Starstruck Vagabond
Fair · Narrative · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 16h 86.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.25/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 572 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.92 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 9 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
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
12 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 11 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, McPixel 3 ($9.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey ($14.99, scores 57).
More about Starstruck Vagabond
This site sampled 377 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2024 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 16 hours; clearing it takes 86, which is 5.4 times the campaign.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
The drop-off
56% 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
- 5 when we last checked, on Sep 27, 04:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Basically, this is Stardew Valley in space with a sense of humour informed by retro British sci-fi, most clearly Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf. But I was really impressed both with how addictive the main game loops are (they have that "just one more thing" magic touch) and also how well the writing won me over. I just finished the main story and I was surprised how much it moved me, and how much I...
2 more reviews
I must admit I wasn't expecting this game to feel as fun as it is but it's surprisingly an engaging game. The dialogue is definetly entertaining and the crew members can be rather enjoyable... however I must say that there is a few things that do kind of annoy me. Not a deal breakers mind you but they certainly make the experience feel a bit annoying. But lets start with the good. The upgrades feel impactful and...
The science fiction humor is excellent, if you like a little bit of gameified busywork then this game is perfect. A lot of the customization feels superfluous but maybe someone likes it. It's not buggy but there are some odd decisions that feel like bugs.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Starstruck Vagabond scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2448930/starstruck-vagabondReviews 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.