The Game Census
NIGHTSTAR cover art

NIGHTSTAR

SOLIDMESH · 2017-03-07

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This VR title is a unique room-scale third-person shooter. Control the Nightstar by moving your Motion Controller in space, shooting a vast variety of enemies, and avoiding obstacles and enemy fire. Play through 8 levels of non-stop action and immortalize your name on the global leaderboard!

92%
positive of 62 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 23,977 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-10-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162022Week of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-08-202026-10-012016-08-20 — best price $13.492016-08-25 — best price $14.992017-01-03 — best price $9.992017-03-08 — best price $8.992017-03-14 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-08-07 — best price $8.492017-08-14 — best price $9.992017-10-13 — best price $4.492017-10-16 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-26 — best price $4.992018-03-05 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $3.992018-04-23 — best price $9.992018-04-30 — best price $1.992018-05-07 — best price $9.992018-08-20 — best price $1.992018-08-27 — best price $9.992018-10-22 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $9.992019-01-14 — best price $3.992019-01-21 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-03-25 — best price $2.992019-04-01 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

Player tags

VR1980sIndieSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterSpace SimSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.