Beyond These Stars Wiki logoBeyond These Stars

Beyond These Stars Wiki

Guides, Buildings & Kewa Care

Plan your colony on the space whale with Beyond These Stars guides: release date, beginner tips, buildings, production chains, pollution, planets and outposts.

Wishlist on SteamGuidesSystemsWorld

Beyond These Stars Resources

Guides

Beginner guides, controls, tips and first-hour planning for your colony on Kewa.

Systems

Buildings, production chains, resources and research for a growing settlement.

World

Kewa health and happiness, pollution control, terraforming, planets and outposts.

Release

Release date, platforms, Game Pass and what the demo covers.

Latest Updates

Beyond These Stars Guides

Beyond These Stars Beginner Guide: The First Days
Beyond These Stars Beginner Guide: The First DaysStart your colony on Kewa the right way: first-day priorities, food and water, what to build first and the early mistakes that cause strikes.
Beyond These Stars Controls and Hotkeys
Beyond These Stars Controls and HotkeysEvery key and mouse control in Beyond These Stars: camera, build categories, road mode, rotation, demolish mode and the shortcut keys worth memorising.
Beyond These Stars Tips and Tricks
Beyond These Stars Tips and TricksPractical Beyond These Stars tips: layout and travel time, pollution control, peep energy, Kewa care and the habits that keep production running.
Beyond These Stars Happiness and Strikes
Beyond These Stars Happiness and StrikesFix unhappy Peeps in Beyond These Stars: read happiness changes, resolve strike goals and understand Fairground celebrations without stopping work.

Beyond These Stars Systems

Beyond These Stars Buildings Guide: Priorities
Beyond These Stars Buildings Guide: PrioritiesUnderstand Beyond These Stars buildings: early essentials, production buildings, housing, services and how placement and adjacency affect output.
Beyond These Stars Production Chains and Byproducts
Beyond These Stars Production Chains and ByproductsHow Beyond These Stars production chains work: inputs, outputs, byproducts and waste, and why every production line creates a second resource.
Beyond These Stars Resources Guide
Beyond These Stars Resources GuideEvery confirmed Beyond These Stars resource and where it comes from: Kewa deposits, underground mining, planetary exports and waste products.
Beyond These Stars Technology Tree and Research
Beyond These Stars Technology Tree and ResearchHow progression works in Beyond These Stars: the usage-based technology tree, starting buildings, research facilities and how to prioritise unlocks.

Beyond These Stars World

Beyond These Stars Kewa Guide: Health and Happiness
Beyond These Stars Kewa Guide: Health and HappinessKeep Kewa healthy and happy in Beyond These Stars: biome health, temperature, stamina, Kewa fruit and the consequences of neglect.
Beyond These Stars Pollution and Waste Guide
Beyond These Stars Pollution and Waste GuideManage soot, waste and pollution in Beyond These Stars: cleaner and dump buildings, tree cover, polluted tiles and their effect on peeps.
Beyond These Stars Planets and Outposts Guide
Beyond These Stars Planets and Outposts GuideSettle planets beyond Kewa in Beyond These Stars: the galaxy map, scout and trade ships, space ports and how outposts supply your home.
Beyond These Stars Terraforming Guide
Beyond These Stars Terraforming GuidePlan terraforming in Beyond These Stars: canals, soil and forests, plus the official wiki's Landscaper, Compost Heap and Tree Nursery progression.

Beyond These Stars Release

Beyond These Stars Release Date and Platforms
Beyond These Stars Release Date and PlatformsBeyond These Stars releases October 16, 2026 on PC: platforms, PC Game Pass, price status, system requirements and the demo.
Beyond These Stars Demo Guide: What It Includes
Beyond These Stars Demo Guide: What It IncludesWhat the Beyond These Stars demo includes, where it ends, how it differs from the 1.0 release and what to test before you buy.

Beyond These Stars FAQ

What is Beyond These Stars?

Beyond These Stars is a single-player city builder from Balancing Monkey Games, published by Hooded Horse. You build a settlement for the Peeps on the back of Kewa, a sentient space whale, balancing production chains, pollution and the ecosystem while travelling through the galaxy to settle ancestral planets.

When is the Beyond These Stars release date?

Beyond These Stars releases on October 16, 2026 for PC (October 17 in the developers New Zealand timezone). It launches directly as a 1.0 release, skipping Early Access. The official Steam store page carries the current release status.

Which platforms is Beyond These Stars available on?

The game launches on Windows PC via Steam, GOG, the Epic Games Store and the Microsoft Store, and is playable on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate from day one.

Is there a Beyond These Stars demo?

Yes. A free demo is available on Steam now. It covers the start of the story up to the point of travelling towards the next solar system, which is well before the full 1.0 content.

How much will Beyond These Stars cost?

The price had not been announced at the time of writing. Check the official Steam store page for current pricing once it is listed.

Ready to explore Beyond These Stars?

Start with the beginner guide for your first days on Kewa, then keep production running and the whale healthy as your settlement grows.