Sword of the Stars: The Pit
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:2/21/2013
- Franchise:Kerberos Productions
- Developer:Kerberos Productions
- Publisher:Kerberos Productions
- Last Updated:4/15/2025
- Steam App Id:233700
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
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- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Sword of the Stars: The Pit has 13 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 41% lower than its previous all-time peak of 22 players achieved on 6/1/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Sword of the Stars: The Pit. It has received a total of 1,526 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 80 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Sword of the Stars: The Pit and its growth over time. It currently has 2,940 followers on its community page.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit Price
Sword of the Stars: The Pit costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 4/15/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like The Pit Pack or The Traditional Roguelikes Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Sword of the Stars: The Pit.
About Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Sword of the Stars: The Pit is a RPG, Indie, Casual, and Strategy game developed by Kerberos Productions. On 2/21/2013, it was released on the Steam Store by Kerberos Productions.
Players have rated Sword of the Stars: The Pit as "Very Positive" out of 1,526 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,279 positive reviews and 247 negative reviews — an overall 84% positive review rating. Additionally, Sword of the Stars: The Pit has earned a metascore of 69 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, Sword of the Stars: The Pit supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Sword of the Stars: The Pit has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Supernatural
- Roguelike
- Loot
- Crafting
- Procedural Generation
- Lore-Rich
- Dungeon Crawler
- Aliens
- Stylized
- Traditional Roguelike
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Survival
- Sci-fi
- Zombies
- Strategy
- Casual
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Adventure
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
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DLC & Related Apps
Sword of the Stars: The Pit is referenced by 5 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit - The Pilgrim DLC | DLC | 4/18/2014 | View |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Juggernaut | DLC | 9/24/2014 | View |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Healer | DLC | 3/21/2016 | View |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit - Necromancer | DLC | 1/28/2015 | View |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit Soundtrack | Music | 2/3/2014 | View |
Related Bundles
Sword of the Stars: The Pit is included in 2 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Pit Pack | 5 | 3 | $29.72 | View |
 | The Traditional Roguelikes Bundle | 7 | 5 | $36.51 | View |
Related Packages
Sword of the Stars: The Pit is referenced by 3 packages in the Steam Store.
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 15). Sword of the Stars: The Pit on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/233700
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 15). Sword of the Stars: The Pit. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/233700
- Metacritic. (2025, April 15). Sword of the Stars: The Pit for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/sword-of-the-stars-the-pit
- Kerberos Productions. (2023, July 8). Sword of the Stars: The Pit. Sword of the Stars: The Pit. http://www.sots-thepit.com