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In Stars And Time

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Quick read

A party of five is two floors from the end of their quest, and the day keeps resetting on Siffrin alone.

What kind of game is it?

A hand-drawn turn-based RPG built on rock-paper-scissors typing, run through a dungeon you will clear many times. Siffrin remembers every attempt; the party does not. Dialogue accumulates around that asymmetry, so the same conversation reads differently on the tenth pass than on the first.

Who is it for?

For players who seek a time loop that hurts the person who remembers it.

How it plays

Loop: Exploring a map
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Runs that reset
Players: Single-player
Structure: Linear
Tone: Dark · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression35
Estimate
Story82
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2023-11-20

Review score

96.9%

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

8,889

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Store price

€19.50

Checked 17 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Yes

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play In Stars And Time?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

220k – 490k

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

392

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

105

Peak that month: 251.

Median playtime

30.8 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 22.2–42.2 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Nov 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English76%
Portuguese (Brazil)4%
Russian4%
Japanese3%
French3%
Simplified Chinese2%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The reset is a wound: the mechanic you use to optimise is the same mechanic grinding the main character down, and the writing keeps that tension.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Narrative and Mastery. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Mechanical depthEstimate

50 / 100

Strategy depthEstimate

46 / 100

Run varianceEstimate

12 / 100

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: RPG.

Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 17 Sept 2026.

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