Among the Stars

About

Among the Stars lets you build and manage a space station in a galaxy on the brink of collapse. You collect and place cards to construct modules, each offering resources, defense, or trade benefits. Your choices shape your station's layout and efficiency over four rounds. While alliances form to combat a shared threat, the real competition lies in outscoring rivals through clever positioning and resource management. The game balances short-term tactics with long-term planning, requiring you to adapt to shifting priorities and limited options. The art style leans clean and futuristic, with minimal distractions letting the mechanics shine. Though solo play focuses on optimizing your own station, the game's cooperative elements hint at a larger narrative without forcing hand-holding. Community feedback highlights its depth for a mobile title, though some note the learning curve might trip newcomers. With sharp card drafting and spatial strategy at its heart, it’s a compact yet thoughtful challenge for fans of structured decision-making.

Storyline

Imagine a distant future. A once peaceful galaxy has been torn apart by war. Alien races fight for power and dominance. And then a new threat appears on the horizon, with the potential to wipe them all out. In the face of this new enemy all races must make peace and unite to survive. You represent one of those races. Your goal is to help build space stations throughout the galaxy, to help promote trade among the races, strengthen diplomatic relations and help defeat the new threat you all face. However, your most important task is to make your space station the greatest of them all. Among The Stars will allow you to select locations through card drafting, and use them to build your station, scoring victory points based on the placement. Construction lasts four years, and the alien race with the most points at the end wins.