Released Apr 30, 2025 $22.49 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

StarVaders

By Pengonauts · published by Joystick Ventures

Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding Turn-Based Tactics Roguelite Difficult Visual Novel Card Game Turn-Based Strategy RoguelikeBoard GameFemale ProtagonistCard Battler

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Reviews 3,815 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 201 at the busiest moment

Owners 50K–100K estimated

StarVaders is a game tagged Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding and Turn-Based Tactics by Pengonauts, released Apr 30, 2025. It has 3,815 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 50K–100K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Usurper, Dragon Eclipse ARENA and As We Descend.

Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

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Usurper 79% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Dragon Eclipse ARENA 78% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
As We Descend 77% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Meet the Master 77% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Duskfire 77% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Circadian Dice 77% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Guardian Tactics: Deck of the Chosen 76% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Epic Action Packs 76% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon 75% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics
DiceRogue 75% match · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics

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Everything Steam lists for StarVaders · record updated 20 hours ago

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Overview

App ID2097570

Release dateApr 30, 2025

Last change number39418345

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Pengonauts
Publisher: Joystick Ventures, Beep Japan
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Starvaders Universe, Joystick Franchise
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 85
Website: pengonauts.com

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Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportPlayStation controllersXbox controllersPlayStation controller BluetoothSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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Build	Branch	Updated
22588692	public	Mar 31, 2026

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ID	Name	Price (US)
3632550	Not on the store yet	—

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ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
2097571	—	Windows	848.4 MB	568.8 MB	6700866053707351676
2097572	—	macOS	943.4 MB	592.7 MB	3997936078100020008

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	22588692	Mar 31, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/StarVaders

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
StarVaders.exe		Windows
StarVaders.exe		Linux
StarVaders.app		macOS

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Pengonauts\StarVaders\saves	*	All

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