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TWINKLE STAR SPRITES cover art

TWINKLE STAR SPRITES

SNK CORPORATION · 2016-05-26

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 23, 2000 (Dreamcast), Jan 31, 1997 (Neo Geo AES), Feb 21, 1997 (Neo Geo CD), Nov 25, 1996 (Neo Geo MVS), May 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 08, 2016 (Linux)

“TWINKLE STAR SPRITES ”, a competitive 2D top-down view scrolling shooter released on NEOGEO MVS in 1996, departs for new adventures on the Steam gaming platform!Master your shots, and aim for the magical Twinkle Star”!

2
playing now
73%
positive of 279 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 scrolling shooter arcade game developed by ADK and published by SNK. It was ADK's last production for the Neo Geo. Two players are each in separate, side-by-side, vertically scrolling levels. Combinations of shots and timed power-ups damage the other player. These attacks also serve as counters to the opponent's attack.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 279 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GOG (2025-02-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 40 of 55 observed days · $5.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.892016-01-062026-08-302016-01-06 — best price $7.992017-09-10 — best price $7.992018-09-14 — best price $2.992019-02-16 — best price $7.992019-04-07 — best price $3.262019-08-09 — best price $4.842019-11-26 — best price $6.392020-02-14 — best price $1.972020-05-22 — best price $3.992020-06-24 — best price $2.032020-07-30 — best price $5.872020-09-17 — best price $5.892020-10-29 — best price $3.992020-12-16 — best price $2.992021-02-04 — best price $7.992021-04-09 — best price $7.992021-05-24 — best price $7.992021-07-05 — best price $7.992021-09-01 — best price $7.992021-10-27 — best price $1.792021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-02-15 — best price $7.092022-03-29 — best price $5.872022-05-16 — best price $3.992022-07-17 — best price $5.872022-08-25 — best price $7.992022-11-19 — best price $5.892023-01-03 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-05-01 — best price $2.992023-06-23 — best price $3.992023-08-17 — best price $2.992023-12-13 — best price $1.492024-06-19 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-06-02 — best price $5.992025-12-03 — best price $5.992026-05-08 — best price $5.892026-08-09 — best price $6.732026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

79282026-05-30 — 56 pageviews2026-06-02 — 55 pageviews2026-06-05 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 64 pageviews2026-06-11 — 44 pageviews2026-06-14 — 57 pageviews2026-06-17 — 52 pageviews2026-06-20 — 50 pageviews2026-06-23 — 50 pageviews2026-06-26 — 79 pageviews2026-06-29 — 50 pageviews2026-07-02 — 74 pageviews2026-07-05 — 39 pageviews2026-07-08 — 31 pageviews2026-07-11 — 48 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 51 pageviews2026-07-23 — 48 pageviews2026-07-26 — 49 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 43 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-13 — 49 pageviews2026-08-16 — 50 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 37 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeRetro1990'sActionArcadeBullet HellCompetitiveShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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