Starstruck Vagabond

Starstruck Vagabond

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Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw · Adventure · May 24, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

86%
Very Positive
571 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 217 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 134 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 571 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise36% are divided18% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The writing is mostly good, but spread pretty thin.
217 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay loop of hauling packages and servicing/upgrading the ship starts out fine, but becomes irritating over time, because repetitive tasks pile up while challenge doesn't.
134 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It lacks the polish of most competent indie games nowadays, having weird visual bugs, clunky controls, weird controller button mapping, and no cross save support, even though this is such a perfect Steam Deck game.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Voice acting might be nice at some point.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Leans too hard into the nostalgia of old PC adventure games for my tastes.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters217 reviews
Gameplay134 reviews
Steam Deck19 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface25 reviews
72%
Graphics22 reviews
77%
Bugs17 reviews
65%
Controls8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
60%
Combat6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
18
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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