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Stars in Shadow

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App ID 464880
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Iceberg Interactive
Franchise Iceberg Interactive
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 31982165
Last Record Update 30 October 2025 – 04:14:27 UTC ()
Release Date 19 January 2017 – 18:09:42 UTC ()
😏 75.05%
797 reviews
19
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🗺️ 4X 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🌠 Space 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

Additional Information

Developer Ashdar Games
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metacritic_score 75
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DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Iceberg Interactive
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Store Release Date 19 January 2017 – 18:10:19 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 19 January 2017 – 18:09:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 28 October 2022 – 20:43:28 UTC () (1666989808)
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Detected Technologies (?) FMOD SDK, Lua SDK
First seen on SteamDB 21 April 2016 – 12:34:52 UTC (), in changelist #1905784

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 🗺️ 4X 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🌠 Space 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🚀 Sci-fi 🎲 Turn-Based 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing

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timestamp9 October 2024 – 10:09:56 UTC

Trailer 87279 ↴

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Steam charts

  • 19 players right now
  • 23 24-hour peak
  • 470 all-time peak 21 January 2017
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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 93 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 75.05% SteamDB Rating
  • 629 78.9% positive reviews
  • 168 21.1% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
19 January 2017 Steam Release -
21 February 2022 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Strategy BYOB 2022 -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 19 players live playing Stars in Shadow on Steam.

Stars in Shadow had an all-time peak of 470 concurrent players on 21 January 2017.

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