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Starward Rogue
Developer Arcen Games
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell roguelike video game from Arcen Games. The game takes place in the same universe as many of Arcen's other games, such as AI War and Stars Beyond Reach. The player controls a mech housing a severed head of an alien hydra (the main character "Hydral" from The Last Federation), shooting through the levels of a procedurally generated prison tower lodged in the surface of a star. The game… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Audience score
82
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151 positive · 34 negative
95% range 75–87%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
440 of 487 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 194 · most liked firstThere came a time a while back when I burned out on The Binding of Isaac and started looking around for a similar game to fill the void, to make up for the fun I used to have with that game. After long consideration and playing a LOT of mediocre games (and some very few great ones, such as Deathstate), if I were to have to pick just one game to take Isaac's place, it would be the vastly-underrated Starward Rogue, which combines bullet hell shmups and a sci-fi setting with Isaac-like trappings…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Starward Rogue is an intense roguelite shmup about a mech fighting through a multi-floored facility lodged in a star. Your goal is to rescue a man, and to do that you will have to blast your way through hundreds of rooms filled with enemies, and encounter imposing bosses who want you very dead. The game is a bullet hell shmup, so expect hundreds of fancy projectiles to be dodged. The visual style is vibrant and pretty, but each floor looks visually identical so the feel of progression is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game used to be a lot more fun, a long time ago. It was a very fast paced isaac-wannabe where both you and the enemies died nearly instantly. Unfortunately, at some point, one of the devs decided (and I remember it was literally just one dev) the game is too easy for him in particular. So he made everything far tankier and nerfed many of the stronger weapons. And this ruined the game. Why did it ruin it? Because the fast pace is all this game had going for it. That's it. It had nothing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting twin stick shooter with rogue like elements. Very diffuclt even on easy mode. A lot of mechs that all play differently. Graphics are servicable, not great, but not bad. As a twin stick shooter this is more the "shoot a lot to do damage and keep your distance" with very few enemies that go down with a hit or two. Most twin stick shooters have a lot of cannon fodder enemies, this is more filled with heavy enemy units and it really changes the way the genre plays. If you don't like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heart of The Machine is an experimental strategy game from Arcen (the AI War series, The Last Federation, Starward Rogue) about being SKYNET, or at least some kind of emergent machine super-intelligence. Do you infiltrate, collaborate, overthrow or exterminate humanity? Seems like lots of options!
unlabelledView post →The best parts of The Binding of Isaac, Twin Stick Shooter, and a Bullet Hell/SHMUP game in one game. There's about 5 difficulties IIRC. You can choose one of seven mechs to be. There's a "standard" mech that is average all around. One with a flamethrower as its main weapon. (A very fun mech especially if you get the flame trail sprint item) Others have varried weapons and stats. One of them is pretty different though: The mech "Redshift" is sort of like the Bard in Crypt of the Necrodancer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Top down shooter with random generated maps. Not everyhting is what it seems... blast aliens, robots and other scumbags into space while listening to some dubstep music. You can choose from a few different classes and wreck havoc around the spaceship like an mlg pro looking for mtn dew and doritos. Overall plays well, tight controls, different abilities and weapons of destruction. You can dash and move swiftly as a swan. You will encounter magnets which change trajectory of your bullets,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game. It was easier to find gameplay on Youtube before Star Wars : Rogue was a thing. Fortunately, you can easily fix the problem by adding "- wars" in your research. Mechs are usually a turn-off for me, but there's enough variety and vivid colors to them for me to enjoy the artistic direction. Other than that, the soundtrack is decent, but a little lacking. Gameplay-wise, it's really refined. The game has an excellent progression curve (even though it will probably be a bit much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have little tolerance for rouge like games because I hate losing everything I’ve worked to get. However, the designers of this game struck a very good balance between that and giving you a fair chance. When you die, it sucks but you don’t feel like you were screwed. The more I play the more nice touches I notice: You can exit the game and come back to your exact location if you are in the middle of a run and need a break. Directional door and item graphics pop up on the edge of the screen…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →S ᴛ ᴀ ʀ ᴡ ᴀ ʀ ᴅ R ᴏ ɢ ᴜ ᴇ is a fully mechanized version of the B ɪ ɴ ᴅ ɪ ɴ ɢ ᴏ ꜰ I ꜱ ᴀ ᴀ ᴄ One can choose a mechwarrior and set foot in a "dungeon" in difficulty of choice, where every room potentially can be ones last. To encounter a significantly large list of different enemies, all with their own attack patterns: mobs, traps, hazards, mini-bosses and naturally - the bosses. Primary, secondary, missile, tertiary & consumptive weaponry can be found in shops as well as loot in an effort to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sure there's a good game under all this. But it's so visually incomprehensible that I just can't get at it. Everything's too small, the art style's too complex, and there's this weird moment when you enter a room when the camera does this weird jitter. It's nauseating and there's no aesthetic signposting for what things are or what you can do. To take Binding of Isaac as an example, it very quickly makes a few things clear: You can fire tears. You can drop bombs. Enemies fire flashing red…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not fond of this kind of game, however : - No bugs - Nice music - Nice graphics - No slow down - Easy to understand - Decent difficulty All in all, I'd say it's a good, polished game that will please people who like bullet hell and stuff like that. But I'm not sure the price is right, and I'(d say it's worth around 8€.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Itsa like a pizza... the main ingredient a Bullethell Shmupp baked into a delicious Roguelite crust sprinkled with some sweet sweet techno, the end result is an addictive mix of genres, so its like a pizza laced with extremely addictive drugs to get you hooked. You've been warned. PS: grab the DLC you wont regret it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a top down arcade shooter roguelite, with some bullethell. If you like those, give it a go! This game has almost no story, the charm is based on gameplay alone. Personally, this game never hooked me in, and I have other things to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starward Rogue is a sci-fi top-down shooter with procedurally generated levels and a basic leveling system. Like most Arcen games, Starward Rogue has some good ideas but suffers from a number of flaws and a general lack of polish. The visual style is rather uninspired, the sound effects are extremely bland and I wasn't a big fan of the soundtrack either. My biggest issue was with the gameplay, however. The controls feel solid enough, but I just didn't find the core shooter gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The futuristic bullet-hell Binding of Issac-clone that you have never heard of! I always was afraid of bullet-hell games. I thought they are too difficult. So here comes Starward Rogue. It has lots of difficulty settings and lots of different starting mechs. This allows you to adjust the game to your liking. It can be a walk in the park or be an absolute misery, you decide! There is a mech that makes the enemies and bullets stop while you are not moving or shooting. (Similar to the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hidden roguelite gem. Somewhat on the easy side on normal, it gets really tough on higher difficulty settings, also feature easy modes (two below normal) for less skilled players. Good diversity of everything, enemies, items, weapons, useable, passives, rooms, bosses, level up mutators. It definitly is replayable from the get go, and the expansion adds another huge chunk. Gameplay is pretty basic (shmup + rogue lite) but works well (i mean it's not really original, it has already been proven…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm usually not very good at these kind of games so the addition of 'very easy' difficulty mode is welcome and adds a reasonable level of challenge for me! Good game, looks pretty and runs very smoothly! Lots of items and enemies and I find the clean sci-fi setting a lot more pleasant than the grimness and grime of binding of isaac.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starward Rogue After spending more time in Starward Rogue. I have 30% of the game unlocked. I wanted to modify my review to be a bit better reflection of the game. If you want the super short review: The game is very good, even at full price. If you want the short 'comparison' review : the game is like The Binding of Issac, or Enter the Gungeon in spirit and replay-ability. Starward Rogue and those other two games I would consider the best top-down rogue games currently available on steam.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apparently this studio, Arcen, has a core fanbase that is willing to take anything from them and call it genius. Me, i just don't get it. All their games are so complicated, look like it's made of space lego from the 80's, sound like a german rave in the 90's, and are generally boring after an hour. But hey. Some dude said it's better than isaac, so better trust him. What do I know ?
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, interesting mix of si-fi rouglike and bullet hell. Lots of variety in enemies, bosses,items, weapons , bullet pasterns and weapons behaviors, this give you lots of replay value and keep it fresh for much longer. Quite enjoyable and I can easily recommend it to any rouglike fan out there :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starward Rogue is a top down shooter roguelike similar to Binding of Isaac. THE PROS - difficult, but fair - rooms are handcrafted, so deaths are never RNG's fault - decent amount of items, mostly stat upgrades or similar - variety of bosses, most have 2+ patterns - dodging feels great - enemy bullet speed is slow enough to dodge, making more precise patterns more possible - 5 difficulties to play - MOST characters are balanced - very replayable - save and quit feature - developers are active…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starward Rogue is top down twin stick shoot em up bullet hell game! Resembling Binding of Issac - if Binding of Issac was colorful, devoid of blasphemy, and had less poop. In many ways, Starward rogue is by all means its own game. You control a mech and transverse room by room defeating enemies. You have your shops and upgrade areas along with your trap rooms and kill rooms; and of course a boss at the end of every level. There are a variety of weapons and equipment along with several…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid roguelike. Plays a little bit like a bullet hell, but the clean presentation makes it pretty easy to see what all is coming at you (unless you get a lot of helper bots, then things can get cluttered). Wide variety of weapons, upgrades, enemies, room types, bosses, minibosses, etc. Lots of options in starting mech so you can customize your run a little right from the start. High replay value. DLC adds a lot of fun content. Everything you'd want from a game like this. Only real unlock…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked this up on sale, based on the review that said it was "better than Binding of Isaac", my favorite roguelike, and because I am a sucker for space themes and mechs stomping around shooting everything. It's clear from the trailer and pics that this is a bullet-hell shooter, but I wasn't prepared for just how fast it played. I died 3 or 4 times on the first level and only once had any idea what killed me. On my last attempt I had wandered into a mini-boss room without any warning…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starward Rogue! Where should I start? Well the game has some unique mechanics, and you really feel like you're progressing each minute. The graphics are not that bad, and the game in generall is just fun to play. The combat and gunshots all over your screen is probably the best part of the game, and the music just fits with all of that. The music also fits the "space" theme. Another key point is that the game has some great boss fights, and you always feel awarded when you finish a new boss!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm rather confused as to why the reviews for this game are so positive. Put simply, this is an amateur rouglike with good controls and gameplay mechanics, but very poor visual and audio design, which is why it didn't keep me interested. For example, when bullets hit a wall, there is no "hit" sound effect or animation. It just dissapears, which makes the bullets feel like nothing. There are many other examples where audio/visuals are missing or thouroughly underwhelming: boosting,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic game, a steal for the amount (especially when it goes on sale)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love this game. It's similar to Binding of Isaac in a lot of ways: Explore a floor composed a various rooms containing enemy encounters, shops or resources, fight a boss, go to the next floor, repeat. But anyone who plays Isaac should definitely try this game out, and anyone who's torn between the two should pick Starward Rogue, and here's why: 1) The soundtrack is a bit sparse, but still rock-solid. You will likely never get tired of it. 2) Very colorful and vibrant. Almost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommended this game for its genre (Bullet-Hell Shoot'em up Roguelite...?) just lazy to write the details but want to add the score. Read someone else!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why do people keep on making roguelites with scarce health? Roguelites are fun as long as they do ANYTHING BUT THAT. There's a perfectly good reason why this is bad. Say that the player has 10 health, gains 1 health every 4 rooms, but loses 1 health every 3 rooms. Will the player be thinking "Wow, that was a tough fight, but I made it!" at any point? No, because everything is so weak that it's rarely damaging the player at all, let alone single-handedly life-threatening. Everything will seem…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game. I am not sure as to why it is not more popular. It is right up my alley. I like the weapon system and the constantly changing gameplay with new items. I am a fan of the challenge it presents. Some mid bosses are almost impossible to beat without getting hit. That is a thrilling 2 minutes let me tell you. The game is pleasing to the eyes too. It is very flashy and well done. The enemy progression makes you want to continue to see what is next. I would like to do more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/U8fzobfMVTA If it's not obviously from it's name 'Starward Rogue' is a roguelike game placing the player in control of a variety of robots all attempting to make their way through a massive doomed spaceship. Moment to moment gameplay leans into the bullet hell genre with enemies filling the rooms with projectiles. Thankfully the robot avatars are equipped with shields and special weapons that are refreshed after each room. This design decision makes the punishing amount of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are fine and everything and it has nice bullet patterns, but I just don't find the game engaging and fun. Sound effects are just kinda meh. Primary gun sounds like something from the old NES days.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely fun game, in a genre (roguelite/shmup hybrid) where I don't think there's much competition (except the recent Neon Chrome, but having played both SR is my current favorite). The only flaw of the game is imo a not yet perfect difficulty curve, since earlier floors (in my own experience) can be harder than later ones, especially at about floors 3-4. Also I'm finding one of the starting ships (the one with the flamethrower) to be much superior to all others. Mostly it's about balance…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steam Summer Sale is about to end in 2 hours, here are some remarkable games which are really cheap: -Brotato: A very good Survivorlike -Prodigal: Zelda like game with GBA esthetique -Levelhead: A solid platformer -Iron Oath: Tactical mercenary action -Starward Rogue: Twin stick shooter
unlabelledView post →This is a retro pixel 2D top down twin stick bullet hell/shmup game where you control a retro pixel robot thing and blast your way through endless samey procgen levels. There's light RPG elements as you can perform various upgrades on your robot thing. Better than most retro pixel games, they opted for a kind of later day 16 bit aesthetic, which permits a bit more resolution, so the game runs in 4K. Usually it's just the terrible quality of retro pixel "art" that consigns a game to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it for 20 minutes and I regret most of that
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's basically Binding of Isaac/Enter the Gungeon/etc, except with a much purer focus on the Bullet Hell genre's roots. Expect lots of slow, colorful bullets in intricate patterns. This game sports lots of good ideas that were executed well. There's a great variety of weapons that genuinely feel different, including defensive options. There's also 12 unique mechs including the expansion, which is a lot. I like how the recharging energy encourages you to make full use of your secondary weapon.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played my fair share of Bullet Hell / Rogue-lite games, but I might have to say I like this one the most. It runs well, it goes quickly, and the enemies don't feel too overpowered; the difficulty settings definitely help in that respect, though. I was beginng to bore of beating some of the bosses/mini-bosses too easily, then they threw in the "novelty" mini-bosses like pattern recognition or obstacle courses to keep it fresh; I was fairly impressed. I picked it up while it was on sale…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bullets and beats, beats and bullets. Also death.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Badass twin-sticker thats almost free its so cheap. Get the dlc too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After a few extreme fails I finally changed the difficulty to "easy" and had a great time. The rogue powerup objects were easier to choose between, I usually have a hell of a time trying to compare marginal items etc. The "dungeon" was not too expansive, there was a bit of back and forth, but I think I eventually completed the 5-level run in maybe 1.5 hours (was over the moon). The Easy setting simplifies the attack patterns, lets you think and makes this a really good intro into the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's practically in Early Access if you look at the update logs for the game since it was released last year (currently on version 1.5.07). The tutorial provides almost no useful information. 3/4 of the battle is lucking into success and saving resources until you hit the lottery. Very low skill required. The controls are very responsive and has several great ideas such a time manipulating robot. The game feels great when having equipment that is effective. Takes too long to get there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Underrated Hidden Gem. Very addictive , great game mechanisms and design. Stands out from most similar games. Highly Recomended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A criminally overlooked masterpiece. Starward Rogue is an icredibly well-made rogue-lite bullet-hell in the vein of Binding of Isaac. Only with robots.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun rogue-like bullet hell shooter. It took me a bit of time to figure out what was going on since I'm not great at this type of game. But once I started figuring things out it turned out to be a lot of fun. Lots of variety, good graphics. Well worth the modest price. Update - I've given up on the game, it got to be too repetitive. Also, I really disliked the levels with lasers and other traps that you have to pick your way through. They take far too much time and don't fit with the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only like this game because I played a similar game called Robokill on Rock Solid Arcade. They're all free, but to fully unlock the games you need to pay a small sum of money. The free part of it is very entertaining. This game is definitely unique compared to Robokill in the sense you get to pick your robot and you can use bloodmoney as well as regular, in-game money. I do have to say, although interesting, unique, and entertaining, I'll have to stick with Robokill, even though I've only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just meh, I don't see a reason to keep playing this. Got it for bullet hell action roguelike tags, feels soulless.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty fun but not that hard. It's definitely a bullet hell, don't get me wrong, but with the vast majority of bullets being slow, it isn't too difficult. There's lots of enemy, boss, and item variety, especially when you factor in the DLC, with each enemy being unique. The only major gripe I have is that primary weapons don't drop very often. I only get one or two per run if I'm lucky. Pick it up when it's on discount, it's still a pretty decent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is pretty cool and fun. It's a twin stick shooter. I like to play as the 2nd ship which has a huge flamethrower. Bullets move slowly so you can dodge. Negatives: Text is very small. It's hard to see how many missiles and secondary I have left. It's also unclear how the secondary recharges. The items need rebalancing- It is not worth it to spend MAX hp on some item. Spending more than half my max hp on a minor upgrade is definitely not worth it, and the game says it costs HP, but it is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing roguelikes for many years, and Starward Rogue is my introduction to the bullet hell genre. It's a fantastic hybrid of both. I'm extremely pleased with it - hard as hell, but with such high replay value I can bear my many losses. I've recently started playing on the normal difficulty level, and I can hardly imagine going higher. But we'll see. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun bullet hell roguelike. Redshift bot was one of my favorites to play with. Great music too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great bullet hell shooter roguelike and I can't believe it's not more popular. Definitely an overlooked gem! First things first, when you start a run you can pick between 9 different mechas, 12 if you have DLC (which is totally worth buying). Each has different stats and starting loadouts. There are 4 different difficulties and normal difficulty is actually fair and is completely skill reliant unlike with some games in the genre. When you just start there are only 5 floors to go…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easy enough to beat on controller on lower difficulties. Pretty brutal otherwise. Replay value and challenge. Glass cannon powerscaling system where you sacrifice max health for power, this concept works wonders as you feel stronger without the game feeling boring/too easy or without the game giving the enemies unproportional buffs in retaliation.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel as if I got lucky finding this game. Very similar to The Binding of Issac with better shooting. Very enjoyable roguelike. I wasn't sure if i would like because of the graphics, but gameplay won me over. I bought it on sale, this and the expansion. I only wish it looked better and was longer. Worth a purchase imo. If you are looking for another roguelike to add to your collection this is an excellent choice
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not so much a bullet hell, but more of a bullet unpleasant place. Still, Arcen Games delivers an original experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like others before it, binding of issac, etc. But its got a scifi theme, at least 8 mechs to choose from. Its also got a really self-paced environment! Want to blitz everything, theres weapons that fire fast and shields that recharge per room. Want to take it nice and slow? There is upgrades that add damage reduction and long range weapons. I feel like theres a mech for almost every play style, with my favorite being the Alpha, you can get silly combos with that thing!
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