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Starless Abyss

86% positive · 333 Steam reviews · released Apr 25, 2025 · by Konafa Games

StrategyIndieLovecraftianRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based Combat2DTurn-Based StrategySingleplayer

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~10,989 (P10–P90: 4,396 – 24,176)

Gross revenue: ~$180,129 ($72,058 – $396,288)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Gameplay & mechanics89% positive · 70 mentions
“I don't remember how I came across this game, but I'll say this off the top: I'm putting off the Oblivion remaster in favor of playing this on my day off. Starless Abyss has a lot of comparisons to Slay the Spire and FTL, and for good…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 13 h played
Visuals & audio94% positive · 65 mentions
“I don't remember how I came across this game, but I'll say this off the top: I'm putting off the Oblivion remaster in favor of playing this on my day off. Starless Abyss has a lot of comparisons to Slay the Spire and FTL, and for good…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 13 h played
Story & writing93% positive · 42 mentions
“I don't remember how I came across this game, but I'll say this off the top: I'm putting off the Oblivion remaster in favor of playing this on my day off. Starless Abyss has a lot of comparisons to Slay the Spire and FTL, and for good…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 13 h played
Difficulty & balance93% positive · 30 mentions
“I don't remember how I came across this game, but I'll say this off the top: I'm putting off the Oblivion remaster in favor of playing this on my day off. Starless Abyss has a lot of comparisons to Slay the Spire and FTL, and for good…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 13 h played
Content & longevity97% positive · 29 mentions
“You came here looking to find out whether you should buy this game or not!? Well the answer is YES! For those of you not so easily swayed, this game is a turn based/deck building system with 2d pixels art that will capture your attention…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 38 h played
Controls & UI60% positive · 15 mentions
“I don't remember how I came across this game, but I'll say this off the top: I'm putting off the Oblivion remaster in favor of playing this on my day off. Starless Abyss has a lot of comparisons to Slay the Spire and FTL, and for good…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 13 h played
Price & value92% positive · 13 mentions
“Arts cool. Music is nice. Concept is mildy interesting. However, I found the game play to to be unmotivated and frankly lack-lusteringly down right generic. I beat a few runs and didn't really want to come back for more. I just couldn't…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 0 h played

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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Technology

2D

Setting

SpaceFantasy

Structure

Procedural

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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