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Starward Rogue cover art

Starward Rogue

Arcen Games · 2016-01-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Starward Rogue is an $11.99 Action, Indie and RPG game released in 2016, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 487 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 487 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.72★
PlayStation Store rating (25 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (97 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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 52 of 60 observed days · $13.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
979720162026Week of 2016-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
311Jan 2016Sep 2023Jan 2016 — avg 31 · peak 65Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 20Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 30Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 20Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.992016-01-222026-10-152016-01-22 — 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 $2.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 0 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 0 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 0 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-05 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 0 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 0 pageviews2026-10-03 — 0 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
9.2%
earned "Perfect Clear: Battleswarm"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-01-24 (Steam store data)

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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