Great value for a free game
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Honestly, I'd value this game at $20, but luckily it's FREE, so what are you waiting for?”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Love in Space2014Visual Novel · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A free, story-rich anime space-opera visual novel with hard, RNG-heavy hex tactics and a clunky, crash-prone UI. Skip it if you hate save-scumming or tedious battles.
Great for
Fans of mecha, space opera and VNs who enjoy hard turn-based tactics, or who lower difficulty for the story
Main risk
Unbalanced, RNG-driven battles that force save-scumming, plus crashes and clunky UI
What players love
Engaging space-opera story and characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This game has a surprisingly amaing and deep story that kept me incredibly interested in it during whole game”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
Challenging, rewarding tactical combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But that made the satisfaction of eventually conquering those missions all the higher”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗
Fun ship and ryder upgrade system
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I found a lot of fun in building my ryders and testing their metal in glorious combat.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Great music and art
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The music absolutely slaps. Way better than I would have expected from a free game.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
Adjustable difficulty, even for story only
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“you can change the difficulty at anytime, even in the middle of a battle”
Steam review · 25.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Unbalanced, RNG-heavy battles force save-scumming
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Playing the game on the default difficulty is impossible, which can be made possible by save-scumming over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over again”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and game-breaking errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Crashes every 5 minutes if you're lucky.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Generic characters and weak writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“even by VN standards the writing for this game is truly awful”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Clunky UI and too many clicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“So much clicking though, I feel like I haven't clicked so much since Cookie Clicker was popular.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Slow, tedious battle animations and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“A single round of one (1) player turn and one (1) A.I. Enemy turn is 4 minutes. FOUR MINUTES!”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Endless enemy spawns and missile spam
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“in the later stages, the enemy spawns infinite reinforcements each with 4 or 5 missiles”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified850 MB
Minimum
OSWin XP+
Processori3+
Memory3 GB RAM
Storage850 MB available space
Recommended
OSWin 7+
Processori5+
Memory6 GB RAM
Storage850 MB available space
OSWin XP+
Processori3+
Memory3 GB RAM
Storage850 MB available space
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