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Shining Song Starnova cover art

Shining Song Starnova

Love in Space · Sekai Project · 2018-09-13

SteamGOG

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jul 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2018 (Linux), Jul 25, 2018 (Mac)

Take the stage in Shining Song Starnova!

Shining Song Starnova is a Casual game released in 2018 for $29.99 with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (95% of 339 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 339 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

The seven girls of Shining Productions have fallen on hard times. Despite being united in their desire to become idols, they are all broken in their own ways and considered unfit to work in the industry. Enter you, Mr. Producer. With your help, the girls debut as the idol group “Starnova” and work their way up in the entertainment industry. However, the girls soon realize the entertainment industry is nowhere as perfect as seen on television. This is the story of the girls’ trials, laughs, and tears, as they walk the thorny path to stardom…(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,523 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.5k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 339 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.80 at GreenManGaming (2026-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 78 of 104 observed days · $1.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.802018-07-262026-10-152018-07-26 — best price $29.992018-12-20 — best price $22.492019-06-25 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992020-03-03 — best price $8.992020-05-27 — best price $8.992020-11-07 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-20 — best price $7.492021-10-04 — best price $7.492021-11-29 — best price $29.992022-02-07 — best price $7.492022-06-28 — best price $29.992022-10-10 — best price $7.492022-12-12 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-07-20 — best price $5.992023-10-25 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-02-27 — best price $5.992024-05-13 — best price $29.992024-08-14 — best price $5.992024-10-16 — best price $5.992024-12-12 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $7.492025-05-12 — best price $29.992025-08-01 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $7.202026-01-23 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $6.292026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-08-29 — best price $5.992026-09-08 — best price $5.992026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-09-28 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
58.3%
earned "Finish Chapter 1!"
35.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2018-09-13, latest 2018-11-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)36955%9

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeCasualHentaiMatureNudityStory RichCrowdfundedKickstarterSingleplayer

Census log

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

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