Beyond These Stars guides
Every Beyond These Stars guide on this site, grouped by what you are trying to do. All pages are written from the public record — Steam, the dev blogs and the official wiki — and re-verified after the October 16 launch.
Start with these
- Beyond These Stars release date — October 16, 2026 as a full 1.0, price status, platforms and languages.
- Beginner guide — your first days: the Home Spaceship, food and water, the 16-tile work rule.
- Peeps guide — happiness and energy, sickness, mourning, strikes and celebrations.
The city and the whale
- Kewa care guide — how the space whale's health and happiness mirror your city.
- Resources and production chains — from the spaceship drip-feed to planet-side supply chains.
- Buildings and adjacency — placement bonuses with numbers, and what to keep apart.
The galaxy and how you play
- Planets and outposts — the galaxy map, the scout ship, temperatures and debris fields.
- Sandbox mode — custom resources, water, terrain and planets before you start.
- The demo guide — what the playable demo covers and how to use it well.
