A downloadable game

Starless is a survival game on a giant space ark teeming with dangerous monsters. Will the colonists manage to escape or will they remain forever wandering in endless space?


A flotilla of three space arks set off for a distant planet.

An emergency has occurred on your ark: the entire team has been infected with a mysterious virus, and the life support's are damaged.

Trying to save the dying ship, artificial intelligence brings the first colonist out of suspended animation.

Starless is a stealth metroidvania where you as colonists make your way through the gloomy corridors of the space ark. Your main allies are caution and prudence.

If the colonist dies, the next one will take his place, but the number of people on board is limited. Each death is a serious threat to the flotilla's mission, as a small number of people will not be able to establish a colony on a distant planet.

You are assisted by Aurora, the ark's artificial intelligence. Her goal is to save the ship at all costs, but the lives of one or two people do not matter to her.

Game Features

  • Unpredictable enemies. Be prepared to improvise when you meet them
  • A giant space ark that holds many secrets
  • Use gadgets: a plaster mine, a teleporter trap, a motion detector, and much more
  • The atmosphere of a gloomy cold space
  • Contact the rest of the ark fleet and find out what happened to them.
  • Mr. Scratch. What fate befell a cat taken on a space trip?

Wishlist now!! Release: Autumn, 2021

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
AuthorPetr Sapozhnikov
GenreAction
Tags2D, Aliens, Horror, Sci-fi, Space, Stealth
LinksSteam

Download

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Starless_DEMO_1.01.zip 128 MB

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Released on Steam now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1578500/Starless/

its true, thanks :)

FYI, the twitter link on the Starless steam page is broken.

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thanks! fixed it

Tried out the Steam demo. I like it.

Thanks for playing! You skipped the pistol but I'll add more weapon in full game :)

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Great action game! It is featured on my Week's Top 5!

Check my video!

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Thanks for playing :D

there is no other indie game more loved than this one. we wish success to the developer!

Sending suggestions for new in-game content:

a) adding new difficulty level

b) adding new  & faster mutated version of monster/creature

c) adding new creeper creature sounds & deep space dark roar

d) main character can investigate , pick & access dead crew ipads, and voiced logs asking for help, failing and dying.

e) dead infected bodies can serve as breeding hubs for new creatures.

d) adding multiplayer options: 

d.1) (player 1 plus player 2 trying to survive in same ship). 

d.2) player 2 can help unblocking doors , corridors & routes

f) respawing of mini-boss creature with better A.I.

 

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thank :) some of your suggestions (a, b maybe f) will be in game. and I'll think about the rest

By far, one of the Best games inside Itch.io (Amazing Work). The developer is very talented. In less than 10 seconds, the game puts you in a deep space terror paranoia (which we love it)

 

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I'm glad you liked it :)

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This is really really cool!! You can feel the Alien Isolation inspiration which is great but it still feels unique and the permadeath style aspect with the clones is done really well! I'm looking forward to playing more of this!!

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Thanks 😊

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Amazing game dev the mechanics and the atmosphere are good good job 

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Cool playing!

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Thank you ^^

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Good to this demo here, it's a pretty neat game, definitely can see the inspiration from Alien Isolation, good work :)

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Thanks :)