Cosmic Star Heroine
Worth it · RPG · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 12.1h
- Value
- $1.24/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 405 Graphics 600 MHz, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.
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
The value story
April 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $1.19. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 83 in the 9 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Ikenfell ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Breath of Death VII ($2.99, scores 55).
77 from critics against 89 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 14 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 12.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 1 of the 349 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
59% start to 14% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 21:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I have played all of Zeboyd's games up to Cthulu 2, and generally I appreciated what they were trying to do and enjoyed them. But the problem with this developer is that they have not grown at all. It was one thing to start off your indie career with simple comical jRPGs that had some slight refinements that made them a bit more fun to play than most 8-bit titles. But 15 years later and their games are still just as...
The game is alright - I will eventually finish it. However, I can't say that I recommend it (there are other JRPG style indie titles that I think are better than this one on steam). This is mostly because I like the combat (though, there's quite a bit of fighting and there are definitely some "main strategies" that make the game feel repetitive). The story is all over the place. Stuff seems to happen just because...
A JRPG with a too-fast paced story, stock characters, and confusing map design. Still, it was a lot of fun to play, and the combat is satisfying. It doesn't overstay its welcome, and I would recommend it to turn-based rpg fans that don't mind a retro style.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Cosmic Star Heroine scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/256460/cosmic-star-heroineReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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