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Between the Stars

Isolated Games · 2024-03-07

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

15
playing now
74%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.89
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Become the captain of a interstellar cruiser and cross the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,497 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.89-67%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.89-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.89 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 49 of 84 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17117120192026Week of 2019-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1732026-08-11 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$9.892019-05-282026-08-302019-05-28 — best price $16.672019-08-12 — best price $17.762019-10-21 — best price $15.992019-12-09 — best price $14.992020-01-18 — best price $14.992020-02-06 — best price $19.742020-03-16 — best price $14.992020-05-04 — best price $16.742020-07-24 — best price $16.742020-11-03 — best price $19.792021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-22 — best price $16.992021-06-02 — best price $19.492021-08-20 — best price $19.492021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-03-02 — best price $28.032022-05-27 — best price $19.492022-09-06 — best price $29.992022-12-12 — best price $19.492023-03-16 — best price $19.492023-06-01 — best price $19.492023-07-26 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-18 — best price $19.492024-03-07 — best price $17.992024-06-06 — best price $17.992024-08-15 — best price $17.992024-10-29 — best price $29.992025-01-22 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-26 — best price $11.992025-07-28 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-11-11 — best price $11.992026-01-23 — best price $10.492026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-04-30 — best price $10.492026-06-17 — best price $10.492026-08-12 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.1%
earned "To Arms"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9300%106

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGIndieSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxStrategyAdventureSpace Sim

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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