Sword of the Stars: The Pit

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 1,518 reviews of which 1,272 were positive and 246 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sword of the Stars: The Pit into these genres:

Rogue-like Dungeon Crawler Perma Death Procedural Generation Crafting Turn-Based Sci-fi Aliens Lore-Rich RPG Strategy 2D Stylized Loot Traditional Roguelike Zombies Turn-Based Strategy Supernatural Survival Adventure

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

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.

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.

Nov. 2024

Cool little traditional yet accessible sci-fi roguelike

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.

April 2024

Sad to say, dungeons of dredmor completely dwarfs this good game.

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Steam price	23 January 2025 04:50
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9.75€

8.0

1,272

246

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Developer

Kerberos Productions

Publisher

Kerberos Productions

Release 21 Feb 2013

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