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DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge

Augmented Irreality · 2020-10-20

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Will you have what it takes to avenge your father, defeat the evil DreadSkull and save the galaxy? Collect gems and customize your ship to get through six replayable sectors, annihilate your foes and fight epic bosses in this classic styled pixel art shoot'em'up with RPG progression.

DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge is an Action game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (77% of 44 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 44 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

A retro mix of a shoot 'em up gameplay with RPG elements, DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge is inspired by the likes of Tyrian, Raiden and Donpachi. Fast-paced with a primary focus on gunplay rather than bullet hell, DreadStar gives you incremental ways of not only pushing through content, but also improving your ship and its loadout (such as experience, leveling and skill points). If you’re struggling with a sector, you can warp over to Redbeard’s Burrow to spend credits, upgrade your ship and return to where you failed. From Gauss Cannons to Lazer Beams, Hadron Exploders to weapon cooling - (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420202026Week of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$7.992020-10-202021-02-152020-10-20 — best price $8.992020-10-27 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $8.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
98.3%
earned "Beam me up, Scotty!"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterTop-DownFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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