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Stars in Shadow cover art

Stars in Shadow

Ashdar Games · Iceberg Interactive · 2017-01-19

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 19, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

12
playing now
78%
positive of 836 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based, 4X science-fiction computer strategy game developed by Ashdar Games and published by Iceberg Interactive for Windows PC in 2017.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 18,016 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 836 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-82%
Steam$4.49-82%
GOG$4.49-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.70 at 2game (2022-11-18) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 118 observed days · $0.79 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2482026-08-12 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$26.58$3.742016-09-152026-08-302016-09-15 — best price $19.992017-01-19 — best price $18.742017-07-17 — best price $14.992017-11-16 — best price $12.492018-03-19 — best price $9.992018-08-27 — best price $11.252018-12-14 — best price $6.972019-04-17 — best price $7.492019-07-26 — best price $8.492019-12-09 — best price $6.242020-04-07 — best price $20.882020-07-14 — best price $20.882020-09-14 — best price $19.942020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-30 — best price $19.992021-04-01 — best price $24.992021-05-30 — best price $21.132021-08-16 — best price $6.242021-11-06 — best price $19.992022-01-04 — best price $18.362022-03-10 — best price $22.492022-06-06 — best price $4.992022-09-29 — best price $24.992022-12-16 — best price $25.492023-03-14 — best price $4.992023-07-14 — best price $19.882023-11-01 — best price $4.992024-02-08 — best price $4.992024-05-05 — best price $21.242024-07-29 — best price $4.372024-10-19 — best price $24.992025-02-23 — best price $21.132025-06-09 — best price $4.502025-10-26 — best price $24.992026-02-20 — best price $3.742026-06-24 — best price $20.332026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "One Small Step"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8801%62

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

Player tags

4XIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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