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In Stars And Time

insertdisc5 · Armor Games Studios · 2023-11-20

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 20, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 20, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 20, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.

In Stars And Time is a 2023 RPG priced at $11.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (97% of 8898 reviews).

56
playing now
97%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
12
Nexus mods (2.1k downloads)
4.86★
PlayStation Store rating (796 ratings)
26h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

In Stars and Time is a 2023 role-playing video game developed by insertdisc5 and published by Armor Games Studios. The game takes place in the fictional country of Vaugarde, which is in the process of being frozen in time by a mysterious figure known as the King. The player controls Siffrin, a member of an adventuring party which hopes to defeat the King and save Vaugarde. Siffrin finds themself trapped in a time loop, which the player can manipulate to solve problems. The game features a turn-based combat system which is based on a rock paper scissors formula. It originated as a webcomic series in 2018, and was preceded by the prologue Start Again in 2020. In Stars and Time was released in 2023 for Windows and several consoles. Critics were generally positive towards the game, praising the characters and narrative, though some took issue with the looping gameplay. Following release, it received honorable mentions for the Nuovo Award and Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,133 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~142/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 178k–400k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at GOG (2026-06-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 56 of 102 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44744720232026Week of 2023-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

140242026-09-14 23:00 — 96 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 45 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 63 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 48 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 87 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 61 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 44 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 117 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 86 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 65 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 73 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 45 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 140 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 109 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 95 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 104 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 57 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 82 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 86 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17658Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 132 · peak 232Dec 2023 — avg 100 · peak 212Jan 2024 — avg 86 · peak 190Feb 2024 — avg 59 · peak 128Mar 2024 — avg 85 · peak 276Apr 2024 — avg 146 · peak 321May 2024 — avg 110 · peak 238Jun 2024 — avg 90 · peak 210Jul 2024 — avg 140 · peak 246Aug 2024 — avg 107 · peak 184Sep 2024 — avg 87 · peak 158Oct 2024 — avg 114 · peak 253Nov 2024 — avg 123 · peak 368Dec 2024 — avg 176 · peak 379Jan 2025 — avg 155 · peak 392Feb 2025 — avg 122 · peak 268Mar 2025 — avg 108 · peak 234Apr 2025 — avg 116 · peak 251May 2025 — avg 96 · peak 191Jun 2025 — avg 105 · peak 232Jul 2025 — avg 123 · peak 242Aug 2025 — avg 103 · peak 211Sep 2025 — avg 58 · peak 168Oct 2025 — avg 70 · peak 156Nov 2025 — avg 73 · peak 143Dec 2025 — avg 92 · peak 261Jan 2026 — avg 111 · peak 267Feb 2026 — avg 83 · peak 184Mar 2026 — avg 82 · peak 199Apr 2026 — avg 70 · peak 146May 2026 — avg 81 · peak 170Jun 2026 — avg 69 · peak 153Jul 2026 — avg 97 · peak 161Aug 2026 — avg 105 · peak 251
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992023-11-202026-10-142023-11-20 — best price $19.992024-03-30 — best price $15.992024-05-23 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $15.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $14.992025-02-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-08-14 — best price $14.992025-09-25 — best price $13.992025-10-15 — best price $13.992025-11-13 — best price $13.992025-12-04 — best price $13.992026-01-23 — best price $12.992026-02-26 — best price $12.992026-04-02 — best price $12.992026-04-25 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $11.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $11.992026-08-29 — best price $11.992026-09-03 — best price $11.992026-09-08 — best price $11.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $11.992026-10-03 — best price $11.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

215902026-06-01 — 137 pageviews2026-06-05 — 107 pageviews2026-06-09 — 113 pageviews2026-06-13 — 109 pageviews2026-06-17 — 128 pageviews2026-06-21 — 103 pageviews2026-06-25 — 111 pageviews2026-06-29 — 160 pageviews2026-07-03 — 102 pageviews2026-07-07 — 128 pageviews2026-07-11 — 140 pageviews2026-07-15 — 130 pageviews2026-07-19 — 139 pageviews2026-07-23 — 104 pageviews2026-07-27 — 126 pageviews2026-07-31 — 119 pageviews2026-08-04 — 152 pageviews2026-08-08 — 96 pageviews2026-08-12 — 119 pageviews2026-08-16 — 215 pageviews2026-08-20 — 142 pageviews2026-08-24 — 130 pageviews2026-08-28 — 118 pageviews2026-09-01 — 185 pageviews2026-09-05 — 115 pageviews2026-09-09 — 138 pageviews2026-09-13 — 140 pageviews2026-09-17 — 104 pageviews2026-09-21 — 134 pageviews2026-09-25 — 140 pageviews2026-09-29 — 138 pageviews2026-10-03 — 132 pageviews2026-10-07 — 128 pageviews2026-10-11 — 126 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "Welcome to the show!"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-11-29, latest 2025-05-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8076%43
PS5 (PlayStation)14019%44
Switch (Nintendo)1120%0
PS5 (PlayStation)7611%44
PS4 (PlayStation)3228%44
PS4 (PlayStation)1010%44

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGLGBTQ+FantasyStylizedEmotionalLore-RichStory RichAtmosphericTime Travel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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