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Rising Star 2

Gilligames · 2020-08-12

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2020 (Mac)

Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.

Rising Star 2 is a 2020 Indie, RPG and Simulation game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 692 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

22
playing now
94%
positive of 692 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 49,798 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 692 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-08-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620202026Week of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2642026-09-15 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5712Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 39 · peak 94Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 35Dec 2020 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2021 — avg 30 · peak 65Apr 2021 — avg 37 · peak 70Jun 2021 — avg 30 · peak 62Aug 2021 — avg 21 · peak 43Oct 2021 — avg 40 · peak 84Dec 2021 — avg 26 · peak 48Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 45Apr 2022 — avg 34 · peak 72Jun 2022 — avg 35 · peak 122Aug 2022 — avg 47 · peak 91Oct 2022 — avg 28 · peak 59Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 44Feb 2023 — avg 20 · peak 44Apr 2023 — avg 24 · peak 43Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 39Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 37Oct 2023 — avg 16 · peak 32Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 45Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 33Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 34Jun 2024 — avg 19 · peak 52Aug 2024 — avg 30 · peak 56Oct 2024 — avg 21 · peak 43Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 37Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 40Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 69Aug 2025 — avg 51 · peak 126Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 44Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 43Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 31Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$1.992020-08-122026-07-092020-08-12 — best price $29.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-03-22 — best price $29.992021-05-10 — best price $29.992021-05-31 — best price $29.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-08-17 — best price $29.992021-10-03 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-04 — best price $29.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-08-15 — best price $29.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-01-15 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.6%
earned "It's...a Song"
53.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2024-09-09, latest 2026-05-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3130%129

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGIndieMusicRetroEconomyRealisticManagementOpen WorldRock Music

Census log

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

Recent updates

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