Publisher NIS America and developer IKINAGAMES will release science-fiction turn-based RPG STARBITES for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam in 2026 in the west, the companies announced.
STARBITES will also launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch on October 16 in Japan, as per our previous coverage. It is currently unclear if the Xbox Series version will be released by NIS America.
Here is an overview of the game, via NIS America:
Hop on your Motorbot and ride toward freedom in the brand-new RPG STARBITES! On Bitter, a desert planet ravaged by the aftermath of an interstellar war, a young salvager named Lukida seeks to escape to the stars, but a sudden attack by a giant robot sets events into motion that will change her life—and the fate of Bitter—forever.
Explore the expansive landscape of Bitter atop your Motorbot, and fight your way to victory in a turn-based battle system that’s easy to learn, and satisfying to master. Build up your party, kit out your Motorbots with powerful equipment, and head out into the deserts of Bitter! Somewhere beneath the dunes, the truth of what happened 45 years ago awaits…
Watch a new trailer below.