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

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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 1,527 reviews of which 1,279 were positive and 248 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 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 Zombies Traditional Roguelike Turn-Based Strategy Supernatural Survival Adventure

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System 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

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
This is a decent rougelike that is fun for a quick game or two. It lacks enough depth to keep my attention but isn't a bad game.
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June 2025
A legitimately good sci-fi roguelike. Takes a while before you can meaningfully interact with the crafting system, but I very much appreciate the resource-management the game is built around. RNG is omnipresent, but so spread out that it doesn't end up feeling like the RNG is to blame for your failure most of the time. Plus, it comes at a bargain price. What's not to like?
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June 2025
I don't usually play roguelikes but this is excellent, with a great soundtrack. their dlc policy is awful, some of it could've just been a patch, but even the base game offers a ton of content, different classes, items and recipes. now it's bundled with both expansions for 10 bucks, another 4 gets the 4 missing classes. naturally, it saves when you quit, but you can decide to make shorter work of your ascent by only doing every 5th floor, etc. weapon degradation, ammo and food are out to get you, and with more and more ingredients and recipes added over time, you're always managing inventory, but if you're not prepared for rng to screw you over (and over and over), why are you playing roguelikes? (and that's why I normally don't.) and of course if you find all the things overwhelming, don't install the dlc and play the less intimidating vanilla(ish) experience. so I obviously played on easy, and to my surprise, managed to reach the end (floor 30 at the time, before all the dlc started flooding in), then went back a few years later to fool around with different classes a bit and check out all the new stuff, something I don't normally do either. sadly, hacked computer logs are limited to the first 50 on easy, so can't get a full collection of lore without increasing difficulty, but recipes and encyclopedia entries are retained between runs. definitely try the demo to get a taste, worked for me. infinity a few years later went 1st-person shooter, no thanks, the proper(?) sequel went back to its roots but added unnecessary and damn ugly 3d and it's been in early access for years, untouched for a while, also no thanks.
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April 2025
Fun, FUN, Fun & Great, great, great rational thinking experience, a very in depth game. One of the all time best of the best.
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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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Sword of the Stars: The Pit is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit received 1,279 positive votes out of a total of 1,527 achieving a rating of 8.00.
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit was developed and published by Kerberos Productions.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is a single-player game.

There are 5 DLCs available for Sword of the Stars: The Pit. Explore additional content available for Sword of the Stars: The Pit on Steam.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit does not support Steam Remote Play.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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