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Sakura Stars

Super16bits · 2020-05-21

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 21, 2020 (Linux)

When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS. This is a horizontal shmup made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.

Sakura Stars is a 2020 Action and Indie game priced at $3.99, with a Positive review sentiment (90% of 10 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

90%
positive of 10 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 98% of 26,091 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

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