$19.99Stars End Survive the lawless frontier
Craft, build and battle your way across procedurally generated planets, then fly your own starship into orbit.
Is Stars End worth it?
Stars End is worth it if…
- you like survival crafting where you start with bare hands and build up to starships
- you want a sandbox you can shape your own way, solo or with friends on your own server
- you enjoy open worlds where other players are a real presence, friendly or otherwise
- you can tolerate early access rough edges while the game keeps improving
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From sticks and stones to a fortified homestead
You start the old-fashioned way: gather wood, stone and plant fiber, knap a stone tool, and work up from there. There is no tech tree capping what you can build, only the supplies it costs, so a patient scrounger can go far. The crafting runs from bows and cloth to firearms, and your base can grow from a rough cabin to a fortified outpost with land claims and storage that other players cannot crack open on PvE servers. Alien wildlife keeps you honest: boars, foxes and bears all want a piece of you, so a campfire and four walls mean more here than they would on a friendlier planet. Fair warning: it is early access, and bugs do show up.
A galaxy better with friends
Stars End is built around playing together. Host your own server for your group, or join the official PvE and PvP servers and team up with whoever is out there. The community has a reputation for being friendly and helpful, and veterans have been known to hand newcomers a ship, some credits and a few weapons just to get them started. Split the work one way: one of you mines copper while the other builds, or take a ship up together and see what the other planets hold. On PvP servers you can also go on the offensive, chasing rivals between contested zones and taking territory for your side.
From dirt to orbit in one ship
The signature move: you walk out of your base, climb into your own starship, launch into space, and keep going. Planets and orbit are one continuous world, so the trip from mining copper on the surface to cruising between planets takes no loading screens. Travel on the ground has its own options too: explore on foot, ride a horse, or take a vehicle. Watch your fuel, though. Run low far from home and you may be swimming back to base from an ocean landing, wondering how far the coast is.
Claim territory, hold it or lose it
Out on the frontier, territory is worth fighting over. Certain zones with valuable traders can be captured, and whoever holds them controls access, so rival groups come knocking. Combat is first-person and tense, against both AI factions and other survivors, with guns once you have crafted past the bow stage. PvE players are not left out: separate PvE servers keep your storage boxes safe from thieves, with designated PvP zones where the risk, and the rare goods, are concentrated. Pick the server type that matches how much danger you want in your day.
Can you play it solo?
Can you play Stars End alone?
Yes. There is an offline single-player mode, and you can also play alone on the online servers or host your own world and keep it to yourself. The game supports solo play, playing with friends, and opening your server to strangers, so you can move between all three as you like.
What is the setting and story?
It is set hundreds of years in the future, in a star system colonized by humans fleeing a dying Earth. The fresh start turned into a lawless frontier where everything must be earned. Across the procedurally generated planets there are story-driven missions to take on while you build your own place in the galaxy.
How do the planets work?
Each planet is procedurally generated, so worlds differ in biomes, resources and the threats waiting on them. You explore them on foot, by horse or by vehicle, and travel between planets and into orbit in your own starship without loading screens breaking the trip.
Is it finished?
No, it is in early access and still rough in places, with bugs and systems under construction. The developers are active with the community and keep shipping improvements, including the offline single-player mode, but if you want a polished, complete game right now, it is worth waiting or keeping an eye on it.
