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Lew Pulsipher's Doomstar cover art

Lew Pulsipher's Doomstar

Large Visible Machine · 2016-09-16

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 16, 2016 (Linux), Sep 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 16, 2016 (Mac)

Doomstar, the hidden unit board game of strategy and cunning, is a new exclusive release from Large Visible Machine and legendary designer Lew Pulsipher (Britannia, Dragon Rage, Sea Kings). Play the AI or against friends or online opponents with fully asynchronous online multiplayer.

Lew Pulsipher's Doomstar is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 28 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
71%
positive of 28 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162025Week of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992016-09-162021-01-052016-09-16 — best price $7.492016-09-23 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $6.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-08-02 — best price $1.992018-08-06 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-08-01 — best price $0.992019-08-05 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-27 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
11.1%
earned "Fighter Victory"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Turn NotificationsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Sci-fiAbstractStrategyBoard GameTurn-Based

Census log

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

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