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Pilot a ship through a procedurally generated galaxy, earning credits through combat, mining, trade, salvage, missions, or piracy.
Released 03 Aug 2022
Mine Asteroids
Craft Custom Weapons
Salvage Abandoned Ships
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Developed by Rafael Burgos · Published by Rafael Burgos
Star Valor is a top-down space action RPG set in a procedurally generated galaxy. You begin as a small-time pilot and choose whether to work independently or align with factions, shaping who treats you as a friend or foe.
Earn credits and gather equipment by mining asteroids, trading goods, taking missions and bounties, salvaging wrecks, or turning to piracy. Explore systems, fight enemy ships in dogfights and fleet battles, and follow optional story quests alongside procedurally generated missions.
Level up to spend skill points, unlock perks, and develop a preferred playstyle. Find and outfit ships, craft weapons with modifiers, and recruit crew, captains, and companion ships for a fleet. The base-building DLC adds stations that can produce resources and support trade and defense.
Players who enjoy Star Valor often praise the freedom to pursue different roles, from mining and trading to combat and piracy, and the depth of outfitting ships and developing a fleet. Ship upgrades and skill progression make it satisfying to build toward a preferred playstyle, while new runs and unlockable perks encourage replay. Some players instead find the loop repetitive or grindy, and reviews also raise concerns about difficulty balance and cumbersome menus.
Star Valor is a Space Action RPG game that puts you in control of your own spaceship and destiny. Explore a vast open-world procedurally generated galaxy as you make your way from being a nobody to becoming the biggest name in the galaxy. But in a universe where the last of humanity are ruled by the alien beings that very nearly made them extinct, wealth and power doesn’t come easy.
In Star Valor, you are in full control of how you progress and what you ultimately end up becoming. Throughout your journey you will get to choose which factions you join changing who sees you as friend and foe. Alternatively, you can choose to be independent, and find your own way in the universe and your own allies and foes.
Build your way up by earning credits through a variety of activities such as mining asteroids for valuable materials and minerals, completing various missions, trading goods, salvaging ship wrecks, crafting your own weapons, claiming bounties on pirates or even embark on a path of piracy yourself. What you do and how you make your fame and fortune is entirely your choice.
Throughout your journey you gain experience allowing you to level up unlocking new options when starting a new game along with skill points for to you spend how you see fit, creating the play style that best suits you. Anything is possible and you are in complete control of how you play.
Open World Exploration in a Procedurally Generated Galaxy – Each new game is completely different from the last with players getting to choose how big or small a galaxy is.
Dynamic and easy to learn Combat System – Engage in head to head dogfights or massive fleet battles.
Craft your own weapons – Craft weapons using materials found from ship wrecks and mining asteroids and add your own modifiers to create unique weapons that cater to your needs.
Over 190 different pieces of Ship Equipment – A vast selection of varying ship equipment to allow you to customize your ship how you see fit and give it the perfect loadout.
Over 100 different Spaceships – Over 100 different ships across various classes and roles to choose from, ranging from small Fighters to big Battleships.
Choose new Character Abilities as you level up – As you level up, you gain skill points which can be allocated to the skills and skill trees of your choice to create the character of your play style.
Hire a Crew to Improve your ship and gunners to operate turrets – As you grow and you gain a bigger ship you will need to hire a crew to help run it along with gunners to operate turrets.
Sign up and equip new captains to help you - Become a fleet commander and direct your fleet to help you in combat or mining, or alternatively you can hire mercenaries to help out… for a price
Unlock Perks to open New Play Styles – Complete specific tasks or make particular choices to unlock new perks granting different and various new play styles.
Story and Procedural Quest System – Embark on a story that spans throughout the galaxy or take on a large variety of quests with a procedural quest system.
Six Factions to interact with – Interact with six different factions each with their own agendas. Allying yourself with one may make others your enemy.
Wars Between Factions – Take part in wars and conflicts between factions as they struggle for power.
Arena Mode for Combat Focused Challenges – An additional arena mode for you to test your combat abilities as you face off against waves of enemies that grow in power as you progress.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 45 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
