Astrologaster
Worth it · Narrative · 2019
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99, a BANGER if it drops to $5.64.
- Length
- 5.9h 7.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.69/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 535 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.64 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Open GL 2.1 compatible card, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
45 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $5.64. The record reaches that level 28 times.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Donut County ($3.24, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition ($9.99, scores 60).
More about Astrologaster
Steam's global achievement data puts 31 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. None of the 322 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to July 2026.
The drop-off
71% start to 31% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 16:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
It's cute. A playful homage to a forgotten era. I like it's presentation with the pop-up books and transition chorus. But astrologers must suspend their disbelief. In the conversational puzzles, we are required to attend to details. Yet, certain details to not align with our knowledge. The game takes place in 1592. It references planets that were not yet discovered. Uranus was discovered in 1781. Neptune was...
2 more reviews
A wonderfully witty roleplaying game about the historical figure Simon Forman. Take on the persona of this odd doctor-astrologer and involve yourself in a host of historical events and in the lives of various historical figures from early 17th Century England. Will you interpret the stars in a way to - hopefully - give the best medical advice for your patients? Or will you tell them only what they wish to hear, to...
This is one of the few games I've completed so quickly. It doesn't take the player by the hand, and instead focuses on delivering a funny and engaging narrative. The real-life elements feel really enriching too. Big fan, love it, 10/10.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Astrologaster scores 75/100 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/742520/astrologasterReviews 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.