About This Game

Your interstellar café awaits! In StarBrew Station, you are the manager of a fledgling coffee shop in the far reaches of space. Can you transform a humble station into a galaxy-spanning caffeine empire?

AUTOMATE, EXPAND, AND OPTIMIZE

Start by manually brewing your first few coffees, then quickly hire a quirky crew of 33 unique alien units to automate every step of your business. Choose from baristas who brew the coffee, technicians who install machines, patrons who generate passive income, support units who boost production, and fighters who defend your station.

Expand your operation across 6 visually distinct decks, from the industrial Engineering bay to the lush Hydroponics garden, the cutting-edge Reactor level, the exclusive VIP lounge, and finally the Administrative deck. Each new deck unlocks more powerful units and boosts the production of your entire station!

SURVIVE THE RUSH

Active management pays off! Every 8 minutes, the station is thrown into a chaotic Rush Hour. For 45 seconds, all machines have infinite servings and your earnings are doubled.

Later, face one of three randomized Galactic Inspector variants in a unique boss fight to prove your station is worthy of prestige. Deploy your fighter units and work against the clock for massive rewards.

PRESTIGE AND LONG-TERM PROGRESSION

True power comes from multiple progression systems working together. After conquering the Galactic Inspection, prestige to reset your run and earn valuable Prestige Tokens. Spend these tokens on over 40 permanent upgrades to unlock game-changing bonuses like faster units, cheaper costs, and massive production multipliers.

But prestige is just the beginning. Allocate income to the R&D Wing to unlock 17 permanent quality-of-life and power upgrades. Level up your units through the Specialization system to choose between two unique variants with station-wide bonuses. Unlock Deck Synergies that create powerful cross-deck interactions, keeping early content relevant even in late game. Build Shrines to enhance your fighters with damage, speed, and critical hit bonuses.

Each prestige run features random modifiers that change your strategy, ensuring no two runs feel identical. Claim daily rewards with streak multipliers, hunt clickable rewards including rare frozen aliens worth 5x normal value, and earn achievements that each grant permanent production bonuses.

Amass enough prestige tokens to unlock the legendary Golden Barista, an ultimate unit that will skyrocket your income!

FEATURES

Deep Idle Gameplay: A satisfying loop of automation, optimization, and exponential growth with weeks of meaningful progression.

33 Unique Units: Hire baristas, technicians, patrons, support units, and fighters across 6 themed decks.

Multiple Progression Layers: Prestige tokens, R&D Wing research, unit specialization, deck synergies, shrines, daily streaks, and achievement buffs all work together.

Rewarding Active Play: Capitalize on Rush Hour events, defeat randomized boss variants, and hunt rare clickable rewards.

Roguelike Variety: Random run modifiers each prestige keep gameplay fresh and strategic.

Streamer-Friendly: Optional Twitch integration displays viewer names on units and rewards chat activity.

Accessibility Features: Full translation support for 28 languages, colorblind modes, camera shake options, and multiple number notation formats.

Fair and Complete Experience: Starbrew Station is free-to-play and designed to be completed without spending money. For players who wish to support development, we offer a selection of purely optional cosmetic DLC and a few balanced gameplay units.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Starbrew Station uses AI tools during development to assist with creating game assets and code:

Claude AI: Used to generate code snippets and assist with programming tasks that are then reviewed, modified, and integrated into the game through our VSCode development workflow.
Imagen: Generates initial artwork and visual concepts that our team then refines and edits in Paint.NET and Aseprite before final integration into the game.
ElevenLabs: Creates sound effects and audio content that undergoes further processing and refinement before being added to the game.

All AI-generated content goes through human review and modification in our development pipeline. We use these tools as assistants in our creative process where the AI outputs are starting points that our team refines, edits, and integrates using traditional tools like Paint.NET and VSCode. This ensures quality control and that all final content meets our creative vision and technical standards.