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Sophstar

Banana Bytes · 2022-02-18

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 28, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 28, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 28, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Feb 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

100%
positive of 107 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 16,946 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 107 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 18 of 19 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420222026Week of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$4.992022-02-182026-09-202022-02-18 — best price $8.992022-06-23 — best price $8.992022-11-23 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $8.992023-01-23 — best price $8.992023-03-16 — best price $8.492023-06-12 — best price $7.492023-06-30 — best price $6.992023-07-31 — best price $6.992023-09-25 — best price $6.492023-11-06 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $6.492024-02-12 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $6.992024-04-22 — best price $6.992024-06-03 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $6.492024-08-05 — best price $5.992024-09-30 — best price $6.492024-11-11 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-01-06 — best price $5.992025-02-17 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-04-21 — best price $5.992025-06-02 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-08-04 — best price $5.992025-09-30 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-02-13 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-04-20 — best price $5.592026-06-08 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $5.592026-09-07 — best price $5.492026-09-20 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
95.2%
earned "Welcome to Sophstar!"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiShooterTop-DownControllerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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