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Above the Stars

94% positive of 34 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by ArmanDoesStuff.

About the game

Discover new worlds and build up mighty defences as you find your new home Above the Stars!

Tagged by players

Voxel
Top-Down Shooter
Shoot 'Em Up
Collectathon
Tower Defense
Bullet Hell
Bullet Time
Idler
2.5D
Management
Top-Down
Economy

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
1st impression - I am loving it. It is a combination of active and idle. I have only unlocked the 2nd world and am still have quite a few unlocks to do. The voice acting is fantastic. The humor is top notch. I have actually giggled a few times (yes, I am embarrassed to admit). This is a top down shooter in which you control your ship as it rotates around the planet. You are able to upgrade to multiple ships to…
1.5 h played when written. 7 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Really well made short incremental. A few suggestions below on how I believe the game can be improved. Note it contains minor spoilers. QOL: Colour the lead ship (the one that follows the mouse) slightly differently to make it stand out more when things get a bit more frantic Autofire toggle Some form of currency symbol, it was confusing what the options under "World" were when they were just numbers, until I…
2 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Starts out well, but extremely shallow on content. Increasingly poorly balanced, and requires ever more clicking (to buy thing's you've already bought dozens of times). The arcade/shooting part is more of a novelty than anything fun or challenging. Even the story/voiceover that starts out promising simply ends without going anywhere. edit: Based on the developer's urging I tried playing again, starting from a fresh…
5.2 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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