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Starless Abyss

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.

What works

  • Deep strategic deckbuilding and tactical combat
  • Engaging eldritch sci-fi theme and story
  • High replayability with meta progression
  • Excellent pixel art and music
  • Meaningful player choice and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Some balance and rng frustrations
  • Steep learning curve and ui complexity
  • Randomness can undermine strategy
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Starless Abyss. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Starless Abyss. These titles are not in What to play next.

Starless Abyss: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Strategy, Survival.

Last update: 26/08/2026