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Watch trailer on Steam ↗I Thought There'd Be Stars...
Auld Alliance Games · Published by Auld Alliance Games · Official site ↗
Content notice: Contains depictions of psychological trauma and brief scenes of a highly damaged corpse that haunts the player. Also infrequent swearing
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A Sci-Fi survival horror about loss, grief, and hope. Follow Sully, a starship engineer, as her world is torn asunder and she is forced to survive on a desolate planet wracked by constant storms. Against all odds, Sully must survive alone. Or is she? There's something out there in the storm...
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Embark on a harrowing journey through relentless storms as Sully, an engineer aboard a shattered starship, struggles to survive alone on a desolate world. Will you find hope or face despair in this gripping sci-fi survival horror experience?
About this game
"I remember being disappointed. I remember looking up at the night sky and feeling this great sadness. Honestly, I thought there’d be stars..."
Far out in the deepest reaches of space, a young man dreams of seeing the ruins of old earth. He dreams of setting foot on its soil and breathing in its air. He smiles to himself and goes back to painting. Beside him, reading her book, is his only real friend. Sully's the reason he's on this ship in the first place. He smiles again and reaches for another pot of paint.
Sully awakes on cold stone, the sound of pounding rain filling her world. She slowly gets to her feet, the endless rain soaking her to her skin. She looks back at the smoldering wreck of her old life and looks up at the endless black sky.
"At the end, I always thought there'd be stars..."
Follow a starship engineer through through the wreckage of her life as she desperately strives to be rescued from the storm-tossed hellscape she's crashed on. However, it's not just the rain that chills Sully to the bone but the memory of what she's left behind
Features:
Far out in the deepest reaches of space, a young man dreams of seeing the ruins of old earth. He dreams of setting foot on its soil and breathing in its air. He smiles to himself and goes back to painting. Beside him, reading her book, is his only real friend. Sully's the reason he's on this ship in the first place. He smiles again and reaches for another pot of paint.
Sully awakes on cold stone, the sound of pounding rain filling her world. She slowly gets to her feet, the endless rain soaking her to her skin. She looks back at the smoldering wreck of her old life and looks up at the endless black sky.
"At the end, I always thought there'd be stars..."
Follow a starship engineer through through the wreckage of her life as she desperately strives to be rescued from the storm-tossed hellscape she's crashed on. However, it's not just the rain that chills Sully to the bone but the memory of what she's left behind
Features:
- Intricate Crafting System to help Sully survive her harsh environment
- Fight to survive the cold and hunger on a planet wracked by constant thunderstorms
- Follow Sully's journey through loss, grief, and hope
- Beware what lurks in the storm...
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- VR Support: No
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10 22H2
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
- Storage: 864 MB available space
- VR Support: No
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 2! UI and Bug fixes!
Hello lovely people! Another month, another patch! This time we decided to spruce things up a little by giving Sully a fancy new console and clearing up any objective confusion. It's been a fun time here at the Auld Alliance over the last month, and we're looking forward to gettting even closer to the best possible version of our demo! Thanks for following along with us on this journey and see you next month! Update: Added new art assets to text log at start of day Update: Changed text font on all menus Update: Added more objective markers when necessary Fix: Fixed objective markers not disappearing when interacting with objective Fix: Fixed some aspects of the level resetting when moving through door Fix: Optimised event implementation in Emer's Pride (WIP) Fix: Fixed some dialogue objects not initialising properlyRead full article on Community Announcements (CPTNBandana)Patch NotesOfficial
First patch!
Hello lovely people! It’s already been a month or so since the release of the ITTBS demo! Thank you so much for the feedback received in such a short amount of time! Members of the indie community or not, we all know a game is a arduous journey in the making and getting something out there is no small feat. With that philosophy we decided to stay put with our January release date, even though it wasn’t the fully polished product we wanted to present. But you know what, an imperfect released demo is better than a thousand perfect unreleased ones! Having said that, we’re now embarking on a course of monthly updates with renewed vigour! Welcome aboard, take your seat, prop back your tablet and enjoy the journey as we work to create the best possible version of “I Thought There’d be Stars”. Patch Notes: Feature: Added objective markers, pointing to necessary interactions Update: Changed text font on all menus Fix: Fixed crafting tutorial collision issues Fix: Fixed audio issues on day 4 Update: Changed dialogue to updated script versionRead full article on Community Announcements (CPTNBandana)
