Beyond These Stars
Guides, resource charts, and building references — your complete fan wiki for the space-whale city builder Beyond These Stars.
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Beyond These Stars Beginner Guide: First Colony Tips
Beyond These Stars Best Starting Layout for New Players
Beyond These Stars Common Mistakes to Avoid
Beyond These Stars Controls: Full PC Keybind Guide
Beyond These Stars Difficulty Settings Explained (2026)
Beyond These Stars How to Play: Beginner's Guide
Beyond These Stars Strategy Guide: Build a Better Whale City
Beyond These Stars Tips: 12 Colony Tricks
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Your Beyond These Stars Journey
Beginner Guide
First steps on Kewa: where to build, what to prioritize, and the mistakes every new mayor makes.
Supply Chains
Full production chain charts — from underground deposits to finished goods, including waste management.
Terraforming
Dig canals, spread topsoil, and turn barren whale-back into a living ecosystem.
Planets & Outposts
When to establish outposts on passing planets and how to import resources the whale can't provide.
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Beyond These Stars Beginner Guide: First Colony Tips
New to Kewa? This Beyond These Stars beginner guide covers roads, adjacency bonuses, pollution, perks, and whale care for a strong first colony.
Beyond These Stars Best Starting Layout for New Players
Nail your first colony with the Beyond These Stars best starting layout: road spine, hut clusters, potato patches, and water pump placement explained.
Beyond These Stars Common Mistakes to Avoid
Learn the most common Beyond These Stars mistakes, from ignoring adjacency effects to polluting Kewa too fast, and how to fix them early.
Beyond These Stars Controls: Full PC Keybind Guide
Master Beyond These Stars controls on PC: camera movement, building rotation, road placement, hotkeys, and time controls explained in one quick guide.
Beyond These Stars Difficulty Settings Explained (2026)
A full breakdown of Beyond These Stars difficulty settings, sandbox toggles, and how to tune pollution, toxic tiles, and construction for your playstyle.
Beyond These Stars How to Play: Beginner's Guide
Learn how to play Beyond These Stars: build on Kewa the space whale, manage pollution, terraform, unlock the tech tree, and keep your Peeps alive.
Beyond These Stars Strategy Guide: Build a Better Whale City
Master Beyond These Stars strategy: terraforming, supply chains, soot fixes, Kewa diplomacy, and outpost timing tips for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Tips: 12 Colony Tricks
Practical Beyond These Stars tips on waste logistics, terraforming, adjacency bonuses, Kewa's health, and perks to keep your colony thriving.
Beyond These Stars Coal — Fix Your Soot Shortage Fast
Running out of Beyond These Stars coal? Learn where soot and coal come from, which buildings burn it, and how to fix the early-game soot shortage.
Beyond These Stars Copper: How to Find & Use It
Find copper in Beyond These Stars, learn what the deposit looks like on the terrain overlay, and turn ore into the metal your Peeps need.
Beyond These Stars Crystal: Where to Find & Use It
Struggling to find crystal in Beyond These Stars? Learn how this key resource fits into your supply chains, outposts, and tech unlocks on Kewa.
Beyond These Stars Food Guide: Potatoes, Water & Peeps
Keep your colony fed in Beyond These Stars. Learn how food, water, and potatoes work, why Peeps starve, and how to build a stable supply chain early.
Beyond These Stars Resources: Full Supply Chain Guide
Master every Beyond These Stars resource — extraction, byproducts, storage limits, and pollution-safe production chains for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Shell: What It Is and How to Use It
Looking for the Beyond These Stars shell? Learn what it refers to in the space whale city builder, how it relates to Kewa's habitat, and what to know.
Beyond These Stars Soot Guide: Fix Waste & Pollution
Struggling with Beyond These Stars soot? Learn how soot, slag, and waste work, how to store and clean pollution, and how to unlock the Cleaner fast.
Beyond These Stars Storage Guide — Sheds & Logistics
Master storage in Beyond These Stars: storage shed limits, resource allocation, fetch thresholds, and logistics tricks to keep your space whale colony running.
Beyond These Stars Wood Waste: How to Stop the Clogs
Drowning in Beyond These Stars wood waste? Learn what causes it, how it clogs production, and the storage, cleaner, and layout tricks that fix it fast.
Beyond These Stars: Space Whale City Builder Basics
Build a city on the back of a space whale in Beyond These Stars. Learn adjacency bonuses, tech tree unlocks, perks, terraforming, and pollution tips.
Beyond These Stars Best Buildings to Build First
Discover the best buildings in Beyond These Stars, from huts and potato patches to burner generators and the landscaper, plus adjacency tips that boost output.
Beyond These Stars Buildings: Full Guide to Every Type
A complete look at Beyond These Stars buildings — housing, food, power, industry, and terraforming — plus adjacency bonuses, tech unlocks, and layout tips.
Beyond These Stars Production Chain: Full Building Guide
Master the Beyond These Stars production chain: wood, planks, tools, soot, steel, and power. Learn building order, ratios, and pollution tips.
Beyond These Stars Supply Chain: Buildings & Production
Master the Beyond These Stars supply chain with building layouts, soot fixes, adjacency bonuses, and outpost tips for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Transporter: Logistics & Tips
Learn how the Beyond These Stars transporter fits into your supply chains, why it matters for outposts, and how to plan production around it.
Beyond These Stars Waste Management: Pollution & Toxic Guide
Master Beyond These Stars waste management: control pollution, clean toxic waste, run composters, and keep Kewa's fragile ecosystem stable as your city grows.
Beyond These Stars Artifacts: Planets & Rewards Guide
Find out how Beyond These Stars artifacts work on planets, what outposts and aliens reward you with, and how to plan your route across the stars.
Beyond These Stars Exploration: Planets & Outposts
How Beyond These Stars exploration works: outposts on nearby planets, Kewa's travel between systems, and expanding without straining your whale.
Beyond These Stars Outposts: Planet Guide & Tips
Learn how Beyond These Stars outposts work on alien planets, why Kewa's mood decides how long you stay, and how to keep your whale happy.
Beyond These Stars Planets: Outposts & Resources Guide
Explore Beyond These Stars planets, build outposts, and grab resources before Kewa moves on. Learn planet types, seeds, animals, and timing tips.
Beyond These Stars Strange Transmitter: Full Guide
Find the strange transmitter signal in Beyond These Stars, decode what it points to, and learn how to follow the mystery across the galaxy with Kewa.
Beyond These Stars Terraforming: Build Rivers & Forests
Master Beyond These Stars terraforming: dig canals, add topsoil, plant forests, and reshape Kewa's hex grid without wrecking the whale.
Beyond These Stars Kewa Needs: Whale Care Guide
Learn what Kewa needs in Beyond These Stars — health, mood, energy, food, and temperature — plus how to keep your space whale happy and traveling fast.
Beyond These Stars Kewa: Meet the Space Whale Guide
Everything you need to know about Kewa in Beyond These Stars — how the space whale works, how to keep them healthy, and why your colony depends on them.
Beyond These Stars Peeps Happiness: Full Guide
Boost Beyond These Stars peeps happiness with shift management, decorations, pollution control, strikes, and Kewa's mood. Full 2026 guide.
Beyond These Stars Peeps Needs: Complete Happiness Guide
Master Beyond These Stars Peeps needs — food, rest, decorations, health, strikes, and parties. Learn how to keep your colonists happy and productive.
Beyond These Stars Whale Care: Kewa Guide & Tips
Learn how Beyond These Stars whale care works. Keep Kewa happy, avoid over-mining, and build a sustainable city on the space whale's back.
Beyond These Stars Console: Xbox Release & Platforms
Beyond These Stars console launch explained: Xbox release date, Game Pass status, publisher Hooded Horse, and whether a PS5 or Switch version is planned.
Beyond These Stars Demo: What's Inside & How to Play
The Beyond These Stars demo lets you build a city on the back of a Space Whale before launch. Here's what it includes, where to get it, and what to expect.
Beyond These Stars Game Pass: Is It on PC Game Pass?
Yes, Beyond These Stars is on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate from day one. Here's how to install it, what platforms it skips, and what to know.
Beyond These Stars Multiplayer: Co-op Status Explained
Is Beyond These Stars multiplayer? What the Steam page and dev updates say about co-op, online play, and single-player in the space whale city builder.
Beyond These Stars Platforms: Where You Can Play
Beyond These Stars platforms explained: Steam PC launch, Steam Deck Playable rating, demo access, system requirements, and whether console versions exist.
Beyond These Stars PS5: Is a PlayStation Release Coming?
Wondering if Beyond These Stars is on PS5? Here's what we know about a PlayStation port, current platforms, Steam Deck support, and how to play today.
Beyond These Stars Switch: Is a Port Coming?
Wondering about a Beyond These Stars Switch release? Here's what we know about platforms, Steam Deck support, and why a Nintendo port is unlikely.
Beyond These Stars Xbox: Release Date & Game Pass Status
Is Beyond These Stars on Xbox? Get the release date, Game Pass status, controls, and what the space whale city builder plays like on console.
Beyond These Stars Review: A City Builder on a Whale
Our Beyond These Stars review breaks down the space-whale city builder's terraforming, tech tree, difficulty curve, and whether it's worth $29.99 in 2026.
Beyond These Stars Steam Review: Worth the Space Whale?
Our Beyond These Stars Steam review breaks down the colony sim's space whale city building, difficulty, price, and what early player reviews actually say.
Beyond These Stars vs Before We Leave: Cozy Builder Guide
Beyond These Stars vs Before We Leave compared: base building, space whales, trade routes, and which cozy colony sim deserves your time.
Beyond These Stars Worth It? Honest Review (2026)
Is Beyond These Stars worth it? We break down the space whale city builder's mechanics, price, difficulty, and who should buy it in 2026.
Beyond These Stars: 7 Best Games Like It in 2026
Searching for games like Beyond These Stars? Compare 7 colony sims and city builders, from Timberborn to RimWorld, with prices and platforms.
Beyond These Stars Mods: What's Available in 2026
Looking for Beyond These Stars mods? Here's the honest state of modding for the space-whale city builder, plus what to tweak in vanilla instead.
Beyond These Stars Patch Notes: Hotfix 1 & 2 Explained
Full Beyond These Stars patch notes for launch week, covering Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2 fixes for building moves, power range, particles, and tutorial bugs.
Beyond These Stars Release Date & Launch Details
Beyond These Stars release date is October 16, 2026. Here's what's included at launch, the 20% discount, hotfixes, and community reactions.
Beyond These Stars Roadmap: Launch Updates & What's Next
No official Beyond These Stars roadmap yet, but here's every launch update, hotfix, and what the devs at Balancing Monkey Games have said.
Beyond These Stars System Requirements for PC
Beyond These Stars system requirements explained: minimum and recommended PC specs, CPU and GPU tiers, RAM needs, and tips to run the space whale city builder.
Beyond These Stars Update: Hotfix #2 Patch Notes
The latest Beyond These Stars update delivers Hotfix #2 with particle effects, tutorial checkbox, and building move fixes. Here's everything that changed.
Beyond These Stars Beginner Guide: First Colony Tips
New to Kewa? This Beyond These Stars beginner guide covers roads, adjacency bonuses, pollution, perks, and whale care for a strong first colony.
Beyond These Stars Best Starting Layout for New Players
Nail your first colony with the Beyond These Stars best starting layout: road spine, hut clusters, potato patches, and water pump placement explained.
Beyond These Stars Common Mistakes to Avoid
Learn the most common Beyond These Stars mistakes, from ignoring adjacency effects to polluting Kewa too fast, and how to fix them early.
Beyond These Stars Controls: Full PC Keybind Guide
Master Beyond These Stars controls on PC: camera movement, building rotation, road placement, hotkeys, and time controls explained in one quick guide.
Beyond These Stars Difficulty Settings Explained (2026)
A full breakdown of Beyond These Stars difficulty settings, sandbox toggles, and how to tune pollution, toxic tiles, and construction for your playstyle.
Beyond These Stars How to Play: Beginner's Guide
Learn how to play Beyond These Stars: build on Kewa the space whale, manage pollution, terraform, unlock the tech tree, and keep your Peeps alive.
Beyond These Stars Strategy Guide: Build a Better Whale City
Master Beyond These Stars strategy: terraforming, supply chains, soot fixes, Kewa diplomacy, and outpost timing tips for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Tips: 12 Colony Tricks
Practical Beyond These Stars tips on waste logistics, terraforming, adjacency bonuses, Kewa's health, and perks to keep your colony thriving.
Beyond These Stars Coal — Fix Your Soot Shortage Fast
Running out of Beyond These Stars coal? Learn where soot and coal come from, which buildings burn it, and how to fix the early-game soot shortage.
Beyond These Stars Copper: How to Find & Use It
Find copper in Beyond These Stars, learn what the deposit looks like on the terrain overlay, and turn ore into the metal your Peeps need.
Beyond These Stars Crystal: Where to Find & Use It
Struggling to find crystal in Beyond These Stars? Learn how this key resource fits into your supply chains, outposts, and tech unlocks on Kewa.
Beyond These Stars Food Guide: Potatoes, Water & Peeps
Keep your colony fed in Beyond These Stars. Learn how food, water, and potatoes work, why Peeps starve, and how to build a stable supply chain early.
Beyond These Stars Resources: Full Supply Chain Guide
Master every Beyond These Stars resource — extraction, byproducts, storage limits, and pollution-safe production chains for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Shell: What It Is and How to Use It
Looking for the Beyond These Stars shell? Learn what it refers to in the space whale city builder, how it relates to Kewa's habitat, and what to know.
Beyond These Stars Soot Guide: Fix Waste & Pollution
Struggling with Beyond These Stars soot? Learn how soot, slag, and waste work, how to store and clean pollution, and how to unlock the Cleaner fast.
Beyond These Stars Storage Guide — Sheds & Logistics
Master storage in Beyond These Stars: storage shed limits, resource allocation, fetch thresholds, and logistics tricks to keep your space whale colony running.
Beyond These Stars Wood Waste: How to Stop the Clogs
Drowning in Beyond These Stars wood waste? Learn what causes it, how it clogs production, and the storage, cleaner, and layout tricks that fix it fast.
Beyond These Stars: Space Whale City Builder Basics
Build a city on the back of a space whale in Beyond These Stars. Learn adjacency bonuses, tech tree unlocks, perks, terraforming, and pollution tips.
Beyond These Stars Best Buildings to Build First
Discover the best buildings in Beyond These Stars, from huts and potato patches to burner generators and the landscaper, plus adjacency tips that boost output.
Beyond These Stars Buildings: Full Guide to Every Type
A complete look at Beyond These Stars buildings — housing, food, power, industry, and terraforming — plus adjacency bonuses, tech unlocks, and layout tips.
Beyond These Stars Production Chain: Full Building Guide
Master the Beyond These Stars production chain: wood, planks, tools, soot, steel, and power. Learn building order, ratios, and pollution tips.
Beyond These Stars Supply Chain: Buildings & Production
Master the Beyond These Stars supply chain with building layouts, soot fixes, adjacency bonuses, and outpost tips for your space whale colony.
Beyond These Stars Transporter: Logistics & Tips
Learn how the Beyond These Stars transporter fits into your supply chains, why it matters for outposts, and how to plan production around it.
Beyond These Stars Waste Management: Pollution & Toxic Guide
Master Beyond These Stars waste management: control pollution, clean toxic waste, run composters, and keep Kewa's fragile ecosystem stable as your city grows.
Beyond These Stars Artifacts: Planets & Rewards Guide
Find out how Beyond These Stars artifacts work on planets, what outposts and aliens reward you with, and how to plan your route across the stars.
Beyond These Stars Exploration: Planets & Outposts
How Beyond These Stars exploration works: outposts on nearby planets, Kewa's travel between systems, and expanding without straining your whale.
Beyond These Stars Outposts: Planet Guide & Tips
Learn how Beyond These Stars outposts work on alien planets, why Kewa's mood decides how long you stay, and how to keep your whale happy.
Beyond These Stars Planets: Outposts & Resources Guide
Explore Beyond These Stars planets, build outposts, and grab resources before Kewa moves on. Learn planet types, seeds, animals, and timing tips.
Beyond These Stars Strange Transmitter: Full Guide
Find the strange transmitter signal in Beyond These Stars, decode what it points to, and learn how to follow the mystery across the galaxy with Kewa.
Beyond These Stars Terraforming: Build Rivers & Forests
Master Beyond These Stars terraforming: dig canals, add topsoil, plant forests, and reshape Kewa's hex grid without wrecking the whale.
Beyond These Stars Kewa Needs: Whale Care Guide
Learn what Kewa needs in Beyond These Stars — health, mood, energy, food, and temperature — plus how to keep your space whale happy and traveling fast.
Beyond These Stars Kewa: Meet the Space Whale Guide
Everything you need to know about Kewa in Beyond These Stars — how the space whale works, how to keep them healthy, and why your colony depends on them.
Beyond These Stars Peeps Happiness: Full Guide
Boost Beyond These Stars peeps happiness with shift management, decorations, pollution control, strikes, and Kewa's mood. Full 2026 guide.
Beyond These Stars Peeps Needs: Complete Happiness Guide
Master Beyond These Stars Peeps needs — food, rest, decorations, health, strikes, and parties. Learn how to keep your colonists happy and productive.
Beyond These Stars Whale Care: Kewa Guide & Tips
Learn how Beyond These Stars whale care works. Keep Kewa happy, avoid over-mining, and build a sustainable city on the space whale's back.
Beyond These Stars Console: Xbox Release & Platforms
Beyond These Stars console launch explained: Xbox release date, Game Pass status, publisher Hooded Horse, and whether a PS5 or Switch version is planned.
Beyond These Stars Demo: What's Inside & How to Play
The Beyond These Stars demo lets you build a city on the back of a Space Whale before launch. Here's what it includes, where to get it, and what to expect.
Beyond These Stars Game Pass: Is It on PC Game Pass?
Yes, Beyond These Stars is on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate from day one. Here's how to install it, what platforms it skips, and what to know.
Beyond These Stars Multiplayer: Co-op Status Explained
Is Beyond These Stars multiplayer? What the Steam page and dev updates say about co-op, online play, and single-player in the space whale city builder.
Beyond These Stars Platforms: Where You Can Play
Beyond These Stars platforms explained: Steam PC launch, Steam Deck Playable rating, demo access, system requirements, and whether console versions exist.
Beyond These Stars PS5: Is a PlayStation Release Coming?
Wondering if Beyond These Stars is on PS5? Here's what we know about a PlayStation port, current platforms, Steam Deck support, and how to play today.
Beyond These Stars Switch: Is a Port Coming?
Wondering about a Beyond These Stars Switch release? Here's what we know about platforms, Steam Deck support, and why a Nintendo port is unlikely.
Beyond These Stars Xbox: Release Date & Game Pass Status
Is Beyond These Stars on Xbox? Get the release date, Game Pass status, controls, and what the space whale city builder plays like on console.
Beyond These Stars Review: A City Builder on a Whale
Our Beyond These Stars review breaks down the space-whale city builder's terraforming, tech tree, difficulty curve, and whether it's worth $29.99 in 2026.
Beyond These Stars Steam Review: Worth the Space Whale?
Our Beyond These Stars Steam review breaks down the colony sim's space whale city building, difficulty, price, and what early player reviews actually say.
Beyond These Stars vs Before We Leave: Cozy Builder Guide
Beyond These Stars vs Before We Leave compared: base building, space whales, trade routes, and which cozy colony sim deserves your time.
Beyond These Stars Worth It? Honest Review (2026)
Is Beyond These Stars worth it? We break down the space whale city builder's mechanics, price, difficulty, and who should buy it in 2026.
Beyond These Stars: 7 Best Games Like It in 2026
Searching for games like Beyond These Stars? Compare 7 colony sims and city builders, from Timberborn to RimWorld, with prices and platforms.
Beyond These Stars Mods: What's Available in 2026
Looking for Beyond These Stars mods? Here's the honest state of modding for the space-whale city builder, plus what to tweak in vanilla instead.
Beyond These Stars Patch Notes: Hotfix 1 & 2 Explained
Full Beyond These Stars patch notes for launch week, covering Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2 fixes for building moves, power range, particles, and tutorial bugs.
Beyond These Stars Release Date & Launch Details
Beyond These Stars release date is October 16, 2026. Here's what's included at launch, the 20% discount, hotfixes, and community reactions.
Beyond These Stars Roadmap: Launch Updates & What's Next
No official Beyond These Stars roadmap yet, but here's every launch update, hotfix, and what the devs at Balancing Monkey Games have said.
Beyond These Stars System Requirements for PC
Beyond These Stars system requirements explained: minimum and recommended PC specs, CPU and GPU tiers, RAM needs, and tips to run the space whale city builder.
Beyond These Stars Update: Hotfix #2 Patch Notes
The latest Beyond These Stars update delivers Hotfix #2 with particle effects, tutorial checkbox, and building move fixes. Here's everything that changed.
What is Beyond These Stars?
Beyond These Stars is a cozy-yet-deep city builder set on the back of a giant space whale. Developed by Balancing Monkey Games (Before We Leave) and published by Hooded Horse, it left Early Access and launched version 1.0 on October 16, 2026.
The heart of the game is logistics: intricate supply chains, byproducts like Wood Waste and Soot to handle, underground resource deposits, and a living host — Kewa — whose health decides your city's fate.
Explore All GuidesDeveloper
Balancing Monkey Games
Publisher
Hooded Horse
Platform
Steam / Epic / GOG / Xbox
Genre
City Builder / Colony Sim
Release Date
October 16, 2026
Steam Rating
~87% Positive
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common Beyond These Stars questions.
Ready to Master Beyond These Stars?
From your first hut on the whale's back to a star-spanning logistics empire — our guides cover every step of the journey.