Check Out Concept Art For Canceled Valve Game Stars of Blood

In 2012, Valve's Gabe Newell mentioned they canceled a game called Stars of Blood that would focus on space pirates. "We kind of had an internal project that was called Stars of Blood, which was a space pirate game and it never saw the light of day," Newell said back in 2021. Concept art from the canceled game resurfaced again so let's look at what the game could look like. The concept designs were originally shared by ex-Valve artists and then posted by the Obscure Game Aesthetics page dedicated to old and forgotten projects.  

What is more, here are some character designs reportedly developed for the game:

You can find more concepts collected in one repository here. What do you think about the designs? Was it a bad move to shut down the production?