Starless Abyss

Starless Abyss

Steam Deck Verified

Konafa Games · Strategy · Apr 25, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.99.

85%
Very Positive
337 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 187 sampled reviews

Based on 337 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 187 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Looks like Into the Breach but combine that with deckbuilding elements from games like Slay the Spire and you get a enormous replayability.
47 of 187 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing is a bit hammy/melodramatic (not bad at all just super dark), but the art, music, vibes are awesome.
35 of 187 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ The pixel-art graphics for units, cards, transitions and boss intro animations are superb, an obvious labour of talent and love
16 of 187 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
This is a game about freaky pixel art, knife-edge space combat, and an actually pretty respectable soundtrack.
15 of 187 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
It also feels like a lot of love was poured into the game, e.g. the fun little boss-intros, the starless chillin' thing when you idle in the main menu, etc.
6 of 187 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It's good game for Steam Deck but I'm not sure I can recommend it.
4 of 187 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Gameplay47 reviews
Story and characters35 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Steam Deck4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat28 reviews
86%
Difficulty15 reviews
93%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
44
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.