Starward Rogue

Starward Rogue

Fair · Roguelike · 2016

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
2.8h
Value
$1.07/hr
Reviews
90% of 487 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

It is 75% off today.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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

Holding it back
Reviews90% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$1.07/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead That is today's sale price. Normally $4.28/hr
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 55 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

About the game

Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, Screen resolution at least 720px high, and 1024px wide., 399 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 95 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $2.99 at 75 percent off still sits 25 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.

Value puts it in the top 23 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 77 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Star of Providence ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).

The drop-off

9% start to 7% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Starward Rogue is a fast, demanding roguelike shooter that leans unapologetically into chaos, experimentation, and player mastery. Developed and published by Arcen Games, it combines twin-stick shooting with bullet-hell intensity and procedural generation, creating an experience that is less about spectacle and more about sustained mechanical pressure. From the opening moments, it establishes itself as a game that...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 13hJan 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Really entertaining and well made top down shooter roguelike with lots of bosses. A gem not well known.
ErenussocratesRecommendedafter 2.5hMar 2025Read on Steam
A hidden gem from one of my favorite gaming companies. They always bring something a little unique to the genre and of course the poppin' music always helps.
MabryRecommendedafter 18hNov 2024Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Starward Rogue scores 67/100 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/410820/starward-rogue
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base 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.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperArcen Games
PublisherArcen Games
GenreRoguelike
Released2016
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements80