StarVaders
Pengonauts · 2025 · Roguelike Deckbuilder, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Tactics, Roguelite, Difficult
PC
Overwhelmingly Positive97% · 3,67185Metacritic
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About StarVaders
The alien invasion has shattered Earth’s defenses. Pilot, the fate of humanity now rests in your hands. Take the helm of a powerful mech and fight off the invasion—one card at a time.StarVaders combines tactical grid-based combat with deckbuilding strategy, placing you in command of a formidable mech during humanity’s last stand against the invaders. Build up a deck of powerful cards, unleash devastating combos, and defend the Earth at all costs!
Pilot Your Mech Into Battle!
Every mech in StarVaders has its own squad of pilots. Each mech introduces unique cards and mechanics, while your pilot further enhances your strategy with their distinct, powerful abilities.Take command of the Gunner Mech to unleash an endless flurry of bullets and explosions, get up close and personal with the ninja-like Stinger Mech, or unleash the powerful spells and summons of the Keeper Mech!Discover Game-Breaking Combos!
Unleash game-breaking combos, outsmart the invaders, and push your build to the limit against ever-escalating threats. With hundreds of cards, artifacts, and upgrades, no two runs are ever the same.Missed a perfect combo or found yourself cornered by the invaders? Use a Chrono Token to rewind time and rewrite your fate.Endless Replayability
After each run, unlock powerful new cards, pilots, and deadlier enemies and bosses that raise the stakes in future battles. There’s an endless supply of builds and combos to discover every time you play.Ready to push your limits? Take on the various Challenge Modes or dive into the Daily Run to really prove what you’re made of!DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
AMAZING GAME- gameplay is fun and interesting, and its gameplay doesnt get old. ive had TONS of fun building my deck and doing achievements1 found this helpful
StarVaders is a rougelike deckbuilder where you build up your arsenal as you pilot a mech in order tp destroy the alien invasion in this grid based tactics game. Graphics- Decent style Soundtrack- Pretty good Audience- Teenagers and Adults Difficulty- A few bosses are difficult Story- Good story Game time- Solid Price- It's a bit pricey 7/10
A perfect mix of tactical gameplay in a deckbuilding roguelike, balanced well enough to mostly not feel frustrating. Although the gameplay is great, most other things are just so-so. The story is kind of just there, the "lore" is mostly irrelevant, you will not thing about the characters as much as you will about their differences and the mechs they pilot (seriously, is this game tagged "visual novel" for what reason other than attempting to reach a wider audience...?), the final true boss is technically impossible before you unlock Min's Button if you want to see the "good ending"... And while I do like the general implementation of the Chrono Tokens I do NOT like the by-now "traditional" choose-3 picking; I'd rather that I could pick from a wider choice without being able to reroll probably, since a lot of times your choices are not very good by design. Music and sound effects are okay. Visuals are nice. The game has a memory leak if you do too many runs in a row without quitting the game; not very nice, and I don't expect most people to run into this issue, but it's worth mentioning since I don't believe it will ever be fixed by the devs. Just saying... The time I s…
Had a lot of fun at first. Then I just lost run after run playing the invasion difficulty. I lost every run because the bosses just overwhelmed me with numbers. Tried building around this but they just produce even more numbers. I imagine you can overcome this if you enjoy beating your head into a wall for entertainment. Progression seems extremely slow and doesn't feel rewarding to me.
A wonderful combination of Slay the Spire and tactical turn-based shooters. Super addictive. Lovely graphics. Highly recommend.
Really cool game, I love nervous roguelike games like Shogun showdown or Cobal Core, and I'm glad to see this one also has unique twists. Good replayability and each character feel distinct. Unfortunately the art direction feel uninspired (Blobs -_-). I understand the intention for the music but I rapidely turned it off (super pop and it's the same tune over and over).
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