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Balancing Monkey Games has released its sci-fi city builder Beyond These Stars on PC, with the game out now on Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store.

Synthesized from 2 Yomimono stories · updated 2d ago

Balancing Monkey Games' sci-fi city builder Beyond These Stars is now available on PC. According to the October release story, it is out on Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store at 2,980 yen, with a 20 percent launch sale running two weeks and PC Game Pass support. The game is set on the back of a giant space whale named Kiwa, and players manage the Peeps, secure resources from Kiwa, and reconcile the whale's demands with their own.

The release follows the date announcement from August 21. Publisher Hooded Horse announced then that the game would launch October 15, with Japan getting it October 16 due to time zone differences. The same story said the game supports Japanese display and is available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Microsoft Store, plus PC Game Pass. A demo was on Steam at that point.

The two stories together frame the game around a single idea: the city builder's core loop is coexistence with a living creature. Overconsuming the environment shrinks habitable space, and outposts vanish when the whale moves on. The release story repeats the same balance between the whale's demands and the player's own. No sales figures, player numbers, or post-launch plans appear in either story.

Key facts

Release status
Beyond These Stars is out now on PC. ↗
Price
2,980 yen, with a 20 percent launch sale running two weeks. ↗
Storefronts
Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store, plus PC Game Pass. ↗
Setting
A city on the back of Kiwa, a giant whale traveling through space. ↗
Core loop
Players manage the Peeps, secure resources from Kiwa, and reconcile the whale's demands with their own. ↗
Announced release date
October 15, with Japan getting it October 16 due to time zone differences. ↗
Publisher
Hooded Horse. ↗
Japanese support
The game supports Japanese display. ↗
Demo
A demo is on Steam. ↗

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5d ago

Beyond These Stars Launches On PC With A Space Whale City To Balance

Hooded Horse and Balancing Monkey Games have released Beyond These Stars, a sci-fi city builder set on the back of a giant space whale named Kiwa. It is out on Steam, GOG.com, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store at 2,980 yen, with a 20 percent launch sale running two weeks and PC Game Pass support. Players manage the Peeps, secure resources from Kiwa, and reconcile the whale's demands with their own.

Aug 21

Beyond These Stars Sets October 16 Release for City-Building on a Space Whale

Publisher Hooded Horse announced on August 21 that Balancing Monkey Games' sci-fi city-builder Beyond These Stars launches October 15, with Japan getting it October 16 due to time zone differences. Players build a city on the back of Kiwa, a giant whale traveling through space, balancing the Peeps' needs against the whale's mood. The game supports Japanese display and is available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, and Microsoft Store, plus PC Game Pass. A demo is on Steam.