Stars in Shadow
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…
Stars in Shadow is an indie developed by Ashdar Games, released 19 January 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.49 at GOG.
What Stars in Shadow is
Stars in Shadow is an indie game developed by Ashdar Games and released in 2017. It was published by Iceberg Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Stars in Shadow holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.49 at GOG, 82% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Stars in Shadow launched on 19 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Nioh, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
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