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Rogue Star Rescue cover art

Rogue Star Rescue

Chute Apps · 2021-02-04

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 08, 2019 (Mac), Mar 08, 2019 (Linux), Mar 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!

90%
positive of 136 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

A NEW TYPE OF ROGUELITE A New Kind of Roguelite Shooter. It's time to bring roguelites to the next level! Rogue Star Rescue is a unique mix of bullet hell roguelite and tower defense games. We've added strong strategy elements to the all-out insanity of bullet hell shooters. The action is smooth, the gameplay is challenging, the story is complex and nonlinear. It's a game you'll get sucked into and will end up spending months exploring the multiple intricacies and outcomes. Keeping the game fun well past the 50-hour mark is our core design focus. ONLINE & COUCH CO-OP Online Co-op! Games lik(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 26,250 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 136 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$15.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 9 of 22 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120192026Week of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.99$7.492019-03-092026-10-082019-03-09 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $9.892020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-09-24 — best price $14.992020-11-07 — best price $9.892020-12-22 — best price $9.892021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-03-25 — best price $11.242021-05-20 — best price $11.242021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-01 — best price $11.242021-11-24 — best price $11.242021-12-23 — best price $11.242022-02-14 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-07 — best price $10.492022-11-04 — best price $14.992022-12-07 — best price $10.492023-01-20 — best price $10.492023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $9.742023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $9.742024-03-13 — best price $14.992024-06-01 — best price $9.742024-08-09 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-05-10 — best price $9.742025-08-21 — best price $14.992025-11-12 — best price $14.992026-02-28 — best price $7.492026-06-15 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $15.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
83.3%
earned "Primary Defense Station Completed"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStats1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RetroStrategyNonlinearRogue-liteBullet HellLocal Co-OpPerma DeathOnline Co-OpShoot 'Em UpTower Defense

Census log

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

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