Steredenn: Binary Stars

Steredenn: Binary Stars

Steam Deck Playable

Pixelnest Studio · Shoot 'Em Up · Oct 1, 2015

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $12.99. It has been as low as $5.19.

88%
Very Positive
967 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 133 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 967 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
78% of themes are praise11% are divided11% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
TLDR: Great weapon upgrades, great enemies / variety of enemies, RNG is well balanced, key bindings / HUD / Menu are fantastic and clean, replayability is incredibly nice, graphics are fantastic, game runs 100% fine even on crappy laptops, 0 space consumption on the download, NO frustrating elements to the game WHATSOEVER (not even on death), music is wonderful, perfect pick up and everything you'd expect you'd be buying and more for these genres!
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects are great, the original score is good too.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics have a great retro feel, while still being better then any 16 bit computer/console could have ever produced.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
As a game, Steredenn plays well with a controller or keyboard.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
It has awesome animations, great pixel art, tons of creative weapons, fun bosses, secrets and multiple game modes including co-op.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The tutorial ends in a surprising way integrating with the plot.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Gameplay78 reviews
Audio66 reviews
Graphics65 reviews
Controls22 reviews
Co-op20 reviews
Story and characters10 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty50 reviews
74%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat133 reviews
86%

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. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $12.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.19.

4 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
37
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.