StrategyFit check
Is Starlight Tactics™ worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based tactics fans who want three-dimensional ship movement
- Solo players seeking two campaign routes with 50 missions each
- Local multiplayer pairs who want AI or shared-screen skirmishes
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a quick, disposable battle format may hit the persistent fleet management between missions.
- Players who want a simple two-dimensional tactics system may find yaw, pitch, roll and subsystem targeting demanding.
- Players seeking cooperative multiplayer may not find a matching mode in the listed play options.
- Players looking for character leveling, loot or tower defense may find the fleet-combat scope too narrow.
Our take on Starlight Tactics™
The bounce point arrives when battles require control of yaw, pitch and roll alongside subsystem targeting. Players who want straightforward turn-based movement may stall at the combination of three-dimensional positioning, persistent ship maintenance and damage choices.
What is Starlight Tactics™?
Command a space fleet in three-dimensional, turn-based tactical battles set during a future World War IV.
Choose between United Star Force and Non-Aligned Nations campaigns, each containing 50 missions, or play skirmishes against artificial intelligence or another player sharing a mouse and screen. More than 60 starships, including destroyers, stealth ships, cruisers, carriers and littoral combat ships, can be customized with weapons, defenses and fleet colors. Ships remain in a SpaceDock between missions, where they can be requisitioned, inspected, repaired, upgraded or retired. Combat includes control over yaw, pitch and roll, localized damage to turrets, engines and hulls, collisions, and weapon impacts that can move asteroids. The Nan campaign is included.
How Starlight Tactics™ plays
- 01Two Story Campaigns
- The United Star Force and Non-Aligned Nations routes each contain 50 missions.
- 02Fleet Persistence
- Ships carry over between missions and can be repaired, modified, inspected or decommissioned in the SpaceDock.
- 03Localized Ship Damage
- Attacks against turrets, engines or hulls produce different effects on a vessel's weapons, speed or survival.
- 04Local Skirmish Play
- Freeplay matches support battles against the AI or another person sharing one screen and mouse.
- 05Three-Axis Movement
- Starships maneuver through space using yaw, pitch and roll among planets and moons.
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Starlight Tactics™: platforms & release
Is Starlight Tactics™ worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based tactics fans who want three-dimensional ship movement. Skip it if: players seeking a quick, disposable battle format may hit the persistent fleet management between missions.
Where can I download Starlight Tactics™?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Starlight Tactics™'s store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Starlight Tactics™ on?
Windows only.
