Interesting generation-ship story and setting
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The generation ship setting is brilliant and well-realized, and the story is strong with lots of variability based on your choices.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Worth buying? What 195 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 195 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%DigiTales Interactive2024Detective · Point & Click · Investigation
−80%$15.99$3.19
US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A short, story-driven sci-fi detective game on a generation ship with logic-based cases and meaningful choices. Skip it if you hate backtracking, a cluttered evidence UI, or having no manual saves.
Great for
Fans of Lacuna, sci-fi and deduction games who enjoy story-heavy cases and lots of reading
Main risk
Tedious ship traversal, a cluttered evidence UI and no manual saves frustrate many players
What players love
Pixel art 2.5D visuals and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The graphics are perfect: a simple pixel aesthetic which had me pausing to appreciate how beautiful the art was.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Logic-based cases that make you deduce
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“What really makes it shine is that you can solve the puzzles just by using logic and thorough investigation.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Choices and consequences shape the ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Great story where you feel your decisions actually matter.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Tense no-save-scum commitment to your verdicts
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I liked the mechanic of solving cases without pressure, but with commitment.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Fair price and good length, runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Fun 5 hour detective game, good atmosphere, great on steam deck, great value.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Cluttered, unsorted evidence UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You **can** filter the evidence by type (people, rooms, props etc.) but it never stays that way.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Weak or unbelievable story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The characters feel shallow and some feel unnecessary”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Vague, guess-based or obtuse cases
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The puzzles/cases here give you so few clues that it feels like the world is just empty except two clues and from that point on you just have to guess.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Tedious backtracking and poor fast travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You'll spend the majority of your time running around the ship, going into each and every room over and over hoping to find the right person to talk to or clue to provide.”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
No manual saves or save slots
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the lack of manual saving quickly soured the experience for me. I don't enjoy stressing about getting it right on the first try.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Bugs, soft-locks and missing translations
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“after I bought the game I reached a point where the game is soft-locked with no way to recover.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorMulti-core 2.5GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 750M / GeForce GTX 650
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-Bit
ProcessorMulti-core 2.5GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 750M / GeForce GTX 650
Storage6 GB available space
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