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Star of Providence cover art

Star of Providence

Team D-13 · 2017-06-07

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Star of Providence is an Action, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 3369 reviews).

12
playing now
97%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
15,713
twitch viewers (latest)
15713.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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.

Trailer

Star of Providence trailer thumbnail

Star of Providence - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 12 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 8% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 84k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,369 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 4 of 57 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

2822026-09-15 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2900May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Aug 2017 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Feb 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21May 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Feb 2020 — avg 23 · peak 63May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 40Feb 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 14 · peak 60Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 287 · peak 1,201May 2025 — avg 55 · peak 113Aug 2025 — avg 35 · peak 70Nov 2025 — avg 41 · peak 101Feb 2026 — avg 31 · peak 70May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.992017-06-082026-10-142017-06-08 — best price $7.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-07-24 — best price $3.992019-11-28 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $3.992020-06-15 — best price $7.992020-10-30 — best price $3.992020-12-16 — best price $7.992021-03-08 — best price $3.992021-10-09 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-04-18 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $11.992026-02-27 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-02 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $14.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-12 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8611232026-05-30 — 173 pageviews2026-06-03 — 148 pageviews2026-06-07 — 144 pageviews2026-06-11 — 141 pageviews2026-06-15 — 161 pageviews2026-06-19 — 176 pageviews2026-06-23 — 167 pageviews2026-06-27 — 172 pageviews2026-07-01 — 172 pageviews2026-07-05 — 150 pageviews2026-07-09 — 198 pageviews2026-07-13 — 162 pageviews2026-07-17 — 183 pageviews2026-07-21 — 173 pageviews2026-07-25 — 158 pageviews2026-07-29 — 184 pageviews2026-08-02 — 155 pageviews2026-08-06 — 175 pageviews2026-08-10 — 137 pageviews2026-08-14 — 203 pageviews2026-08-18 — 167 pageviews2026-08-22 — 165 pageviews2026-08-26 — 194 pageviews2026-08-30 — 137 pageviews2026-09-03 — 143 pageviews2026-09-07 — 175 pageviews2026-09-11 — 151 pageviews2026-09-15 — 152 pageviews2026-09-19 — 861 pageviews2026-09-23 — 164 pageviews2026-09-27 — 165 pageviews2026-10-01 — 189 pageviews2026-10-05 — 187 pageviews2026-10-08 — 179 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieActionShooterTop-DownDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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