Stars Die

Stars Die

released on Jan 28, 2020

Stars Die

released on Jan 28, 2020

A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task. Stars Die is a non-linear, sci-fi mystery game with branching dialogues. FEATURES - Completely non-linear story. Have long debates with people or ignore them the entire game. - Five parallel, but interconnected story lines, each with its own completely separate ending. - The player isn't at the center of the narrative. Each character has their own agenda and they will try to act accordingly in real time, with or without you. - You can take your time to explore the environments freely, but you might miss events and conversations if you take too long. - The choices aren't about moral dilemmas, but ideological ones. It's all about your personal perspective on the events and what you believe in. - Dark industrial soundtrack by composer Connor ORT Linning.


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cute little adventure in a dying world

I accidentally fell down a big hole when trying to talk to a character and then they never spawned again so I walked around aimlessly for like half an hour unable to trigger any sort of end game so I just stopped playing.

Probably not the intended experience.

In my opinion, this game is about two questions: How would humanity react to the inevitable end, and if there were any salvation, what price would we dare to pay to save ourselves? To explore these questions, the developer created a very outlandish place for us to explore this world's secrets, and therefore seek answers to the questions above. There are 5 characters including the main one. Every one of them have different ideological standpoints, and the player could join them or pursue their own path (which leads to one of the secret endings). All in all, I love the setting, the story, the debates etc. But that's pretty much it about the game, and it's really, really short. Still, I would highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to see a different take on eldritch horror genre, also it's very cheap, so give it a try.

Stars Die is a cosmic horror/sci fi game with an incredible location. At the core you explore the island and talk to NPCs, but what I like is the built in waiting time as the NPCs actually walk around the space to check things out and meet up, it adds a lot of tactility to the game, the space demands your attention and respect.

I really enjoyed the art design of the space, and the setting concept in general of the research outpost on this cathedral of flesh.

My only gripe is that there is a lot of Lore and Dialog referencing the current Lore and I wonder if there would have been a more elegant way to convey that. You can find a flag which made me laugh out loud though.

Extremely solid entry in the genre of "science team bottle episode" sci-fi. Another short indie game that layers playtime with extra endings, hidden or otherwise. It's a fun trend.

YMMV but I thought it was a very economically written as well. It felt like flipping to the end of a book and being rewarded for it.

Really, give it a spin. It's 5 bucks on Steam.

I think this is an incredible piece of soft sci-fi with just the right amount of existential dread. It feels hopeless and looming and wonderful, sort of like the quieter moments of Umurangi Generation or the later Evangelion Rebuilds.