BroodStar

Buy95%

Very Positive · 98 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

David Schmidthoffer · Roguelite · Jun 15, 2022

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Price
$10.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
79
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy BroodStar?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 98 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 89 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise89 helpful reviews20% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
26 of 89 sampled reviews raised it
The game mechanics are pretty much pushing the limits of the shmup genre.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
19 of 89 sampled reviews raised it
Can't talk about this game without mentioning the banger of a soundtrack.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
12 of 89 sampled reviews raised it
tl;dr: A fun shmup of great quality featuring unique runs, a permanent research system, a ton of exciting modules, items, upgrades, and pretty unforgiving bossfights.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
9 of 89 sampled reviews raised it
The first thing that came to my mind when playing it is its outstanding quality: The pixel-art graphics are pretty neat and the music is groovy.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay26 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$10.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $10.99

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