Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
Released Apr 2015
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
65% positive · 298 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet launched on April 7, 2015 and received a steady stream of patches and balance updates throughout 2015 and 2016. The developer's most significant post-launch update was Version 1.1, released on September 9, 2016, which overhauled difficulty, ship balancing, and game feel. After that, a few smaller patches followed through early 2017. The final recorded update, Version 1.2.0.0 on November 2, 2017, added Mac and Linux support along with Steam achievements — and was described as a "long overdue" update, signaling it was not part of a regular cadence but a concluding quality-of-life addition. There have been no developer communications of any kind since November 2, 2017 — nearly nine years ago. No DLC was ever released or announced, no roadmap was published, and the store description contains no references to planned content. The game was released as a complete standalone product and its update activity has been fully dormant since late 2017.
Evidence
Version 1.2.0.0 released — added Mac/Linux support and Steam achievements. Described as a 'long overdue' update. This is the last recorded developer communication.
Version 1.1 released — a major overhaul patch covering game feel, ship balancing, enemy spawning, and attachment reworks. Developer notes it had been working on this alongside another game (The Ship: Remasted).
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Blazing Griffin
Achievements
28
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, you take control of the last remaining ships of a near-destroyed A’kari fleet, and must rebuild your forces as you battle through ancient, galactic battlefields towards a final showdown with the Orthani.
Build your fleet of up to 5 ships (from a choice of any combination of 8 classes) and upgrade their weapons and attachments which give you new and improved skills to use in combat. With hundreds of attachments to choose from, each class has many different possible loadouts.
Traverse the galaxy one system at a time - each step of the way you will face unique story events, each of which has multiple outcomes that can change with each playthrough. Choose whether or not you enter combat, flee or try to talk your way out of difficult situations - but don't think the same choice next time round will have the same outcome!
All set within a beautifully designed universe with an eerily atmospheric soundtrack - Distant Star: Revenant Fleet is a game you'll be playing again and again...
In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, you take control of the last remaining ships of a near-destroyed A’kari fleet, and must rebuild your forces as you battle through ancient, galactic battlefields towards a final showdown with the Orthani.
Build your fleet of up to 5 ships (from a choice of any combination of 8 classes) and upgrade their weapons and attachments which give you new and improved skills to use in combat. With hundreds of attachments to choose from, each class has many different possible loadouts.
Traverse the galaxy one system at a time - each step of the way you will face unique story events, each of which has multiple outcomes that can change with each playthrough. Choose whether or not you enter combat, flee or try to talk your way out of difficult situations - but don't think the same choice next time round will have the same outcome!
All set within a beautifully designed universe with an eerily atmospheric soundtrack - Distant Star: Revenant Fleet is a game you'll be playing again and again...
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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