The Game Census
Star of Providence cover art

Star of Providence

Team D-13 · 2017-06-07

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 07, 2017 (Linux), Jun 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.

8
playing now
97%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
15,713
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Jason Gastrow, known online as videogamedunkey or simply dunkey, is an American YouTuber known for his YouTube skits and video essays that blend humor with video game criticism. As of January 2026, his YouTube channel has over seven million subscribers and he has accumulated over four billion views.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 222 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 84k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,363 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 15 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39039020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2952026-08-11 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 28 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.992017-06-082026-08-302017-06-08 — best price $7.992017-10-23 — best price $5.002017-11-22 — best price $4.952018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-10-30 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-06-26 — best price $3.992019-07-31 — best price $7.992019-11-26 — best price $3.992019-12-11 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $3.992020-03-14 — best price $7.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-07-13 — best price $7.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992020-12-16 — best price $7.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-03-15 — best price $7.992021-10-06 — best price $3.992021-10-19 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992021-12-11 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-04-18 — best price $7.992023-08-14 — best price $14.992024-03-15 — best price $7.492024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-27 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-08-28 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3671232026-05-30 — 173 pageviews2026-06-02 — 175 pageviews2026-06-05 — 192 pageviews2026-06-08 — 167 pageviews2026-06-11 — 141 pageviews2026-06-14 — 178 pageviews2026-06-17 — 165 pageviews2026-06-20 — 169 pageviews2026-06-23 — 167 pageviews2026-06-26 — 257 pageviews2026-06-29 — 171 pageviews2026-07-02 — 161 pageviews2026-07-05 — 150 pageviews2026-07-08 — 367 pageviews2026-07-11 — 138 pageviews2026-07-14 — 158 pageviews2026-07-17 — 183 pageviews2026-07-20 — 166 pageviews2026-07-23 — 183 pageviews2026-07-26 — 162 pageviews2026-07-29 — 184 pageviews2026-08-01 — 165 pageviews2026-08-04 — 162 pageviews2026-08-07 — 213 pageviews2026-08-10 — 137 pageviews2026-08-13 — 307 pageviews2026-08-16 — 126 pageviews2026-08-19 — 142 pageviews2026-08-22 — 165 pageviews2026-08-25 — 195 pageviews2026-08-27 — 198 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Humble Beginnings"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1980%52
Switch (Nintendo)1460%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionShooterTop-DownDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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