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BroodStar cover art

BroodStar

David Schmidthoffer · 2022-06-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

BroodStar is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $10.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 99 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 98 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (38 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 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 13 of 59 observed days · $8.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520202026Week of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$2.192020-10-012026-10-142020-10-01 — best price $4.992021-05-06 — best price $4.992021-08-21 — best price $4.992022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-08-22 — best price $8.792022-11-22 — best price $8.792023-01-16 — best price $8.792023-03-16 — best price $7.692023-05-22 — best price $8.242023-09-25 — best price $5.492023-12-21 — best price $4.392024-03-14 — best price $7.692024-04-08 — best price $10.992024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-09-23 — best price $10.992024-11-05 — best price $10.992024-12-12 — best price $3.292025-02-21 — best price $3.292025-03-20 — best price $10.992025-05-09 — best price $5.492025-06-18 — best price $2.742025-08-16 — best price $10.992025-09-29 — best price $4.392025-11-11 — best price $4.392025-12-11 — best price $2.192026-02-12 — best price $8.242026-08-29 — best price $8.992026-09-02 — best price $10.992026-09-06 — best price $10.992026-09-10 — best price $10.992026-09-14 — best price $10.992026-09-18 — best price $10.992026-09-22 — best price $10.992026-09-26 — best price $8.992026-09-30 — best price $10.992026-10-04 — best price $10.992026-10-08 — best price $10.992026-10-12 — best price $10.992026-10-14 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "Say Hello To My Little Friend"
35%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-01-31 (Steam store data)

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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