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Stars In The Trash cover art

Stars In The Trash

Valhalla Cats · 2024-12-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 11, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.

Stars In The Trash is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (98% of 385 reviews).

98%
positive of 389 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat, decides to run away and seek adventure. His journey takes an unexpected turn when the kennelman threatens the streets. Moka needs to learn how to survive, and appreciate what he left behind, before he's going to lose his best friend and everything he had.(Storyline via IGDB)

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 (52 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 30,214 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.8k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 389 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-05-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220242026Week of 2024-12-09: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$5.992024-12-092026-08-172024-12-09 — best price $10.792024-12-23 — best price $11.992025-02-03 — best price $10.792025-02-10 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $9.592025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-03-21 — best price $9.592025-03-29 — best price $11.992025-04-30 — best price $9.592025-05-14 — best price $11.992025-06-16 — best price $8.992025-06-23 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-07-28 — best price $8.392025-08-11 — best price $11.992025-09-10 — best price $8.032025-09-24 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $8.032025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-11-06 — best price $7.792025-11-17 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-02 — best price $7.192026-02-16 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $6.592026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-03-28 — best price $6.592026-04-11 — best price $11.992026-05-12 — best price $5.992026-05-26 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-03 — best price $5.992026-08-17 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "Meowing Dynasty"
44%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-12-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18624%29

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

Player tags

2DDogCatsCuteIndieLinearCartoonAdventureHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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