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BURIED STARS cover art

BURIED STARS

LINE Games Corporation · 2021-11-29

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Text

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.

BURIED STARS is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2021, priced at $3.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 84% of 2261 reviews and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

18
playing now
84%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (174 ratings)
20h
to beat · completionist 130h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Healthy
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 245 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 45k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$0.00-100%

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 17 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35635620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2502026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2255Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 225 · peak 1,071Feb 2022 — avg 69 · peak 306Apr 2022 — avg 73 · peak 312Jun 2022 — avg 24 · peak 121Aug 2022 — avg 18 · peak 50Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 96 · peak 325Feb 2023 — avg 32 · peak 93Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 126Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 47Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 99Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 33Dec 2023 — avg 32 · peak 116Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 36Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Apr 2025 — avg 29 · peak 136Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 86Aug 2025 — avg 33 · peak 148Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 41Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 65Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002021-11-292026-10-082021-11-29 — 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 $3.992026-10-02 — best price $0.002026-10-04 — best price $0.002026-10-06 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.00
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-29 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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