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As a space bounty hunter, outfit a ship with powered modules and outscore rival ships across three lanes in turn-based runs.
Released 03 Apr 2025
Route Energy Through Modules
Outscore Enemies Across Lanes
Build Ship Module Combos
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Developed by Math Tide · Published by Thermite Games
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You play a spacefaring bounty hunter taking on missions to pursue wanted criminals. Choose a pilot and ship, each with different abilities or combat specialties, then face a sequence of enemy ships and bosses.
In turn-based battles, you draw energy with varying values and types, then assign it to modules fitted into your ship. Modules generate or modify power and can interact with neighboring equipment. Your power is compared with the enemy’s across three lanes; losing a lane deals damage based on the difference.
After battles, collect rewards such as modules, treasures, and coins to develop your ship’s build. Between missions, spend vacation days on events and choices that can provide resources or other effects. Runs also vary through pilots’ talents, enemy rules, ship options, and rising difficulty levels.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its number-based, three-lane battles as a tactical puzzle, especially the ways energy, ship modules, and their synergies can shape a build. Many also value the variety from different ships, pilots, enemies, and treasures, which gives runs distinct possibilities. Some reviewers, however, find the builds or encounters repetitive, and several say unclear descriptions make the systems harder to understand.
The Bounty Hunter Association is recruiting now! Abundant rewards await you! Join us now!
Both sides accumulate Power for their own spaceship and compete in a fair shockwave battle to determine who the winner is! This is the recognized way of battle in the LONESTAR Universe, without any surprise attacks!
All hunters who join the Association will receive a free spaceship!
Each spaceship has its own expertise and possesses nearly a hundred exclusive units! (Note: The Association only provides initial units; other units need to be obtained by hunters during their journey.)
As the largest Bounty Hunter organization in the LONESTAR Universe, the Association has dozens of spaceship pilots!
The Association guarantees that each pilot has undergone repeated tests, with unique exclusive skills and a vast array of random talents, ensuring that each hunting experience is unique.
Furthermore, the Association's recruitment work is ongoing, and there will be a continuous influx of new pilots in the future.
The Association strictly adheres to the LONESTAR Universe Labor Protection Act and provides generous vacations for all Bounty Hunters.
Every time you complete a Bounty Mission, the Association will offer a period of paid leave.
During your vacation, you will encounter various unique events, make choices, and obtain resources. So, please enjoy your vacation time!
In the LONESTAR Universe, there are hundreds of different treasures, each with a unique function. Coupled with various exclusive units and different spaceships, such a wide variety of combinations may have left you overwhelmed.
No worries! The Association's Information Center has collected data on most of the units and Treasures in the universe and compiled them into an encyclopedia for your reference! It will undoubtedly assist you in creating a unique build!
The Association's Intelligence Center has gathered information on nearly a hundred wanted criminals in the LONESTAR Universe, including 15 extremely dangerous boss-level felons! You can access the criminal information before each mission and adjust your combat strategies accordingly. The Association's Intelligence Center will help you secure victory!
For any newly wanted criminals that may appear in the future, we will announce their profiles in Notices. Please check regularly.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 46 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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