Rising Star 2
Worth it · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $16.51.
- Length
- 19.5h
- Value
- $1.03/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 692 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $16.51 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $9.99 (50% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Start a band, and take on the world in this music industry simulation/role-playing game. Success doesn't come without hard work, and making connections in your local music scene is the only path to stardom.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 2 GB, 3.1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
34 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 25 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $16.51, a level the record has reached 11 times.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Medieval Dynasty ($17.49, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Sheltered 2 ($5.99, scores 2).
More about Rising Star 2
1 of the 339 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
94% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 13 when we last checked, on Sep 26, 19:52 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Love this game. Countless playthroughs as a rockstar and I feel like a seasoned musician or wiley music biz exec. Lol I'm patiently waiting for either game updates or a sequel. If you like RPG / Tycoon games and Music Sims,sSupport this game and support ya self!
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I did give this game a thumbs up but I do have a love/hate relationship with this game and since I have over 300 hours into it it did deserve a thumbs up. The Love: It is a fun game and I do recommend buying it. It has a little bit of a learning curve for mastery at first but there are some nice guides in the guide section. I have played 6 bands each through 5+ in game years and releasing #1 albums so it does have...
Horribly optimized, a game with 90s graphics shouldn't be constantly loading things. Also, the use of Joseph Merrick's photo for their newest DLC is absolutely vile and disgusting.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Rising Star 2 scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1235110/rising-star-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.