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Star Ores Inc.

BlackBeak Games · Three River Games (3RG) · 2025-11-06

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 27, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Nov 27, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.

Star Ores Inc. is a Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $17.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 340 reviews).

82%
positive of 340 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (319 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (101 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.8k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 340 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.59-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.69 at GOG (2026-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 54 of 80 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220252026Week of 2025-11-06: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$11.692025-11-062026-10-142025-11-06 — best price $14.392025-12-15 — best price $17.992026-01-21 — best price $13.492026-02-12 — best price $14.392026-03-18 — best price $17.992026-04-03 — best price $17.992026-05-14 — best price $12.592026-06-01 — best price $11.692026-06-25 — best price $12.052026-07-23 — best price $17.992026-08-12 — best price $17.992026-08-29 — best price $12.592026-09-01 — best price $12.592026-09-04 — best price $12.592026-09-07 — best price $12.592026-09-10 — best price $17.992026-09-13 — best price $17.992026-09-16 — best price $11.692026-09-19 — best price $11.692026-09-22 — best price $11.692026-09-25 — best price $12.592026-09-28 — best price $12.592026-10-01 — best price $12.592026-10-04 — best price $12.592026-10-07 — best price $17.992026-10-10 — best price $17.992026-10-13 — best price $12.592026-10-14 — best price $12.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
99.4%
earned "Slime-Free Since Today"
72.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime3 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-11-06, latest 2026-01-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16222%51
PS5 (PlayStation)9236%52
Xbox Series (Xbox)3247%51

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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