Stars in Shadow Reviews
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.
App ID | 464880 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | Ashdar Games |
Publishers | Iceberg Interactive |
Categories | Single-player |
Genres | Indie, Strategy |
Release Date | 19 Jan, 2017 |
Platforms | Windows |
Supported Languages | English |

787 Total Reviews
621 Positive Reviews
166 Negative Reviews
Mostly Positive Score
Stars in Shadow has garnered a total of 787 reviews, with 621 positive reviews and 166 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Mostly Positive’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
5127 minutes
Stars in Shadow is a 4x, but it's more Age of Wonders than Master of Orion. A streamlined 4x layer is combined with starship tactical combat. The artwork is beautiful, too. While I personally lean towards a more strategic than tactical approach in 4x games, Stars in Shadow does get a recommend - particularly if you do like tactical combat 4Xs. Little word of warning: Where in most space 4x games humans are a good starter faction, that's not the case here - they're really quite challenging.
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
11246 minutes
I love this game alot but be warned. First I want to say that this was a great game with a lot of cool stuff and intersting mechanics but... I feel like the game wanted to be simple and achived that but I do feel like their was a little to much of that, for example ground battles in invasionsare just a prestange bar that goes up and some explotions. Feel like theirs a missed oppertunite their. Idk but I also wanrt to note their are some balnceing issues but they don't really come up from what I have seen. Overall this is my score
7.5/10 graphics
8/10 gameplay
8/10 lorw
9/10 accesablity
10/10 space combat
7.3/10 soundtrack
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
21 minutes
Making an effort to go back and review games I wanted to leave positive reviews for but never did
... anyways, game good, cool art and unique race selection, feels very much like an older 4x in a good way, UI can be a bit overwhelming tho
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive