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BroodStar cover art

BroodStar

David Schmidthoffer · 2022-06-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 05, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2024 (Xbox One), Sep 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 24, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.

0
playing now
95%
positive of 99 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

BroodStar is a classic arcade shoot’em up with heavy roguelike elements. Careful, though... the vastness of space contains many formidable enemies. If you fall along the way, you have to start over — the only thing you’ll bring with you are the upgrade modules you collected in your past runs, in the form of research points that augment your ship. Will they be enough to get you through hordes of unknown creatures and monstrous bosses, and fulfill your quest of defeating the living planet — the BroodStar?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 69% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99
GOG$10.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.19 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days · $6.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$2.192020-10-012026-08-302020-10-01 — best price $4.992021-04-29 — best price $3.742021-07-08 — best price $4.992022-01-22 — best price $3.492022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $10.992022-10-31 — best price $7.692022-11-29 — best price $10.992023-01-16 — best price $8.792023-03-06 — best price $10.992023-04-10 — best price $8.792023-05-29 — best price $10.992023-09-25 — best price $5.492023-11-28 — best price $10.992024-02-19 — best price $5.492024-03-21 — best price $10.992024-04-08 — best price $10.992024-06-27 — best price $7.692024-08-25 — best price $10.992024-10-08 — best price $5.492024-11-05 — best price $10.992024-12-04 — best price $10.992025-01-02 — best price $10.992025-03-01 — best price $10.992025-03-20 — best price $10.992025-05-01 — best price $5.492025-05-21 — best price $5.492025-06-26 — best price $2.192025-08-16 — best price $10.992025-09-25 — best price $2.192025-10-07 — best price $2.192025-11-19 — best price $10.992025-12-11 — best price $2.192026-01-05 — best price $10.992026-06-08 — best price $5.492026-08-30 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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