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Malevolent Star playtest
by Eli Schroeder
Malevolent Star is a first-person shooter with retro graphics, an eerie narrative experience, and simple, engaging combat. Fight against clever enemies, crazy enemies, and terrifying enemies (in approximately that order) to uncover the mysteries of the last of the living machine planets.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Jun 18, 2026
- Planned release
- Coming soon
- Developer
- Eli Schroeder
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Malevolent Star playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Malevolent Star playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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About Malevolent Star
Can a drop of mortality poison an ocean of godhood?
The machine planets once filled the heavens, raising up life in peace and prosperity. Now this one is among the very last of their kind. Child of the first students, defend this planet and learn its lessons. Learn also its secrets, the fates of the rest of its kind, and the fate of the colder universe to come.
Gameplay
Malevolent Star is a retro-style FPS game with gameplay heavily inspired by classic Halo. Face a wide roster of enemies and unique encounters with simple, satisfying gameplay mechanics and a tight sandbox of weapons with complementary strengths.
Features
- Linear campaign progressing through four unique environments and increasingly chaotic encounters
- A variety of enemies among multiple factions
- A diverse sandbox of weapons
- Simple, engaging combat
From the game's Steam page.
