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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: trek on February 17, 2026, 09:16:11 AM

Title: Two New SPACE GAME DEMOS up on Steam!
Post by: trek on February 17, 2026, 09:16:11 AM
Battlestar Galactica Scattered Hopes:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2535950/Battlestar_Galactica_Scattered_Hopes/

Starship Command Orion Spur:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4158420/Starship_Command_Orion_Spur/
Title: Re: Two New SPACE GAME DEMOS up on Steam!
Post by: trek on February 20, 2026, 11:02:04 AM
Played both demos:

Battlestar Galactica SH is a real letdown for me. Seems more like a mobile game as far as graphics are concerned especially compared to BSGDL. I also don't like the combat aspect at all. I'll stick to Battlestar Galactica Deadlock.

Starship Command OS: Nothing to see here at all. Enough said.
Title: Re: Two New SPACE GAME DEMOS up on Steam!
Post by: CJReich46 on February 20, 2026, 12:17:46 PM
I have a couple of demos to add:

Astro Protocol - Think of a quick 4x space board game. Demo is up on Steam- Mechanics are VERY simple to get, It's almost like Stellaris but turn based and streamlined. Nookrium and DasTactic both did streams on this one.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3769680/Astro_Protocol_Demo/

Space Scum: First Blood -This one I saw DasTactic stream and had to give a shot. The developers of this one did Battle Brothers and this one is set in space, think Mandalorian, Firefly, You know, Scum and Villainy. It is very brutal and unforgiving, but I had a level 1 crew member nearly beat a Boss! Right now it is in Alpha demo. It runs okay on my potato PC. It takes a while to understand how the combat goes, so be prepared to lose a few crew members trying to get the hang of it. It took me a few tries, but I did manage to complete the demo.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2601980/Space_Scum/
Title: Re: Two New SPACE GAME DEMOS up on Steam!
Post by: JasonPratt on February 21, 2026, 07:07:42 PM
Not to be confused with Astra Protocol, which is REAAAALLLY different. And also has a demo (but it's normally very cheap).... oh, demo is down. I think when I bought this Astra 1 was being sold free as the demo?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2026750/Astra_Protocol_2/

What if a monochrome-monitor game from the cassette era had modern depth? Well, then it would be TUNNELS OF DOOM for the TI-99/4a, which was practically Diablo 1 mixed with the SSI Gold Box tactical engine, and took at least 7.5 minutes to load (or save) by tape recorder.

https://youtu.be/sISTQELZw2Y

Oh, wait that should be AstraProt 2

Title: Re: Two New SPACE GAME DEMOS up on Steam!
Post by: Anguille on February 22, 2026, 04:07:30 AM
Interesting!