# Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA — Build a massive space Empire > Persistent space empire builder with cooperative PvE and team PvP combat. (iPhone/iPad app by Parallel Space Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hades-star-dark-nebula/id1598157241 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Parallel Space Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/760171546) - Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.70/5 from 245 App Store ratings · 124 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 372 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2023-11-09 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hades-star-dark-nebula/id1598157241/reviews.md ## What is Hades' Star? Start your own personal journey in the Hades Galaxy, or continue guiding the Empire you started in Hades' Star. DARK NEBULA is the next evolution of the Hades galaxy. With familiar but well-refined activities, as well as brand new activities, building a Space Empire has never been more rewarding. Create and grow your space Empire, in a persistent galaxy that constantly evolves. EXPLORE AND COLONIZE YOUR VERY OWN YELLOW STAR SYSTEM As the most stable star type, the Yellow Star offers a perfect setting to establish your permanent presence and plan your Empire's long term economy. All new players start in their own Yellow Star system and over time expand to discover and colonize more planets, set mining patterns, establish trade routes and neutralize the mysterious alien ships found throughout the Hades galaxy. As the owner of a Yellow Star system, you have complete control over what other players have access to it. By establishing diplomatic relations, you can allow any other player to send ships to your system, and dictate your own terms for mining, trade or military cooperation. COOPERATIVE PVE IN RED STARS Very early in the game, every player will build a Red Star Scanner, a station that allows them to jump ships to detected Red Stars. These stars have a small lifetime and will go supernova after 10 minutes. The goal in the Red Star is to co-operate with any other players that have ships in that star system, defeat the NPC ships, retrieve Artifacts from the Red Star planets, and jump back before the Supernova. Artifacts can be researched in the home star and will yield necessary resources for trade, mining and combat advancements. Higher level Red Stars offer more challenging enemies and better rewards. TEAM PVP IN WHITE STARS Players can organize in Corporations. Besides helping each other, Corporations can also scan for White Stars. A White Star sees 20 players from two Corporations battle in the same star system for Relics, a resource that can be retrieved to upgrade the Corporation and give each member additional benefits. Time passes by very slowly in White Stars: every match lasts for 5 days, giving Corporation members time to talk and coordinate their strategy. The Time Machine can be used to plan future moves, communicate them to other Corporation members, and see potential outcomes of future combat. EXCITING PVP IN BLUE STARS Blue Stars are short lived combat arenas that only last for a few minutes, during which the entire system is collapsing on itself. Each player can only send a single Battleship to the Blue Star. The 5 participating players combat each other, using their ship's modules and other NPC ships to destroy the other player Battleships and be the last one alive. Blue Stars offer the fastest PvP action in the game. Regular participants receive daily and monthly rewards to advance their Empire. ## Key features - Build and grow a space empire - Explore and colonize yellow star systems - Cooperative PvE in red stars - Team PvP in white stars - Fast-paced PvP in blue stars - Persistent and evolving galaxy ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Hades' Star Platinum | $9.99 | per month | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | STARTER PACK 1 | $4.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL SHIPMENTS | $4.99 | one-time | | STARTER PACK 2 | $19.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL PACK - MEDIUM | $9.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL PACK - LARGE | $19.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL PACK - SMALL | $2.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL PACK - HUGE | $49.99 | one-time | | CRYSTAL PACK - EPIC | $99.99 | one-time | | HYDROGEN TRANSMISSION | $9.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Hades' Star? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Relaxing gameplay - 🔒 No ads or microtransactions - 👍 Great community and corporation support - 🚀 Smooth performance and visuals **Cons** - 🐛 Matchmaking issues in ranked modes - 💡 Lack of progression and customization options - 🐛 Bugs and glitches after major updates - 💡 Unbalanced gameplay and power creep **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent crashes and performance issues - Compatibility problems on older devices - Syncing issues between multiple accounts **Most requested features** - Add more progression and customization options - Improve matchmaking and ranked mode balancing - Introduce more cooperative gameplay modes - Expand the in-game economy and trading system ## Recent user reviews (10 of 124) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hades-star-dark-nebula/id1598157241/reviews.md ### 3/5 — I honestly expected better *2026-07-19, version 6.565.3* I mean, I do like the idea, and I also like the new design, but a bunch of the game mechanics are ruined after the 2023.1 update or whatever it was called. First of all, why does every lone battleship in BLSes need to be equipped with vengeance? I'm still on RS5 and I'm already seeing RS7 mods. Besides, why are BLSes never properly balanced? I keep seeing like a level 80 or sometimes even 150 player and I'm saying that as a level 47. Also, please nerf the colossus. It is way too strong and that makes them the "gatekeepers" of drone modules in RSes not to even mention the salvage module they have. PLEASE REPLACE SALVAGE WITH SOMETHING ELSE, IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. Having them to be able to gain hp when a ship is destroyed is basically sadist. Or you don't gotta remove it, just atleast nerf that as well. What even is the point of the cerberus drone? I don't see what kind of situation you would ever want to summon a short-lived cerberus guardian that would probably get deleted in a few seconds by your own weapon (or hours in ws). I kind of look at it as a worse version of the alpha drone you deleted for no reason. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-07-18, version 6.565.3* do not expect fast development or easy dopamine, do expect a game that will last and one of the most wholesome fan bases out there ### 2/5 — Tedious *2026-06-29, version 6.565.3* Almost good, but ultra grindy and blue stars are terrible. They give you credits to PvP, but there’s no balance or match making in it and the bots have terribly annoying abilities like vengeance. Just becomes a chore to play each day. ### 3/5 — Bring Back the Old White Stars *2026-06-05, version 6.565.3* My clan and I played Hade’s Star for years. Sadly, the White Stars were changed. Now it’s all about Chain Rays and Dispatch. No more 5v5 and relic drone spamming, either. If your clan is outnumbered, just forget it. The older version of White Stars was more intense, and just more fun. Please bring it back! ### 1/5 — Snoozefest *2026-05-24, version 6.565.3* Real lack of any decent development. They gave up on console support for a big update….what update? The Cerb drone? Does anyone even use it? The grind passes the time I guess but for no real purpose. Real lack of new players. Constantly pit against top tier players. Boring as f… The white stars are actually ok if you’re in a half decent corp and probably the only thing of interest, but what are the rewards for winning? Extra artifact boost….ok….lame. The blue stars are a complete unbalanced waste of time. 99.99% of matches are populated players with far more advanced modules. I’ve yet to be the least advanced player. It’s not about strategy when you’re clearly at a disadvantage. You can’t expect me to believe that I’m the only low tier player looking for blue stars? Or maybe I am because the “all players in one pot” system is broken and lazy development at best and clearly no one other than the maxed out players want to play it. ### 4/5 — Good game but *2026-05-12, version 6.565.3* Wait times too long ### 5/5 — Nice update one idea *2026-05-09, version 6.565.3* Maybe black stars the size of white stars but acts like red stars players fight against each other, Cerberus, and a new grey faction (maybe a ship that hunts you?) you can get artifacts hydrogen and credits. ### 5/5 — One of the best games ever *2026-04-24, version 6.565.3* Free to play, in a world of pay to win capitalist greed? Amazing. Pure strategy and team cooperation/competition. Resource management and space ship planets and all that jazz is awesome. ### 1/5 — No help what’s the point in your customer service email. *2026-04-09, version 6.565.3* I have sent many emails now asking for some help I have not even had a response saying it may take time to get to me. Nothing at all. Very disappointing. ### 5/5 — Very nice game indeed *2026-03-06, version 6.565.3* I would like to say that this game is very good if you like to strategize and socialize, although you have to join a discord server when you join a corporation, but it’s very good but one slight problem is that you need to be 13+ which I’m 14 ## Frequently asked questions about Hades' Star ### What is Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA? Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA is a space empire building game set in a persistent, evolving galaxy. Players can build and manage their own space empires, explore and colonize star systems, and engage in various cooperative and competitive multiplayer activities. ### What are the main activities in the game? The game features several key activities: exploring and colonizing yellow star systems for long-term economic planning, cooperative PvE missions in red stars to retrieve artifacts, team-based PvP battles in white stars for resources and upgrades, and fast-paced PvP combat in blue stars. ### Is Hades' Star: DARK NEBULA free to play? Yes, the game is free to play. It offers in-app purchases that can be used to advance your empire or acquire resources, but core gameplay is accessible without spending money. ### What kind of player interactions are there? The game supports various player interactions, including establishing diplomatic relations in your yellow star system for trade or military cooperation. Players can also form Corporations for team-based PvP activities and coordinate strategies for longer matches. ### What are Red Stars and White Stars? Red Stars are short-lived cooperative PvE events where players work together to defeat NPC ships and retrieve artifacts before the star goes supernova. White Stars are longer team PvP battles between two Corporations, lasting five days, where players compete for Relics to upgrade their Corporation. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 6.565.3 — 2025-12-05 Performance and interface fixes. For a complete list of changes, see blog.hadesstar.com ### 6.565.2 — 2025-11-11 This release fixes some user interface issues. For a complete list of changes, see blog.hadesstar.com ### 6.565.1 — 2025-10-24 Interface improvements and bug fixes. For more details, see blog.hadesstar.com ### 6.565.0 — 2025-10-17 This is Hades' Star major release 2025.2, with new content, features and bug fixes. For a detailed list of changes, please visit blog.hadesstar.com ### 6.555.3 — 2025-06-23 Bug fixes. ## Apps similar to Hades' Star | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [ASTROKINGS: Galactic Survival](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/astrokings-galactic-survival/id1447088015) | 4.3 (1,862) | Free | Games | | [Hades' Star](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hades-star/id1058502954) | 4.4 (2,967) | Free | Games | | [Space Arena: Construct & Fight](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-arena-construct-and-fight/id1134614037) | 4.7 (18,259) | Free | Games | | [Star Trek Timelines](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-trek-timelines/id1001250333) | 4.5 (7,489) | Free | Games | | [Nova Empire: Space Wars MMO](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nova-empire-space-wars-mmo/id1295555672) | 4.3 (5,056) | Free | Games | | [Star Trek Fleet Command](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-trek-fleet-command/id1427744264) | 4.3 (67,283) | Free | Games | ## More apps by Parallel Space Inc - [Hades' Star](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hades-star/id1058502954) All apps by Parallel Space Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/760171546 ## Related topics [hades star](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/hades-star) · [star savior](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/star-savior) · [nebula empire match](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nebula-empire-match) · [pageant planet](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/pageant-planet) · [nebulo](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nebulo) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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