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Under A Star Long Cold cover art

Under A Star Long Cold

Antonio Freyre · Merlino Games · 2024-02-01

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You have 30 minutes to loot this place and pay your debts before the planet is destroyed. Intense stealth-action with permadeath. An exploration of agency and hope.

81%
positive of 105 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (54 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 16,414 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.92 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020242026Week of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.922024-02-012026-09-142024-02-01 — best price $2.392024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-04-15 — best price $2.092024-05-27 — best price $2.092024-06-27 — best price $2.092024-07-15 — best price $2.092024-09-16 — best price $2.092024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-01-06 — best price $1.492025-02-17 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-05-05 — best price $1.492025-06-16 — best price $1.492025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-08-25 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $0.922025-11-24 — best price $0.922025-12-18 — best price $0.922026-02-16 — best price $0.922026-03-19 — best price $0.922026-04-13 — best price $0.922026-05-25 — best price $0.922026-06-25 — best price $0.922026-07-27 — best price $0.922026-09-07 — best price $0.922026-09-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DActionCombatSci-fiStealthOpen WorldPerma DeathSingleplayerThird PersonPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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