“A worthy tribute to the classic Master of Orion games of times past.”Stars in Shadow © 2016 Ashdar Games INC. Developed by Ashdar Games INC. Licensed exclusively to and published worldwide by Iceberg Interactive. Iceberg Interactive design and mark are registered trademarks of Iceberg Interactive B.V. Microsoft®, Windows® and DirectX® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brands, product names, and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Made in Canada.
Stars in Shadow requires the OpenGL framebuffer extension. This extension is present on almost all graphics drivers released after 2010, but laptops made before 2010 with vendor-locked graphics drivers may not be able to run the game.
Stars in Shadow requires the OpenGL framebuffer extension. This extension is present on almost all graphics drivers released after 2010, but laptops made before 2010 with vendor-locked graphics drivers may not be able to run the game.
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Posted on: January 12, 2025
drkitty
Verified ownerGames: 88 Reviews: 1
Straightforward 4X, in a good way
There's a lot to like here. Apparently the visual style is divisive, but it works for me and I love how distinctive it is. There's not too much menu-diving, lots of help text, and the gameplay is straightforward enough that I don't get overwhelmed with choices or visual clutter.
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Posted on: December 7, 2022
blaupanzer
Verified ownerGames: 180 Reviews: 5
Stars in Shadow
This is actually the best 4X space game available in December 2022. It is easy to learn and comprehend but complex enough to make it hard to beat at any level higher than "Easy." The races are plausible and make for good competitors in single player. The package is well thought out and quite challenging, but not impossible. All of the elements are well balanced. In and of themselves, none of the elements are new or innovative, but the combination makes this game very absorbing and drags the player into the "one more turn" wheel very effectively. I did get it on sale but I believe that this game is well worth the price.
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Posted on: February 6, 2021
ValderisVandala
Verified ownerGames: 1398 Reviews: 113
Bad interface and bugs, oh joy...
The interface is just bad, very annoying, and constantly gets in the way. If you can stand that then there's also still bugs that haven't been fixed yet, like, during combat expect to only use the crappy auto-resolve because the part of the UI that shows you how far your ships can move or fire doesn't work most of the time. Not that you want to play for this game's combat because it feels horrible. I picked the game up because I though I had found a new kind of Master of Orion, and the game does feel very inspired by that old game series, but it fucks up a lot of it elements. It's mainly the UI that is just so ugly and annoying, poor combat, but there's also so few races to choose from, most of the tech tree just seems meh, not all the bugs have been worked out.
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Posted on: November 27, 2017
ReverendAero
Verified ownerGames: 227 Reviews: 2
Solid and replayable but needs work
The game is quite fun, the obvious comparisons to MOO and such are spot on. However, I have ran into a number of glitches, a couple of which have been game breaking (don't rush production on a planet that you think might get invaded EVER.) If the bugs get worked out of this game and perhaps a bit more lore get infused I can easily see this game hitting 4-5 stars.
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Posted on: December 19, 2017
Soleares
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 21
The first rule of turn based games...
...Is to make sure there's actually something to do every turn. This game is not good, people. It is boring, buggy and as a whole simply not very good. I'm sorry, I've really tried. I've tried to ignore the scummy DLC tactics, where they'll leave in races for you to see, but which you can only use after purchasing the DLC. I've tried to ignore the crashes which can entirely ruin a game. I've also tried to ignore the awful loading times, but this game is simply not worth your investments, be it time or money. And the main reason for that, is because it is a dull process. If a game tells no story, that is fine, but it will need to function on its mechanics and this one simply doesn't. There is no incentive to do anything. You are a race, which has no particular influence on the game beyond the first four turns out of thousands. And you try to expand, which - if the game doesn't crash due to graphical errors (on a simple looking 2D game, very poor optimization here), or because there are events in the game that will crash your game entirely - is just an uninteresting process of pressing the spacebar until your building and research is done. There is too often nothing for you to do except press the spacebar for several turns in a row while there are no events going on, nothing for you to read, nothing to influence or change. The reason I considered giving it 2 stars instead of 1 was because it isn't in fact bad. It is the same as watching paint dry. And I would prefer a game that is extremely bad, because then at least it could be so bad it got amusing. This game might as well not be there. There's nothing here for you, regardless of what you like in game. Just move on to something else.
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