Star Renegades

A service robot named J5T-1N arrives to warn of the Imperium’s invasion. You assemble a squad of heroes and fight across dimensions in a mission-based campaign that can begin again after defeat.

Combat is turn-based and organized around a timeline. Choose when to attack, defend, or use abilities: striking before an enemy acts can earn a critical hit, while breaks and delays can push enemy actions back or cancel them. Front and back rows, enemy traits, and character roles shape each fight.

Between battles, choose routes through mapped areas, collect equipment and upgrades, and rest at camp to heal or strengthen bonds between squadmates. Relationships can unlock paired abilities and new characters, while surviving enemies may return with new traits in later runs.

Many reviewers praise the timeline-based combat for rewarding careful planning, interrupts, and ability combinations, and also highlight the pixel art and the variety of heroes and team builds. Some enjoy developing squad relationships and experimenting across runs. Other reviews find the runs lengthy and repetitive, and describe the difficulty, balance, interface, or stability as frustrating.