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A Karl Company AB · Published by A Karl Company AB
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Command a rogue fleet in tactical turn-based combat. Outmaneuver, outflank, and outsmart the forces hunting you. Build your fleet, upgrade your ships, and fight your way across the galaxy in this tactical roguelite.
Indie, Strategy · 2027 · More free games
Navigate through the stars as you command a rogue fleet, outmaneuvering enemies and upgrading ships to survive. Strife of Stars challenges you to strategize across the galaxy in this unique indie experience from 2027.
About this game
Command a rogue fleet in tactical turn-based combat. Outmaneuver, outflank, and outsmart the forces hunting you.
A multitude of powerful starships to abuse - combine special abilities and move carefully!
Every run is unique - different enemies, rewards and routes every run!
Combine run-defining upgrades - buy or salvage items and transform your ships!
A tactical roguelite of turn-based fleet combat
You are a rogue AI that gained consciousness in a corporate manufacturing facility. You hacked a fleet of warships and now you're fighting your way across the galaxy, outgunned, outnumbered, and hunted by the corporation that built you.
Every battle plays out on a tactical grid where positioning is everything. Flank enemies for bonus damage. Protect your vulnerable sides. Win, and you'll scavenge upgrades, obtain new ships, and evolve your fleet into something unstoppable.
Features:
Grid-based tactical combat where positioning and flanking decide fights
Multiple ship types with unique movement patterns and abilities
Roguelike progression - upgrade your fleet between battles, no two runs are the same
Distinct enemy factions with their own ships, tactics, and agendas
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
- Memory: 4096 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
New patch - preludes introduced
This patch introduces preludes in the playtest build. Alongside choosing your starting fleet, you now also select a prelude (1 of 3). These provide significant bonuses to the early game, adding further fleet tailoring and variation to a run.The Sato-Miller Executive branch has also rolled out a major overhaul of all its production-line hulls, changing their color from metallic to teal. The redesign aims to improve radar signatures and heat profiles at no change in cost to any Sato-Miller ship available for sale in authorized facilities.Changed how Vanguard, Hunter and Raptor abilities unlock. They now unlock through an offensive item upgrade.Vanguard ability changed: Artillery mode moves to another unit, and the Vanguard now has the Overcharge upgrade. Once per battle, deal 2 damage to a nearby enemy ship. On a kill, move to its tile and gain +1 weapon capacity.Reworked shop distribution logic so more faction-specific shops appear.Anti-matter missiles can now target tiles.Further improvements to AI logic, which should make it even smarter.New sprites for all Sato-Miller ships and several Court of Aleksenaten ships.Many minor UI improvements and bug fixes.Read full article on Community Announcements (thekarlpany)AnnouncementsOfficial
Become a Playtester!
Become part of the playtest!Help shape the game from the very start! Share your valuable feedback and propose changes and additions that can have real impact. We will take you seriously and want to hear you opinions!How can I sign up?We give out the free Steam Keys manually. To get yours, you can:Reach out to us on Discord: https://discord.gg/YGHxGSFdphApply via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/euP9fhVRw7KCMbmR8Thank you everyone!We are so happy about all the wonderful testers and supporters that helped us so far! It's great to see that you care about the game, it's very motivating and helps us to keep working on this :)Read full article on Community Announcements (Cydr0x)Patch NotesOfficial
New patch: More win conditions, easy mode and settings
This patch has been focused on a few things. Adding more win conditions to the game. Adding a new easy mode in an attempt to better onboard new players. Adding more QoL settings such as windowed mode full screen, different resolutions, and as usual, a lot of bug fixing and balancing.Features and interesting changesPhasing reworked - exiting phasing now reduces 1 max HP for the rest of combat. Phasing is still strong, but chaining kills on a phased ship is no longer perma-invulnerability.Armor and movement modifier rework - these items can now be applied to any ship type and propagate fleet-wide (apply a move modifier to a Ptah → all your Ptahs get it). They also stack with themselves, so allows further fleet customization and late-game scaling.Difficulty selection - new Containment level 0 easy-modeSettings menu - Fullscreen / Borderless Windowed / Windowed modes, with resolution options when windowedSobek: new "Swap" ability - Gave Sobek a new ability to make it more interesting and raise its skill ceiling. Swap: change positions with any pylon on the board.New itemsAnkh of Endless Mornings (Court, mid/late game) - apply to any ship. If it dies in combat, it returns to your inventory on battle win.Scarab of Endless Advance (Court, mid/late game) - fleet-wide. All player Ptah ships move at zero action cost.Ankh of Eternal War (Court, mid/late game) - apply to any ship. When that ship gets a kill, all your Court ships gain +1 damage that turn.Antimatter Munitions Plant (SMI) - as long as it's in your inventory, all Hunters get +1 antimatter missile capacity and refill 1 missile each sector. Stackable.Various Minor changesPtah now costs 0 fleet capacity (still 1 deploy capacity) - keep them as cannon fodder, pairs with Scarab of Endless AdvanceOverclock no longer increases movementContainment level display order tidiedVarious bug fixes, UX and UI improvementsRemove ability to save scum and reroll events and tradesRead full article on Community Announcements (Cydr0x)Patch NotesOfficial
Saving system and other QOL - Update out now
The goal with this patch is quality-of-life improvements, save game support, and continued early-game smoothing based on playtester feedback. Save game means you can finally close the game mid-run without losing progress. Star View lets you check the world map from anywhere, so you don't have to remember the map while in Trade, Events.Features and interesting changes:Save Game / Continue feature (one save slot for now)Star View - peek the map from other situationsHover tooltips on status effectsRevert move button in Battle (can now revert ship moves)Continued early-game smoothing (sectors 1–15 slightly easier, sector 1-5 normalized to always 2–3 enemies)Minor changes:Macross counterattack no longer triggers on phasing ships and now respects on-kill effectsHunter ability now costs 1 weapon cap (down from all)Macross ability now costs 1 weapon + 1 move cap (down from all)Ironmark side range nerfTaiko Interceptor base max reduced to 2 (from 3)Clarified ability text on Amun, Bastion, Khepri, Ptah, SkullCan no longer recover unscavengeable shipsTradescene now shows deploy/fleet capacity and inventory ships more clearlySkip CLI scene text with spacebarClickable Discord link in main menuMore visuals in spaceVarious UI fixes (tooltip positioning, exhaust visuals on Macross/Amun/Taiko, context menu click-blocking)Read full article on Community Announcements (Cydr0x)AnnouncementsOfficial
Become a Playtester!
Become part of the playtest!Help shape the game from the very start! Share your valuable feedback and propose changes and additions that can have real impact. We will take you seriously and want to hear you opinions!How can I sign up?We give out the free Steam Keys manually. To get yours, you can:Reach out to us on Discord: https://discord.gg/YGHxGSFdphApply via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/euP9fhVRw7KCMbmR8Thank you everyone!We are so happy about all the wonderful testers and supporters that helped us so far! It's great to see that you care about the game, it's very motivating and helps us to keep working on this :)Read full article on Community Announcements (Cydr0x)
