Ludography
72/100
Critics1 review
Player reviews
65% positive43 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$49.99

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2025 · Adventure · Role-playing

Starbites

The story of a girl's growth and adventure on a vast desert planet, "Bitter."

Released
16 October 2025
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchNintendo Switch 2PlayStation 5WindowsXbox Series X/S
Genres
AdventureRole-playingSimulationTurn-based role-playing
Developers
—
Publishers
—
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Science fiction
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB T
Languages
English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)

About

Starbites is a turn-based role-playing game developed by IkinaGames and published by Nippon Ichi Software. It was released in Japan on October 16, 2025, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It received a western release for the same platforms, as well as for Windows, on May 21, 2026. A Nintendo Switch 2 version was released on July 14, 2026.

Starbites follows a Mecha salvager named Lukida, who attempts to escape the planet Bitter. The game received mixed to positive reviews. The setting of the game was inspired by the music video of Dune, according to the director of the game.

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Reception

The PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch versions of Starbites both received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 35% of critics.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo Switch16 October 2025Japan · Worldwide 21 May 2026
PlayStation 516 October 2025Japan · Worldwide 21 May 2026
Xbox Series X/S16 October 2025Japan · Worldwide 21 May 2026
Windows21 May 2026Worldwide
Nintendo Switch 214 July 2026Worldwide

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