Sword of the Stars: The Pit on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is a rogue-like, dungeon crawler and perma death game developed and published by Kerberos Productions.
Released on February 21st 2013 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,525 reviews of which 1,278 were positive and 247 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *:Windows XP
  • Processor:Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory:2 GB RAM
  • Graphics:512 MB DX compatible card
  • DirectX®:9.0c
  • Hard Drive:1.4 GB HD space
  • Sound:Any Windows compatible sound device
  • Additional:Controller support: 2-button mouse, keyboard and speakers
MacOS
  • OS:10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Processor:2.0 GHz Intel
  • Memory:2 GB RAM
  • Graphics:512 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
  • Hard Drive:1.4 GB HD space
  • Sound:Any Mac compatible sound device, stereo speakers or head phones
Linux
  • OS:Ubuntu 12, Fedora 20, etc
  • Processor:2.0 GHz Intel
  • Memory:2 GB RAM
  • Graphics:512 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card
  • Hard Drive:1.4 GB HD space
  • Sound:Any Linux compatible sound device, stereo speakers or head phones

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Jan. 2025
"Just like Jupiter Hell but more RPG like." A very nice, cute and intensive turn-based sci-fi RPG. Definitely a good buy if you like turn-based adventures and strategy. Extensive character tree and skills plus ability to control team-mates. NOTE: I'm an average or below-average player, but with scum-saving this game is AWESOME. Also with scum-saving I managed to learn new things and experiment and now I'm running through the levels in rogue style. If you ever find this game too difficult don't be ashamed to scum.
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Dec. 2024
I have been playing this game on and off for a decade. My playtime is probably over 3000 hours due to playing a lot on different platforms and i have beaten it on hard with every class so i cant recommend it enough. The game has a reputation of being extremely hard and unfair to new players although most true roguelikes have entry barrier of just learning mechanics and getting better. Everything in pit is tied to skill checks so luck is a factor but that can be mitigated with experience. Relative scarcity of resources is what separates this from many other roguelikes. Your equipment breaks,you may run out of food or ammo, There is ridiculous amount of crafting components to find and limited inventory space. Every enemy has its own shtick doing different kinds of damage or status effects so knowing them makes all the difference. Visuals and UI,graphics quality are on extremely high level for a traditional roguelike. Only real con i would say is length of the pit,40 levels is too much and it overstays its welcome in later stages of the game.It should have been 25 and it would still take a lot of time to reach although there are mechanics to skip levels (wormhole traps). There is a sequel on steam but it seems it is not being developed anymore so stay out of that and play this instead.
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Nov. 2024
Cool little traditional yet accessible sci-fi roguelike
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June 2024
Fun, but challenging. I never got to the end, but I had fun with the time that I spent on it. Drops are heavily RNG, a lot of times it doesn't work out. Getting useful components for recipes seems oddly difficult.
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April 2024
Sad to say, dungeons of dredmor completely dwarfs this good game.
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit
8.0
1,278
247
Online players
7
Developer
Kerberos Productions
Publisher
Kerberos Productions
Release 21 Feb 2013
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