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Starstruck: Hands of Time cover art

Starstruck: Hands of Time

Createdelic, LLC · 2024-09-16

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!

94%
positive of 287 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Save the World of 1000 Years Ago! In 30XX, Earth is no more. In its place, a repressed façade corrupted by a mysterious force called “The Mold” lingers. To save the world, a moon colonist travels back in time 1000 years to a pivotal moment in Earth’s history, armed only with their own hand, a charming spaceship computer, and the knowledge two children in this time period are critically important to Earth’s history.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (84 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 10,822 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 287 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220242026Week of 2024-09-16: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-09-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992024-09-162026-07-092024-09-16 — best price $17.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $15.992024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-16 — best price $15.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-06-08 — best price $13.992025-06-15 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $13.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-09-16 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-16 — best price $9.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
53.2%
earned "S RANK"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)981%10

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

Player tags

IndieMusicShortComedyRhythmPhysicsSurrealCartoonyNarrativeNonlinear

Census log

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

Players also track

Wanderlust AdventuresStar Control®: OriginsImmortal: UnchainedOmensight: Definitive EditionEternity: The Last UnicornRebel Galaxy OutlawTorchlight III

Similarity via IGDB.

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