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Pixel Star cover art

Pixel Star

Soul Forge · 2015-05-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Endless arcade action takes a modern twist, creating a uniquely challenging open space shoot-em-up experience. From brutal bosses to black holes and beyond, countless hazards await discovery. How long can you survive?

Pixel Star is a 2015 Action and Indie game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 117 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 117 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152025Week of 2015-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$1.492015-02-052026-07-092015-02-05 — best price $2.992015-05-29 — best price $2.992015-06-22 — best price $2.992015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-10-17 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $2.992017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-04-06 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
14.5%
earned "Electrolytes"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionArcadeShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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