp jump, and make difficult decisions that affect your ship, crew and the world that surrounds you while upgrading your ship's equipment and fighting in battles to survive. Fight in intense space battles in real time.Use special

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May 28, 2019
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Isolated Games
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Isolated Games
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Between the Stars is a space action game with RPG growth and real time combat that places you at the helm of an interstellar cruiser. Your mission will be to protect the civilized world from the Children of the Sun, a faction that dominates border planets in the known universe. In order to undertake your mission you must cross the galaxy, face new challenges at each warp jump, and make difficult decisions that affect your ship, crew and the world that surrounds you while upgrading your ship's equipment and fighting in battles to survive.

Fight in intense space battles in real time. Use special abilities on your ship in the right moment to mark the difference on the battlefield. Unlock, upgrade, personalize and buy different playable ships and their systems in order to conquer the galaxy. Create a captain and develop them throughout the adventure. Level them up and acquire different attributes depending on your decisions. Explore the stellar map and its events generated in a procedural universe. Visit space stations and planets across different sectors that make up the galaxy.

Hire and upgrade your crew in order to face the dangers of the universe. Ensure their safety and cover your casualties, as well as level them up. Hundreds of text based events that will pit your capacity as well as your crews against countless dangers. Craft, salvage, and investigate new weaponry in order to augment your offensive capabilities.…

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★ 7.2/10GOG · 100 ratings
GOGLast checked November 2, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
I love the ideas of this game. I've always wanted a starship captain simulator, and this is the best one I've played so far, even…
★ 5 / 5
This is almost like playing Rebel Galaxy, but you get to go up and down and roll, but still in big ships like Rebel Galaxy.…
★ 3 / 5
I have waited 5 years to get the game finished, so I review again and also my review. ; ) First of all, you need…
★ 5 / 5
Back in 2001 on a crappy laptop with an 8mb integrated gpu, I found myself going through some demo CDs and came across a demo…
★ 5 / 5
This is exaclty what i wanted from a space rpg. No more these build your own story nonsense... dont get me wrong i love Elite…
★ 1 / 5
The small dev team started off great 3 years ago. But the lack of content, VERY slow updates and time spent developing another game they…
★ 4 / 5
The game as is (03.2020) is fun to play, but some functions and mechanics are hard to grasp/understand. 1. Auto-Dock at stations is more than…
★ 2 / 5
.....and that's where you'll stay, because the Devs have been promising to finish the thing with nothing to back their claims up. The last update…

Most recent8

★ 5 / 5
this game is really awesome, one of the best space sims, the combats are awesome, the music, the history, , an underrated gem.
★ 3 / 5
Too much "drama"/dialog. Not enough flying/shooting. (I will say I wasn't 10 minutes into the tutorial...but if it's lost me there...what good will the game…
★ 2 / 5
- way too much dialog - way too many events occuring in short succession breaking the flow of the gameplay - apart from the campaign…
★ 3 / 5
I have waited 5 years to get the game finished, so I review again and also my review. ; ) First of all, you need…
★ 3 / 5
This game had some unique and fun elements, like combinatic dice rolls and action combat. I enjoyed it. But the game needs and can be…
★ 4 / 5
(short version: if you dont like choose your adventure books w/dice rolls, you'll hate this. there's a lot of reading). long version: this is the…

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