71%Strong matchStarcom: Unknown Space
92%4k92% positive reviews, Very Positive across 4k reviews·Space · Exploration
—Light Years Away is a sci-fi ARPG where you explore planets, gather resources, and recruit unique crew members. Meet diverse NPCs, build your team, and craft your way back home through a dangerous galaxy.
Light Years Away
SteamLight Years Away is a sci-fi ARPG survival adventure that immerses you in the vast, unexplored reaches of space. Play as a starship captain stranded in an unknown galaxy after your fleet is ambushed by a mysterious force. With limited resources and only a small crew to rely on, you must travel from planet to planet, exploring alien worlds, collecting resources, and crafting everything you need to survive. Your ultimate goal? Repair your ship, find your way back to federation space, and uncover the truth behind the attack.


Navigate through a sprawling galaxy filled with diverse planets and civilizations. Each world you encounter holds unique challenges, creatures, and hidden secrets, offering new adventures and quests as you make your way back home.






Use the resources you gather to craft weapons, gear, and vehicles. The advanced crafting system allows for deep customization, letting you create attachments that enhance your items—like a flashlight module for your spacesuit or special upgrades for your ship’s engines.



Encounter over 100 unique characters that can join your crew, each bringing special abilities and skills to your journey. From engineers to explorers, choose wisely to optimize your chances of survival and success. You’ll also discover over 200 creatures to collect as pets or companions, with a future breeding system that lets you combine traits for new hybrid species.



Manage your crew, handle factions, and make tough decisions as you navigate political tensions and hostile environments. Your actions will shape how different civilizations view you, affecting trade opportunities and quest availability.


Fight through intense top-down shooter battles against hostile aliens and rival factions. Equip your crew with crafted weapons, and utilize your ship’s arsenal to overcome enemies both on land and in space.
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