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Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire

Love in Space · Sekai Project · 2020-02-20

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Feb 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The girls of Starnova are back in a new business simulation game! It's up to you the producer to build your office, re-hire the girls and get the money flowing to put on the greatest live concert ever. Do you have the management skills to once again accomplish everyone's dreams?

86%
positive of 97 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

The girls of Starnova are back in a new business simulation game! Due to the underhanded machinations of the evil Golden Calf Productions, the girls' live has been cancelled, and what's worse, their talent agency has had to relocate to a new office! This time, it'll fall upon Producer-san to turn this dire predicament around! As the girls' manager, you'll have to build your office, re-hire the girls, and of course, get the money flowing back by putting on the greatest lives in the nation! Do you have the management skills to once again accomplish everyone's dreams? Now, you must take the rei(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 19,259 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.98
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.98

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.40 at GreenManGaming (2026-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.98 · on sale 53 of 65 observed days · $17.58 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220202026Week of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.98$2.402020-02-202026-09-242020-02-20 — best price $13.492020-06-25 — best price $11.242020-11-07 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $5.992021-08-02 — best price $3.742021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-02-07 — best price $3.742022-06-13 — best price $14.992022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-11-04 — best price $19.982023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-07-04 — best price $19.982023-09-25 — best price $2.992023-11-23 — best price $5.992024-01-05 — best price $3.992024-02-27 — best price $3.992024-05-06 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $2.992024-11-13 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $19.982025-05-06 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-03 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $4.492025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-01-22 — best price $19.982026-03-16 — best price $19.982026-04-20 — best price $2.992026-05-30 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-09-24 — best price $19.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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