Distant Star: Revenant Fleet

Wait66%

Mixed · 298 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Blazing Griffin · Indie · Apr 7, 2015

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
28
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Distant Star: Revenant Fleet?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 69 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 298 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 240 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
36% of themes are praise18% are divided46% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
56 of 240 sampled reviews raised it
Fun rogue-like-like with RTS-like-like top-down tactical combat with up to 5 ships in the player fleet vs a possibly obscene numbers of enemies.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
34 of 240 sampled reviews raised it
There are dialogue options and I found some interesting story and fluff missions as well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
30 of 240 sampled reviews raised it
DSRF is FTL with better graphics and small fleet to fleet battles that lacks freedom and openness.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 240 sampled reviews raised it
Sound effects are average, but the musical score will put you to sleep.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat56 reviews
Story34 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
83% still recommend
Bugs
80% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
61% still recommend
Difficulty
72% still recommend
Interface
55% still recommend
Performance
60% still recommend
Crashes
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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