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As a shipboard AI, direct drones to rebuild a damaged starship, sustain its human crew, and explore new systems for resources.
Released 12 Oct 2022
Rebuild a Broken Starship
Restore Oxygen and Power
Direct a Drone Crew
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Developed by Kodo Linija · Published by Paradox Arc
Themes from a helpfulness-selected sample of Steam reviews, not the aggregate Steam score.
You are the AI aboard a wrecked starship, with a small group of drones and human survivors in stasis. Repair the damaged vessel and restore life support before waking and supporting its crew.
Direct drones to build and repair facilities, salvage and process materials, and manage the ship’s power, oxygen, and heat. Grow crops and produce food, while researching technologies to expand your capabilities and automate more of the work.
As the ship becomes operational, travel through a procedurally generated universe to explore and mine planets and systems. Events and encounters introduce new challenges, while you decide how to treat the human crew.
These selected reviews often enjoy designing and repairing ships, managing linked resource systems, and unlocking technologies, with the AI-and-drone approach and space setting also drawing praise. Some players find the interface and systems difficult to learn, and several describe later play as grindy or repetitive; views on the game’s depth and balance vary.
Inspired by Factorio and Rimworld, Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the immortal AI you will have your drones repair your starship, save or exploit your human crew and travel the stars in this beautifully complex simulation of a procedurally generated universe.
With only a handful of drones at your disposal, salvage, repair and rebuild your destroyed ship and restore life support before the crew suffocates in the vacuum of space.
Design and rebuild your ship according to your own needs and desires. Balance the onboard systems of oxygen, heat and power to ensure long-term survival.
Process resources into useful components to maintain and expand your ship’s facilities. Grow crops and turn the harvest into food for your awakening colonists. Generate energy to power your ship and create a robust interconnected system.
Use and expand your massive computing power to research alien technologies. Discover new ways to survive the harsh universe and take care of or exploit your human crew.
Once powered and crewed by skilled colonists, take your ship on an odyssey to explore and mine the procedurally generated planets and systems of a vast universe.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Live through an endless number of events and encounters introduced by the story-generating AI. Be it alien face huggers, benevolent traders or pirates: always be vigilant and deal with whatever happens the way you chose.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 76 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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