# Rogue Star > Space combat and trading game with moral choices and ship upgrades. (iPhone/iPad app by RedBreast Studio Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rogue-star/id914339023 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [RedBreast Studio Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/914339026) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Action, Adventure - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.42/5 from 36 App Store ratings · 152 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 9+ - Requires: iOS 8.4 · 150 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2015-04-09 - Data updated: 2026-07-06 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rogue-star/id914339023/reviews.md ## What is Rogue Star? IT’S ON! Can you stay alive long enough to survive a system swarming with pirates and become an Ace in Rogue Star? “..with its infectious mixture of humour, homage and hardness Rogue Star is a keeper” -Pocketgamer INTENSE SPACE COMBAT Test your skills against scumbag pilots who’ll stop at nothing to blow you to pieces and steal your cargo! NERVE SHREDDING GAMEPLAY Load up and blast off, can you make it to the next sector in one piece? GOOD OR EVIL Protect convoys from pirate ambushes or team up with them instead and plunder the convoys’ juicy cargo. BUY POWERFUL NEW SHIPS Open up new trade routes and delve deeper into Rogue system. GAMBLE BIG Bid at high stake auctions for valuable cargo and sell it for huge profits. What are you waiting for! Download NOW and start exploring Rogue Star! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter www.facebook.com/roguestargame www.twitter.com/roguestargame ## Key features - Intense space combat - Moral choice system (good or evil) - Buy and upgrade new ships - Open new trade routes - High-stake cargo auctions - Explore dangerous star systems ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Small Credits Bundle | $0.99 | one-time | | Medium Credits Bundle | $2.99 | one-time | | Credits Bundle Large | $4.99 | one-time | | Credits Bundle Extra Large | $9.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Rogue Star? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 🎨 Charming visuals and art style - 🎶 Excellent soundtrack - 👍 Engaging space combat - 🤖 Interesting alien characters and dialogue **Cons** - 🔥 Extremely difficult early game - 🚢 Unbalanced ship progression - 🔁 Repetitive mission structure - 🐛 Crashes and save file issues - 🤯 Steep learning curve **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when loading saved game - Graphical glitches and screen stuttering - Inability to complete certain missions **Most requested features** - More ship customization options - Ability to land on planets and explore - Expanded mission variety - Difficulty settings - Improved controls and sensitivity options ## Recent user reviews (10 of 152) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rogue-star/id914339023/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Ian Bells und David Brabens Elite für IOS *2026-02-15, version 2.0* Bin schon lange auf der Suche: Rogue Star fühlt sich beim Anspielen genau so an, wie Elite von Telecomsoft damals, Mitte der 80er, auf unserem Schneider/Amstrad CPC. Bin beeindruckt! ### 5/5 — Love the game, please give us more! *2024-06-04, version 2.0* I love this game, my son loves the his game, please add new adventures to this game! ### 4/5 — Very nice games *2023-06-24, version 2.0* With the large number of texts, however, inserting at least the Italian and French languages would clearly improve the fluidity of the game. 5 stars when you make it multilingual. ### 5/5 — Actually good fun game *2022-07-10, version 2.0* Absolutely a fun game, although it seems to still be in development and not 100% done. You for example can fly into the station through the open hangar doors and end up inside the station model and not in the station menu you usually enter by just hitting a button on your HUD. I am also a bit concerned about long term motivation and repetitiveness as currently all quests I can get are bring object from A to B. Another thing I‘d love is if we could customise our HUD a bit more and change the turn sensitivity. It would also be nice to have a HUD element that tells you where to aim to hit the target as right now fighting is more just spray and pray. ### 5/5 — Best game *2022-03-15, version 2.0* I was addicted it it when I was playing in Canada it’s so smooth and satisfying with so much freedom I just wish you can manually park. I love the gameplay it’s just the best ### 4/5 — Good shooter *2021-03-30, version 2.0* Reminds me of swing and other traders of old what makes it stand out are the brilliant touch controls to quickly adjust speed, shields power and lasers in dog fights. The game engine is great and I managed 20hrs gameplay. But one the main 3 hard missions are done there is little else to play for. Feels a bit unfinished and I just want for the developer to have the extra dough to make this really impressive. As a Brit I love the chat scenes as well, lots of British potty mouth humour! ### 4/5 — Perfect but I am Stuck *2021-03-16, version 2.0* This game is incredible I have played it so much but I don’t know why I can’t travel to Sol or buy any of the other ships Help ### 3/5 — Could have been *2021-02-12, version 2.0* It’s the closest game to Elite that I have found to date. The only bits I did not like was the auction system which can be a little tedious. Full of good humour but only 3 stars as it has crashed twice and had to be reinstalled meaning that all progress was lost. Very frustrating. ### 2/5 — Skip *2020-11-08, version 2.0* It’s clunky, unbalanced, not well thought out and grindy. At the start you have to grind and grind just to be able to access more than three planets and there’s very little to do. So you just go around and around or pay for credits. The whole game seems to be geared towards that, the gameplay is limited and akin to games from the 90s at best. Skip it, try galaxy on fire 2. That’s way way better than this and been around for ages. There are dozens of much better examples than this. The reviews are either people who haven’t looked around or are paid reviews. Luckily you can try for yourself for free, so go ahead and make your own mind up. ### 5/5 — LOVE this game but ... *2020-05-25, version 2.0* This is a very addictive, Elite-style game, that takes a bit of mastering, but once you've mastered it, it is EPIC! To those who say it's too hard, I say "stick at it": nothing worthwhile is easy, and it takes time and practice. My only negative is, that I've run out of missions! Have I really out-played the programmers' expectations? Please, give us some more updates? There was one mission with a secondary objective ... And I have several items in my inventory that have not become apparent why I have them ... This game is crying out for more development!... ## Frequently asked questions about Rogue Star ### What is Rogue Star about? Rogue Star is a space combat and trading game where players navigate a system filled with pirates. You'll engage in intense dogfights, make choices that affect your reputation, upgrade your ship, and participate in high-stakes auctions for valuable cargo. ### What are the main gameplay features? Key features include nerve-shredding space combat against scumbag pilots, the ability to choose between protecting convoys or plundering them, buying powerful new ships, opening new trade routes, and gambling at high-stake auctions for profit. ### Is Rogue Star free to play? Yes, the game is free to download and play. It offers in-app purchases, which likely allow players to acquire items or currency to enhance their gameplay experience. ### What kind of choices can I make in the game? You can choose to be a force for good by protecting convoys from pirate ambushes, or you can embrace a more villainous path by teaming up with pirates to plunder convoys and steal their cargo. ### Can I upgrade my ship in Rogue Star? Yes, a significant feature of the game is the ability to buy powerful new ships. This allows you to explore deeper into the Rogue system and potentially gain an advantage in combat and trading. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.0 — 2016-12-14 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Rogue Star is now free to play! Finding life tough in Rogue? Meet mysterious new aliens who’ll help out stranded pilots. TRIPLE the amount of Delivery Missions! More chances to haul cargo across the system and make those big bucks! Hungry for more news? Double the amount of articles are now available for the inquisitive pilot. Hundreds of gameplay balancing tweaks and all new alien dialogue. Bug fixes. A special note to all our current fans. We truly appreciate your original support, without which further development would have proven impossible. Thank you all. ### 1.31 — 2016-02-11 *Incoming Hail* Greetings, pilots! Rogue Star’s new update is now out! There are gameplay tweaks, mission additions and value adjustments galore. The update has also fixed the screen flickering that some players were experiencing during combat. Apologies to any pilots who have been experiencing this, we really appreciate your patience. Keep blasting! ### 1.3 — 2015-12-20 ***ATTENTION ALL CITIZENS! *** Rogue Star’s update is finally live! Please read below for all the details on what has changed. We hope it’s been worth the wait. 30 New Delivery Missions! Now there are more opportunities to earn credits and deliver expensive/bizarre/strange cargo to Rogue Star’s inhabitants. Game Difficulty Levels Pilots can now choose between 2 difficulty levels - Normal or Classic. Upon updating you will be asked to choose which level you’d prefer to continue playing with. Cargo Recovery There is now the chance that your cargo might be picked up when your craft is lost! Beware though, pirates aren’t always so careless when scavenging for salvage.. Difficulty rebalancing Game values and AI have been given an overhaul to provide a more balanced flow. Predictive Target Assist Your ship’s droid now tracks enemy vessels and provides pilots with predictive fire control. This means when a target is lined up correctly, your ship’s crosshair will turn red, indicating a good probability of scoring a hit! Joypad Sensitivity Selection Pilots can now choose between a selection of control sensitivities. Auto-Fire All ships now have auto-fire enabled. Fire rates differ from ship to ship however, so be sure to check them all out. That’s it, thanks for all your support! We hope you enjoy these new features and additions. ### 1.1 — 2015-04-20 Stability and Bug Fix Update **Players are advised to please finish any current missions and dock before updating.** A slew of bugs have been squashed in this update. We apologise to all our fans for any frustrations caused by these issues. In rare instances of unrecoverable save files, the game also now includes a special restore function. This can be accessed from the Title Screen by clicking the small 'Spanner' icon in the bottom right. Initiating this function will restore your position to the last sector you were in. Thanks to all our fans for purchasing Rogue Star. We are now hard at work on a further update, which will address gameplay tweaks and additions. Please be patient while we ensure this is the best that it can be. Please send any feedback or suggestions to @roguestargame or on facebook.com/roguestargame Happy hunting! ### 1.0 — 2015-04-08 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Rogue Star | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Tomb Raider Reloaded](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tomb-raider-reloaded/id1501855577) | 4.6 (4,517) | Free | Games | | [Shadowgun Legends: Online FPS](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shadowgun-legends-online-fps/id1091251242) | 4.8 (104,541) | Free | Games | | [Dungeons of Dreadrock](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dungeons-of-dreadrock/id1560875528) | 4.6 (500) | Free | Games | | [Guardian Tales](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guardian-tales/id1485526957) | 4.8 (38,965) | Free | Games | | [Wizardry Variants Daphne](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wizardry-variants-daphne/id1663423521) | 4.7 (8,573) | Free | Games | | [Slice & Dice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slice-and-dice/id6449848963) | 4.8 (872) | Free | Games | ## Related topics [star adventurer mini console](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/star-adventurer-mini-console) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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