Can I carry my demo save into the full game?
No. Demo saves are incompatible with the full game, so you need to start a new save in the full release.
Demo savesA home among the stars
Beyond These Stars Wiki
A little direction for life on a space whale. Find your next unlock, keep production moving, and give your Peeps room to thrive.
From your first steps to the next unlock
A good place to start
Getting started
Build a working first settlement with roads, housing, food, water and a production chain your Peeps can reach.
Woodcutter & Sawmill
Unlock the Sawmill by making 10 Tools in a Toolsmith, then supply Wood and power and leave space for both outputs.
Farmhouse unlock
Unlock the Farmhouse through Metal Smelter progression and flooding dry tiles. Bodytext is an old demo placeholder.
Expand atmosphere
Bring water to dry land, compost the ground and plant saplings to extend the habitable area.
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Find your next task
Getting started
Your first town, technology unlocks and the next story goal.
Power & buildings
Connect the grid and make every neighbour count.
Troubleshooting
Work out which stage is holding things up.
Production
Turn raw resources into a chain that keeps moving.
Terrain & Peeps
Shape the land, expand the air and grow your town.
Something stopped working?
Follow the bottleneck.
A stopped building and a blank panel need different checks. Start with the symptom in front of you.
Meet your new world
Life on Kewa
Build a town on a travelling space whale. Balance your Peeps’ needs with the world carrying them.
Watch the launch trailerA few quick answers
What unlocks the Farmhouse?
In PC v1.0.2244, the Farmhouse requires Metal Smelter and flooding dry tiles. Bodytext is an old demo placeholder, not a resource to collect.
Farmhouse unlockHow many Tools unlock the Sawmill?
In PC v1.0.2244, unlock the Sawmill by meeting the Toolsmith prerequisite and producing 10 Tools in the Toolsmith. Feed it Wood and power to make Planks, and keep space for Planks and Wood Waste.
Woodcutter & SawmillWhy does population stop at 90?
The 90-Peep limit is a demo cap. For normal growth in the full game, housing must be within a School’s range and have empty Peep Slots.
Population growth