Starseed Pilgrim

Starseed Pilgrim

Skip · Narrative · 2013

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 1 of 8 sales

It scores 9, under the fair line, at $5.99.

Cost per hourS
$0.39/hr
Reviews▼
61% of 542
Critics
83 players 22 lower
Genre rank
Top 94% Narrative

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
15.4h
To 100%
20h 1.3x the story

Price and sales

Sales
20 on record
Typical cut
20% off
Steam low
$2.69 July 2013
Sale every
148d last December 2024
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $2.69 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
54% of its genre
Better reviewed
5% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 20 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 20 percent, about 21 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 96 weeks ago.

It is less well reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, NaissanceE (free, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats gravilon ($2.99, scores 5).

More about Starseed Pilgrim

83 on Metacritic, 61 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 675 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.39/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 62% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 48 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Love this game. Learning how it works and discovering new things was so much fun. It has a charming package. Great little personal adventure. So creative. Fun amount of challenge. If you want to buy it expect a slow start learning how to use the building mechanic and its different blocks, then learning what the purpose of the game is. There is more than you expect here. Don't look up anything, no purpose playing if...
ShyLowRecommendedafter 46hDec 2024Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
Pretentious, boring, and bad. There's apparently some hidden mechanics that give you a couple more hours of "gameplay". I have no desire to discover them. ick.
Rogue ZamboniNot recommendedafter 3.8hApr 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Starseed Pilgrim is a game about tending a symphonic garden, exploring space, and embracing fate.You are a gardener, tending to empty noise and empty space to fill them both with colour.You are a refugee, building your own world away from the spreading darkness.You are an explorer, discovering new places, new rules, and new fascinations.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Starseed Pilgrim scores 9/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/230980/starseed-pilgrim
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Reviews 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 Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-22
Critics83
Players61
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 542 Steam player reviews

Details

Developerdroqen
Publisherdroqen
GenreNarrative
Released2013
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate