Whisper of Y'Ryando
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Whisper of Y'Ryando
Game
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Between the Stars
Developer Isolated Games
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies. From the Steam store page
210 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
62
Fresh
119 positive · 72 negative
95% range 55–69%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 119 | 72 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,124 of 1,531 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
62% recommend · 117 yes, 71 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 188 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,855 of 2,508 positive).
Players praise the story and writing, calling it engaging and well-crafted. [1][2][3] Many note the game is more a narrative RPG than a space sim, with meaningful choices. [2][4][5]
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- [13]
Nice idea, meh implementation. Writing is completely random ranging from fairly good to absolutely terrible. Pacing is not existant with completely random bits of info suddenly emerging for no reason, often way after you could have used them - especially parts of Captain story. Gameplay consists of 3 parts ship combat - its shallow. even by arcade standards. Given that your crew and weapons quality+level immensly …
- [10]
**Edit** How the **** does this have "mostly positive" review? Look at the achievements! **HALF** the people stop playing before finishing the prologue, because it's just that dull! Gorgeous, but dull AF. Wall after wall after wall of innate text. It's dull, uninteresting walls of text. The choices characters make, and ones I'm forced to make, are not ones anyone would make. Combat is a joke. The AI just kind floats …
- [12]
Well, what can I say — I finished this game. This game is not a masterpiece. It doesn’t shine with a huge number of mechanics or incredible graphics. It definitely doesn’t have the most beautiful space visuals, the best music, or the most original story, BUT despite all that, it’s still a good game. In my opinion, the game was made with love and genuine effort. A lot of mistakes were made, there are plenty of bugs, …
- [2]
I loved the game, however I have to warn anyone in advance that this isn't really a "Space sim" or "freelancer-like" as it may look at a glance. This game is a very specific genre that I happen to love immensely, something like a visual novel with some space combat and ship management in-between. That said, the writing is pretty good, throughout the story I felt immersed in a way you do when reading a good book. …
- [1]
I have been trying really hard to get into this game, because it's the one that gets the closest to Fractured Space's combat. While it falls short of FS's capital ship combat, the story and events on this game are really amazing. I got into the sidequests, and I gotta say, congratulations to whoever wrote the Cursed Ship, I really enjoyed that. Most of the other sidequests are amazing too, I am enjoying them more …
Summarised from 34 of the 205 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
62% of the 188 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Between the Stars. The complaint that keeps coming up: too much text and poor pacing. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 210 · most liked firstWell, what can I say — I finished this game. This game is not a masterpiece. It doesn’t shine with a huge number of mechanics or incredible graphics. It definitely doesn’t have the most beautiful space visuals, the best music, or the most original story, BUT despite all that, it’s still a good game. In my opinion, the game was made with love and genuine effort. A lot of mistakes were made, there are plenty of bugs, some of them even serious, and I definitely won’t recommend this game to my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes... I would recommend this game, but with a Massive Warning Disclaimer. Normally I do Game Reviews because a Game is Super GREAT... or Super Bad. This game is somewhere in the middle of Non-Super. But it's a good game... enjoyable... some differences from other games, and can/should provide many hours of Fun. However... it will also provide Massive Frustration. The biggest of which are the Supposed Choices the player gets to make... when in fact, they are decisions to do what the devs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been trying really hard to get into this game, because it's the one that gets the closest to Fractured Space's combat. While it falls short of FS's capital ship combat, the story and events on this game are really amazing. I got into the sidequests, and I gotta say, congratulations to whoever wrote the Cursed Ship, I really enjoyed that. Most of the other sidequests are amazing too, I am enjoying them more than the main story, but that is not a bad thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice idea, meh implementation. Writing is completely random ranging from fairly good to absolutely terrible. Pacing is not existant with completely random bits of info suddenly emerging for no reason, often way after you could have used them - especially parts of Captain story. Gameplay consists of 3 parts ship combat - its shallow. even by arcade standards. Given that your crew and weapons quality+level immensly buffs stats everything else doesnt really matter. There is no real sense of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommendations are always tricky, because you never know what people will actually prioritize in any certain genre. BTS is mostly a space action game with some VERY light RPG elements strewn in. Who does it appeal to? I don't know. My best guess is people who like space, but also people who like to do some reading and some ... dice rolling. Graphics and sound are fine-ish, but will not blow you out of the water. Remember that this game came out in 2024, so, very recently. It's not impressive.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good base, maybe, but the design is poor. It maybe makes sense to have an hour-long tutorial that ends in defeat - but then the main game being the same? Story design is "hurry up, hurry up, do this thing, do this thing" and then the quest you're sent on is extraordinarily difficult, and you can't progress without getting past it. Apparently if you have the "right build" and the "right strat" it might not be hard, but their Normal difficulty play isn't. I don't know what the devs were thinking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, it would be a neutral, but I give it a recommend as I got it cheap. Pro: + It has a nice feeling for flying around with beautiful space background. Funny that you can fly through a sun. + Nice solution for planet landing + Good atmosphere. + Nice spaceship design + Simple controls and UI, maybe too simple + Dice and storytelling combination. Until now the story is not bad. Funny unique quests Cont: - Music not feels good after some time, so I mute it and found something at youtube for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I enjoyed my time with the game. I think you will to. Worth addressing the ups and downs, though: The writing was interesting, a couple very unbelievable characters took me out of it at times, but it was a narrative-heavy game and it kept me engaged through the end. In the story interactions I wish it were more clear if Text Choice were your character telling the other person "Text Choice" or your character literally doing the action [Text Choice] - it changes without clarity - since…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: Nice game to sink a few occasional hours in with an interesting storyline to follow. + More playtime than expected (was expecting about 10-15h for main story line - more like 20-25h., when you read it through instead of just skipping text) + (subjectively) Interesting Storyline with a few decisional branches + several ships to choose from (most of the time) + a few different types of weapons for a more divers play-stile (however, I stuck to cannons to damage hulls and plasmas to get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A text based rpg disguised as a capital ship space combat sim. Combat was good, but repetitive, you become over powered easily and early. Story is generic and forgettable, found myself just clicking through the text to get to the next mission. Finished the game just to say I did and get achievements. I don't think there is any re-playability just because I don't want to slog through it all again for no reason.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The writing is good, but not good enough to save everything else. After 5 hours the gameplay gets stale, the game railroads you at every turn ("Our shields are failing!" while your shields are at 99%), and it's not impressive in any area apart from the story.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the game, however I have to warn anyone in advance that this isn't really a "Space sim" or "freelancer-like" as it may look at a glance. This game is a very specific genre that I happen to love immensely, something like a visual novel with some space combat and ship management in-between. That said, the writing is pretty good, throughout the story I felt immersed in a way you do when reading a good book. What really surprised me, was the fact that your choices actually matter, sometimes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**Edit** How the **** does this have "mostly positive" review? Look at the achievements! **HALF** the people stop playing before finishing the prologue, because it's just that dull! Gorgeous, but dull AF. Wall after wall after wall of innate text. It's dull, uninteresting walls of text. The choices characters make, and ones I'm forced to make, are not ones anyone would make. Combat is a joke. The AI just kind floats there and kinda shoots... sometimes. The player just floats there...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many random situations, but barely any smart choice. Cursed ship ? No option to deactivate systems and loot, really ?! Tutorial lacking in term of weapon overloads, shields regen (when 0 they stop completely). Most choices come back to the same, so more like a what happen before situation resolves. Find a creature on your ship and miss your roll, then no conclusion to the situation. The "adventures" are really unpolished and needed a major overhaul to have some sense and bring some fun and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A heavily flawed game, that I still enjoy. I get why it has mixed reviews, it may deserve a negative overall. But this game has soul. I recommend it at 15 bucks or less. Short pro/con lists Pros: - Fun if easy combat - Quality writing - Good ship designs - Generally good art Cons: - Poor fight design, specifically in regard to story missions - Poor weapon balance - Technical issues regarding story choices and dialogue - Poor but workable camera - No sense of scale The gameplay is simple,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It starts good but unfortunately falls short and boring. The good: - Ship designs - Combat (not another dog fighting space sim) The bad: Pretty much everything else. - Walls of text, too long and boring, cut the pacing of the gameplay especially during large battles - Predictable story and dialogs - Bad voice acting for certain characters, especially the protagonist - No saving during scripted events which can be lenghty - Inconsistencies and lack of depth (i.e. weapons have firing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cautious recommendation. Gameplay-wise Between the stars has a number of flaws. The combat is relatively simplistic despite having 6Ds of freedom. Not all systems are well fleshed out - crafting generally fails to be suitable source of gear compared to drops/stores. Ship progression is a tad wonky. Managing AI companions is a bit cumbersome. That said, story is surprisingly decent, the mechanics related to random events and crew interactions are interesting. And there are some decent…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible writing. I knew it from the start, but the last straw was when I (a highly respected captain) go ballistic on his own equally idiotic crew because they want to get involved in stopping a robbery, purchase something from a snake-oil salesman, and apparently help with a giant tentacled creature that broke through some glass in the middle of a bazaar. Your crew wants to help, but you just YELL at them, like a teenager along the lines of "NO NO NO, IM SO SICK OF US GETTING INVOLVED IN…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game potential ruined by imbalances, a crappy UI, and multiple bugs..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great space game where you command a starship instead of a dinky fighter. You can buy new ships, each with their own tradeoffs, research new items, craft components, and upgrade them. Starship combat comes down to angling yourself so as many of your weapons as possible are able to strike the enemy at once. It would be nice if there was a lead indicator to shoot at but learning to shoot ahead of a distant ship is a skill. With a heat system from firing you have to let cooldown and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: The game seemed to want to be a hybrid with Sci-Fi D&D-ish games that didn't work out for it's replay value or basic gameplay loop (Travel, Fight, Travel to a base for repairs, Repeat) Picked it up really liking the visual aspects, full released game + unique dice mechanics. Alright that's most of the good stuff. At the start everything feels good, ship combat, dice combat, voice actors? Wow! After those first hours though you realize the main point of the game, a text based Sci-Fi RPG…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you read the tags and think this is a space sim game, don't make that mistake. This is not a space sim. This is a boring, tedious space saga with tons of text, bad voice acting and repetitive gameplay. Yes, you can upgrade your ship's weapons, improve your crew's skills, do some unique side quests and endless amounts of repetitive side missions and repetitive events etc., but it doesn't really matter, it doesn't affect anything much, it's just a little decor around the main story. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore the cheesy voice-over in the video, the story writing in this game is amazing. I'd recommend it just for that, but the gameplay is so good that finishing this game left a hole that I'm still trying to fill.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 40+ hours of play i came to think of Between the Stars as a visual novel that tries to slow you down with unnecessary dice rolls and lackluster combat. The space sim part is rather weak really. You are flying capital ships, so there is no fancy maneuring, no clever builds. Basicaly, whoever has better equipment wins. So you just upgrade when you can. The story however is quite good. There are consequences to your choices, the story branches out with key characters present or absent…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hard to write a review for this as I feel that I could make a case for a good game misrepresented as an action game. In short, the difficulty is laughable, the crafting is utterly irrelevant, and the action is something you keep half an eye on while doing something else that actually demands your attention. The ships are different, but not meaningfully so, and you get given ships better then 90% of anything you can buy, rendering the choice meaningless about 20% into the game. BUT... if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was super excited to try this game out. However within five minutes I hit a show-stopper bug. In the prologue, the contract never shows up in the Commercial district. It doesn't show up in any of the tabs. I read it is supposed to show in the Station tab but it's not there. It's very disappointing to run into such a huge problem right in the introduction.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was having a pleasant time until the game glitched out and put me into an infinite loop of trying to leave a planet after delivering mail. Due to this game breaking glitch I cannot recommend the game. Had to alt+F4 as it wouldn't even let me open the escape menu. Just auto sent me back to the planet over and over after I clicked exit so I could not ever leave. This is a dealbreaker for me, even for early access. Went from "The Dungeon" to actually being tortured IRL. That is some meta 4D…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game controls horrible. The way you have to steer your ship just feels wrong and there has been put no effort in at all as to how you control the weapons. Along with that, you feel so far away from things. Even in RTS games you feel closer to your units and the action.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ENDLESS HORRORS FROM BETWEEN THE STARS is a game of playing Evil Cults who have decided that the world needs to end, that the Things between the stars should come forth and take this world and make it anew. spacepenguin.ink/products/the...
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is a nice blend of narrative RPG-light mixed with space combat. The latter can be a bit janky but after getting used to it the combat experience is very enjoyable. You not only have a huge amount of different equipment for space and land combat but also many different options to choose from in dialogues. Those do impact the story and grant you traits, often times your actions are referred to in the future or directly impact the flow of the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →COMING SOON: an all-new collaboration between Space Penguin Ink and WIRD designs. HOPE IS FOR THE DEAD: a Zombie Survival Skirmish Game from the creator of FORBIDDEN PSALM, DREAD NIGHTS, and ENDLESS HORRORS FROM BETWEEN THE STARS.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's an okay homebrewed space RPG that I would've played at least a few hours more had the game not started crashing when trying to load my save. The spacey vibe was neat but otherwise the game felt a little unpolished so far, but not bad. Although, the 2 hours I managed didn't get me so into it that I'm going to replay to get going again. Highly unlikely that I'll be returning to this anytime soon if ever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game in early access and really enjoyed the gameplay, but shelved it until it was finished. Trying it now, the play is still (mostly) fun, albeit repetitive. The real downside for me are the story elements and dialogue choices that affect your missions without you being able to overcome them (for instance being unable to destroy a certain ship). Then there are the completely random positive and negative attributes that get applied to you for similar dialogue choices. The entire…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed 5 hours of it. I love space games and for the first few hours, this is really enjoyable. But then the gameplay loop starts and it quickly becomes very repetitive with a limited combat system that just seems boring. The upgrades to the ship have a fake feeling of advancement but really there's only a couple good weapons to choose from so you won't ever change from them. The story is fine and probably interesting past 5 hours, but the gameplay loop is what made me stop. The universe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of my experience is in open world/sandbox style space sims, so I didn't know quite what to expect playing a more closed/narrative driven game. 25 hours in and I'm sold. I haven't been this 'into' a story for a long time, it's compelling and coherent. As for the actual game play, it's very fun. The combat I think might be a bit on the easier side, but also I'm playing the first time through on default difficulty. It would seem there is quite a bit of replay-ability here too. The text…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The prologue sets the tone for this sci‑fi title. Every heroic figure is female: the protagonist, her second‑in‑command, the helpful NPCs—even the ship’s AI. They embody the righteous side of the conflict—republic, democracy, and the like. Opposing them are not just pirates but outright slavers, so very very bad, and, of course, they’re all male. One can only applaud this flawless moral arrangement loudly enough, and must do it quickly, otherwise you are a bad person, probably a nazi, yada…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They abandoned the game in early access
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My copy of Endless Horrors from Between the Stars finally came in! It’s a #forbiddenpsalm game where you play as the cultists of your custom eldritch horror. #tabletopgames #skirmishgames
positive · AI labelView post →This is a branching narrative RPG disguised as a space combat game. I've played through the early part of the game about half a dozen times, and there are a huge number of possible branches. I've gotten into the late-game once and, based on the achievement descriptions, have still missed a ton of story branches. It is frustrating that it is hard to tell what choices might unlock different paths, and that some of them are hidden behind dice rolls that are tied to skills, and you can't level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bug on the consequences quest that makes the game break and no more progression. a quick google shows this has been known for years with no resolution.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that allows you full flight movement, as you dish out punishment to the evil people that had a heatstroke. "Between the Stars" is a game where combat and flight feels like the arcade version, but it's main focus is actually the story in the campaign. The tutorial brings you into a short story of how the Solar Empire attacks the Interstellar Republic, which results in a loss to the Republic. The actual story begins with you creating a character (kind of goofy character design) who is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can your cult summon its very own Endless Horror? ENDLESS HORRORS FROM BETWEEN THE STARS is a game of playing Evil Cults who have decided that the world needs to end, that the Things between the stars should come forth and take this world and make it anew. spacepenguin.ink/collections/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Good game, but unfinished. If will have more options and gameplay elements then I will recommend, but not yet!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually this game is amazing, gameplay wise I’m not too sure. There are so many games out there Good games that have the potential to become Better. This is yet another one of those games. The gameplay is straightforward and also not telling. You can visit planets but you don’t know that because it doesn’t look like you can. The gameplay drops you off in this big open area with signals to visit and you have to Hold your spacebar to boost how ever km the signal is and there’s no Super cruise.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very bad game. It should be classified as a text based rpg
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Right... this game... the initial premise was good... You got your capital ship, some missions, gear for the ship and crew that can level up... With nice graphics... not too bad! I went at it with gusto! But then the initial sparkles are gone... The game gets extremely repetitive... Side quests/ contracts are always the same... there are only 9 or less sections with 3 different sectors each, and new ships get unlocked as you progress into those sectors... But it feels very small... and with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple RPG game which you are a space ship captain. You have a ship and crew. A nice try and fun game alas it is a little basic for my taste. Also Graphics could be better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Totally overlooked gem in my opinion. Plays great on my Legion Go Handheld. Gives me Freelancer vibes eventhough controlls are different since you play a slow moving battleship. Buying ships, crewing and outfitting them. Interesting missions. There is a lot to like here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, but it felt more like a fancy demo than a finished product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable for a few hours but the random events are a killjoy. Getting out of a station for no reason at all and get hit with an event forcing you to choose between loosing a high level crew member or getting a negative trait for your captain. Accept a side quest and then surprise: an event where you get a negative trait. Decided to explore a zone of interest, get ready for a random event on the way where the outcome is most likely a negative trait for you Captain. Who thought this was a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Theres a lot to like about Between the Stars. Very good entry in space sim, capital ship. The combat is very satisfying, I like that you can fly around in 360 compared to other games. It does feel repetitive at times, but im still having fun and coming back to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun. Battle wise: + Cannons actually feel like cannons, shells have their speed and will not auto-lock or teleport to the target + Allied and enemy ships actually do stuff + Enemy strength will NOT be auto-balanced against your strength, making it possible to farm through optional missions and eventually one-shot most enemies if you have difficulty with battles. + True 3D battles, distance, angle and movements matter. - They occasionally lock the health bar of ships to allow…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls are crap. The UI is lacking in many ways. But despite that the game offers a unique experience. In gameplay and game mechanics. Plus piloting a cruiser in space is pretty fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every time that I load a save, the game destroys 15% of my ship and moves me from my save point, forcing me to travel back and pay for repairs again. Reloading is mandatory because many parts of the game permanently break until you reload. For example: The quest tracker stopped functioning the moment I left the first system in the game. The escape button stopped closing the menu, and started dimming it instead. 25% of my skill slots were bugged/broken so that every one of my finite skillpoint…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →IT LIVES! @kaijucomiccast.bsky.social is here to ask the real questions. If it's a hulking monster does that mean the game is always smashing? Only one way to find out? Promos from Death Between the Stars and @imagine2create.bsky.social 🎧🔗👇
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the idea for this game is really cool, and I'm sure it's some other's cup of tea, but not mine. Unfortunately, I just can't get over the weird graphics, clunky controls, and awkward dialogue. It looks fun if you're used to clunky indies, but it's not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An unfinished slog. The gameplay is the same throughout, the dialogues are repetitive. A pathetic imitation of SPAZ2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat is ♥♥♥♥. Ships are slow as hell. There is no easy mode.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time to muster your cult! The Endless Horrors Cult Record is the ultimate companion to the miniature skirmish game Endless Horrors From Between the Stars, a book for you to record your cult’s deeds, misadventures, and deaths, in all their glory and ignominy. spacepenguin.ink/products/end...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want to play a space game that has that old nostalgic looks of Wing Commanders or GalaxyOnFire from late 90's to early 2000's, it kinda looked like that, but unfortunately it's very very basic compared to those far better games I mentioned. *** The WORSE part of this game is it makes you wait 10-20+ minutes real time to travel between mission objectives within planetary system!*** ( I mean, who has time for that unless you want a boring game that allows you to start your laundry or…
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