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DemonStar cover art

DemonStar

Scott Host · 2023-12-11

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..

94%
positive of 258 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 12,326 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 258 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520232026Week of 2023-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.492023-12-122026-06-152023-12-12 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-01 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $1.492026-06-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DMarsIndieSpace1990'sActionCombatFlightShooterTop-Down

Census log

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

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