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Starward Rogue cover art

Starward Rogue

Arcen Games · 2016-01-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 25, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jan 25, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 22, 2016 (Linux), Jan 22, 2016 (Mac), Jan 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 487 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Starward Rogue is a bullet hell roguelike video game from Arcen Games. The game takes place in the same universe as many of Arcen's other games, such as AI War and Stars Beyond Reach. The player controls a mech housing a severed head of an alien hydra, shooting through the levels of a procedurally generated prison tower lodged in the surface of a star.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 45% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 487 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2026-07-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 57 of 58 observed days · $13.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992016-01-222026-08-272016-01-22 — best price $10.792016-07-13 — best price $11.992016-11-14 — best price $4.072017-02-20 — best price $11.992017-08-09 — best price $2.402018-02-15 — best price $2.992018-10-15 — best price $2.392019-08-19 — best price $11.992020-02-27 — best price $2.992020-06-04 — best price $9.962020-07-12 — best price $9.962020-08-15 — best price $11.992020-10-07 — best price $11.992020-11-07 — best price $11.992020-12-18 — best price $11.992021-02-02 — best price $11.992021-03-06 — best price $10.082021-04-13 — best price $11.992021-05-20 — best price $8.602021-07-05 — best price $10.082021-09-27 — best price $11.992021-12-02 — best price $11.992022-03-03 — best price $8.812022-06-27 — best price $9.492022-11-29 — best price $11.992023-04-01 — best price $9.492023-09-25 — best price $2.992024-02-13 — best price $9.492024-05-25 — best price $11.992024-08-08 — best price $11.992024-12-13 — best price $2.402025-05-09 — best price $2.402025-10-27 — best price $2.702026-02-21 — best price $9.492026-07-02 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 0 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 0 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9600%80
PS5 (PlayStation)2114%65
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)170%64
PS4 (PlayStation)20%65
PS4 (PlayStation)20%65

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

Player tags

2DRPGMechsActionArcadeTop-DownDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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