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Eli Schroeder · Published by Eli Schroeder
Content notice: Depictions of violence against fantasy creatures
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Malevolent Star is a first-person shooter with retro graphics, an eerie narrative experience, and simple, engaging combat. Fight against clever enemies, crazy enemies, and terrifying enemies (in approximately that order) to uncover the mysteries of the last of the living machine planets.
Action, Indie · More free games
About this game
Can a drop of mortality poison an ocean of godhood?
The machine planets once filled the heavens, raising up life in peace and prosperity. Now this one is among the very last of their kind. Child of the first students, defend this planet and learn its lessons. Learn also its secrets, the fates of the rest of its kind, and the fate of the colder universe to come.
Gameplay
Malevolent Star is a retro-style FPS game with gameplay heavily inspired by classic Halo. Face a wide roster of enemies and unique encounters with simple, satisfying gameplay mechanics and a tight sandbox of weapons with complementary strengths.
Features
Linear campaign progressing through four unique environments and increasingly chaotic encounters
A variety of enemies among multiple factions
A diverse sandbox of weapons
Simple, engaging combat
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 or newer
- Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 support, x86_64 CPU with SSE4.2 support, ARMv8 CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support, Direct3D 12 (12_0 feature level) support
- Storage: 1 GB available space
