Astral Throne

Astral Throne

Released Feb 2025

Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.

80% positive · 271 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Astral Throne launched on February 7, 2025 and received three named content updates post-launch: Update 1.1.0 (March 25, 2025) adding new skills and balance overhauls, Update 1.2.0 (April 21, 2025) doubling the recruitable militia roster, and Update 1.3.0 (September 13, 2025) expanding the encounter pool with new maps and mechanics. These were followed by maintenance patches. On November 7, 2025, the developer announced a sequel — Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix — explaining that planned changes for the original game had grown too transformative to implement as updates. A follow-up patch on November 14, 2025 explicitly stated: "support for Astral Throne is winding down," confirmed the team was now working full-time on the sequel, and noted the demo was being restored. The developer clarified that Astral Throne would continue to exist alongside its sequel rather than be replaced, but made clear that active content development for the original had concluded. No further content updates have been posted since November 14, 2025. All listed DLC (the soundtrack and digital art book) have been released. The game is complete as a standalone product.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states 'support for Astral Throne is winding down' and confirms the team is now working full-time on the sequel, Astral Throne II: Age of the Phoenix.
news post · Nov 14, 2025 source development ending
high
Sequel announcement post explains that planned changes for Astral Throne were too fundamental to add as updates, leading to the decision to make a new game instead. States 'Close, but not yet!' regarding Astral Throne being over, citing remaining bug fixes.
news post · Nov 7, 2025 source development ending
high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Zero Sun Games
Achievements
48
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Experience a new twist on a familiar genre ✨

Embark on an enigmatic journey in Astral Throne, a captivating blend of retro-style turn-based strategy and roguelike adventure. Navigate a once-prosperous land cloaked in a memory-stealing fog from a fallen star.

Fight through a series of tightly designed hand-crafted combat encounters while building a formidable army through Roguelite-style level-ups and loot. Synergize your party’s classes, equipment, weapons, and skills in various ways - all while experiencing a mysterious story that changes depending on who you recruit and choices you make.

⚔ It's like a pocket-sized SRPG campaign every run ⚔

  • Astral Throne is a unique blend of Roguelike, Strategy, and RPG

  • Strategize around weapon and magic triangles, stat and experience distribution, and permadeath

  • Encounters are handcrafted to retain the tight design of a strategic experience

  • However, there are pockets of variance through enemy loadouts, recruitable characters, loot, and the layout of an ever-changing overworld

  • Small choices can butterfly-effect to vastly different outcomes every run

  • Flexibly customize your party, which will differ between runs

  • Build each character through loot and level-ups

  • Synergize your builds with hundreds of skills, weapons, items, and over a dozen classes

  • Affect the mechanics of your entire team through dozens of collectable memories

  • Choose your path through a procedurally generated overworld map featuring mini bosses, shops, duel arenas, and more

  • Unlock and recruit characters, heroes, and leaders that offer diverse experiences

  • Replay with a multitude of difficulty modifiers that put your skills to the test

  • Menus are snappy and responsive, and a deep tooltip system offers extensive clarity of information

  • Explore a once-prosperous realm shrouded in memory-stealing Stardust

  • Each hero has unique character traits and stories that blend to create a compelling world

  • The story of each run changes depending on who you've recruited into your party

  • Experience over a hundred story branches and two dozen unique endings

  • Reveal the truth of a mysterious plot over the course of multiple runs

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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