Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
Worth it · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $3.49.
- Length
- 2h 2.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.75/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 583 positive
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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
Crash-landed on a desolate, alien planet, what should've been a routine work-for-hire job for Powell has become a deadly mission to save the merchant vessel Morningstar and her crew.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Integrated, 553 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.99. That was June 2019. It has been discounted 39 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 65 percent, about 7 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Machinika: Museum ($1.19, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats In Other Waters ($3.74, scores 73).
The drop-off
31% start to 26% 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
What players say
I have fond memories of the original Flash version back in 2009, and playing this version gives me feelings of nostalgia that make me want to check up on the other Flash games I grew up with.
2 more reviews
This short point and click game appeared on Steam 10 years ago and still holds up well. I believe it was a flash game in a previous life. You play Powell travelling on the merchant ship Morningstar when you are unexpectantly pulled in by the gravity of an alien planet and crash. One person is killed, the captain badly injured and you are the only person who can save the day. Exploration outside the ship shows the...
yes it's an old flash game that used to be free but it's been updated with more content and better graphics.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock scores 84/100 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/339130/morningstar-descent-to-deadrockReviews 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 6. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.