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Starvester

70% positive · 733 Steam reviews · released May 29, 2026 · by Syphono4

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~27.8k (P10–P90: 11.1k – 61.2k)

Gross revenue: ~$159k (P10–P90: $63.8k – $351k)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band approximates where about 8 in 10 comparable games land in published studies; some sit outside it. Our own hit rate goes on the accuracy ledger once measured. How we estimate

Estimates are statistical inferences from public data. They are not sourced from Valve or the developer and may deviate materially from actual results. Do not rely on them for investment or contractual decisions. As of Jul 6, 2026.

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 68% positive across 47 stored reviews. Casual games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 86% (median of 4073 games).

Performance & stability40% positive · 62 mentions
“I suggest you largely ignore the negative reviews because it seems these days a large portion of the population have the attention spans of goldfish and wholly unrealistic expectations. It's got a couple bugs with the UI, and the prestige…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 59 h played · Report / request removal
Price & value69% positive · 51 mentions
“I stumbled upon this game completely by accident and ended up getting stuck in it for several days. The best part is that it is essentially an idle simulator, meaning you can safely leave it running, forget about it for a while, and then…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 8 h played · Report / request removal
Content & longevity53% positive · 47 mentions
“good game for 6 euro for 6 hours, tho they need to fix the endgame interger overflow where if the price get high enought it bugs out and become 0, but that only happends when shop prices goes over e13 numbers while in the vallet you can…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 6 h played · Report / request removal
Visuals & audio66% positive · 47 mentions
“I stumbled upon this game completely by accident and ended up getting stuck in it for several days. The best part is that it is essentially an idle simulator, meaning you can safely leave it running, forget about it for a while, and then…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 8 h played · Report / request removal
Gameplay & mechanics58% positive · 45 mentions
“I stumbled upon this game completely by accident and ended up getting stuck in it for several days. The best part is that it is essentially an idle simulator, meaning you can safely leave it running, forget about it for a while, and then…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 8 h played · Report / request removal
Difficulty & balance59% positive · 22 mentions
“its good most of the reviews that make it mixed are from people complaining about late game balance...tbh been exactly a month guys...he's a solo dev let him polish it ok just give it a try and don't go in saying oh its mixed reviews its a…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 1 h played · Report / request removal
Controls & UI33% positive · 21 mentions
“I suggest you largely ignore the negative reviews because it seems these days a large portion of the population have the attention spans of goldfish and wholly unrealistic expectations. It's got a couple bugs with the UI, and the prestige…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 59 h played · Report / request removal
Story & writing69% positive · 13 mentions
“Pretty solid for about 10-12 hrs of play. That's how long it took me to get all the achievements (not my primary objective) and another 3-4 hours of fiddling around with the idea of skipping entire planets and factory systems to rush to…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 16 h played · Report / request removal

336 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

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