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BURIED STARS cover art

BURIED STARS

LINE Games Corporation · 2021-11-29

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2020 (PlayStation Vita), Nov 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 30, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

23
playing now
84%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
20h
to beat · completionist 130h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

"Nobody can wear two masks without revealing their true self." It was the finals of the fourth season of "Buried Stars" a survival audition competition featuring public contestants. The stage collapsed during the live broadcast, trapping the contestants and a number of the staff. With hours to go until the arrival of a rescue team, their sponsored smartwatches are the only way to know what's going on in the outside world. By connecting to SNS via their smartwatches, they can see thousands of comments of worry, support, criticism and mockery. The survivors on the inside and the communicators (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 20% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,251 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-03-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

4432026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.992021-11-292026-08-262021-11-29 — best price $33.992022-01-27 — best price $33.992022-03-31 — best price $27.992022-06-24 — best price $27.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-02-20 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $11.992023-06-30 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-23 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992025-04-21 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $7.992025-09-15 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-11-10 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-19 — best price $7.992026-03-02 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-04-13 — best price $3.992026-05-25 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-13 — best price $3.992026-08-24 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
94.6%
earned "The Beginning"
17.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)58013%46
PS4 (PlayStation)19555%47
PS Vita (PlayStation)15982%47
PS4 (PlayStation)15555%47
PS4 (PlayStation)14753%47
Switch (Nintendo)470%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeDramaMysteryThrillerCinematicEmotionalConspiracyStory RichConversationVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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