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Cosmic Star Heroine

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC · 2017-04-11

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 14, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), 2018 (Xbox One), Apr 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 24, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Apr 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), Apr 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.

Cosmic Star Heroine is an Indie and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (89% of 1054 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (1,314 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Cosmic Star Heroine is a science fiction role-playing video game by Zeboyd Games. The game's development was funded partially through a Kickstarter campaign. Cosmic Star Heroine was released in April 2017 for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows platforms; it was later ported in 2018 for PlayStation Vita in April and Nintendo Switch in August. It received a version for Google Stadia in April 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,054 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.84-81%
GOG$2.85-81%
GOG$2.85-81%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-02-14) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 74 of 104 observed days · $1.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002016-06-162026-10-142016-06-16 — best price $11.992017-09-25 — best price $9.892018-02-01 — best price $14.992018-10-01 — best price $14.992019-04-10 — best price $5.992019-07-26 — best price $14.992020-03-02 — best price $4.942020-07-27 — best price $7.492021-01-25 — best price $1.492021-10-18 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $11.012022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $3.742023-05-24 — best price $14.992023-08-28 — best price $3.742023-10-24 — best price $14.992024-01-06 — best price $13.392024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $2.992024-07-27 — best price $13.392024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-03-06 — best price $3.742025-05-02 — best price $11.012025-06-20 — best price $11.012025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-10-28 — best price $2.992026-02-04 — best price $2.842026-05-04 — best price $14.992026-08-16 — best price $2.852026-09-04 — best price $2.852026-09-19 — best price $2.842026-10-04 — best price $2.842026-10-14 — best price $2.85
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4682026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 27 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 23 pageviews2026-06-28 — 37 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 20 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 22 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 18 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 21 pageviews2026-10-09 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
58.6%
earned "Bomb Squad"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-04-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,97942%34
Steam (Steam)1,97515%33
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,04749%34
PS Vita (PlayStation)50461%34
Switch (Nintendo)360%0
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFunnyIndieRetroComedySci-fiAdventureTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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