Star Drifter overview

Overview

Star Drifter comes from Nostalgia Hound, PiGravity and is published by Back To Basics Gaming. It arrived on Steam on Jun 1, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Star Drifter's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 3 October 2026 - 11:16:57 UTC, with a tracked peak near 177. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 47% positive across 230 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Star Drifter is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Star Drifter has sold up to 12,159 units and has 121 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $9,037. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Star Drifter overview details

Star Drifter combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Features: Level up your space pilot. Earn points by destroying enemies and surviving. Spend your points at the shop, upgrade your ship and equip a variety of defence and weapon systems. A massive amount of randomly generated enemies, power ups, secret weapons and huge bosses. Protect your ship! Exit your ship and attack the aliens while your shields are regenerating. An awesome authentic chip sound track. Disclaimer: Star Drifter is a full screen action space shooter. You play with your keyboard. We have developed the game to feel like an old school arcade, hard, very hard, super punishing space shooter. The game is not easy and you will die a lot. Please take caution, if you're in the mood for something that will hold your hand or let you win, you're in the wrong place. Star Drifter is ideal for casual gamers that enjoy a real challenge. Prepare to be destroyed over and over again, lose your score and rage at the computer. Thank you and good luck! Dan and Martin.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Star Drifter is listed as a game with $1.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 3 October 2026 - 11:16:57 UTC, a tracked peak of 177, and 47% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieActionCasualShoot 'Em Up

Support and legal notes

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