Chasing the Stars

About

Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-inspired visual novel where your choices shape a story about ambition, relationships, and sacrifice. You play as Tirs, an environmental engineering student obsessed with space travel. Set against the backdrop of humanity’s first colony on Alaya, the game weaves college life, academic rivalries, and personal drama into a narrative full of tough decisions. Balance Tirs’s career goals with his complicated love life as you navigate a path riddled with trade-offs between personal desires and professional ambitions. The game stands out for its blend of sci-fi world-building and intimate character stories. With multiple branching paths and endings, players explore themes of ethics and ambition through a Boys’ Love lens. While some may find the pacing slow, fans praise its layered dialogue and the weight of every decision. Released in 2019, it remains a niche favorite among visual novel enthusiasts. Available on PC and Mac, it offers a self-contained experience that leans into both the genre’s romantic tropes and its potential for deeper storytelling.

Storyline

After building some satellite cities as a test, the Earth is finally terraforming its first colony, the planet Alaya. Tirs Abril has always dreamt of going to space, and now he's determined to take part in the colonization. Following his dream, he's currently studying the last year of Environmental Engineering in college. After breaking up with his boyfriend, he finally finds his sought-after chance: working as a scholarship researcher with Professor Marc Rossell, a prominent figure in the field of Environmental Engineering, and right now in charge of building the dome that will cover the inhabitable part of Alaya. However, Tirs soon will find out things are more complicated than he thought and his path won't be precisely a rose garden. How much is Tirs willing to sacrifice to pursue his dream? What risks or actions is he going to deem acceptable to achieve his goal? Will he reconsider his options or advance as an unstoppable force, no matter what? His decisions are up to you!