Starblast

Buy81%

Very Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS

Neuronality · Massively Multiplayer · Nov 8, 2017

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
27
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
25
Full audio0 of 25
Subtitles0 of 25

Should I buy Starblast?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Linux compatibility: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

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
60% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews40% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are minor bugs in the game, but the gameplay is so good that you can usually see through them.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
That said, what began as a small web-based title has evolved in to an interesting and fairly enjoyable multiplayer arcade shooter.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is nice, the visuals are very good in my opinion, the server browser or "Galaxy Map" is also really cool.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Great Game reccomend it to anyone easy learning curve. great playerbase and community. lacks frequect updates but plenty of player hoasted mods on discord. overall great simple game
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
With the different variants in weapons / ships that do behave and perform differently there is quite a bit here to drag you in for short burtst.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Even better with a couple of friends to cooperate with (not so fun to play against such though).

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay29 reviews
Multiplayer25 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Combat8 reviews
Co-op7 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Performance
50% still recommend
Linux compatibility
14% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
67% still recommend
Cheating
33% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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