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BroodStar

BroodStar

BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.

Released Jun 15, 2022 Developer David Schmidthoffer, Mae Livingston Publisher David Schmidthoffer Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Rogue-liteShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterBullet HellRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $10.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

94.9%positive98 reviews
Recommended · 33 found this helpful

“Broodstar is a Roguelite Bullet Hell game with a persistent upgrade skill tree similar to something like Rogue Legacy. The game features a dodge roll mechanic similar to Dark Souls, but it's flavored as using Fuel (as opposed to stamina) to dash the ship in a direction. There…”

— a player, Steam review · 102 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Getting straight to it, I love Broodstar. I'm always searching for those rare gems that have near-infinite replayability, and this game has it. No two runs are ever the same (unless you want that, just enter a seed number) and the strategy of mixing and matching modules gives…”

— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Countless items and pickups for a seemingly endless amount of builds to always keep the gameplay fresh and exciting. Awesome art, music, and sound design too!”

— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

79achievements
26.6%median completion
1.5%rarest: Are You a God?
93.9% of players 93.2% of players 87.5% of players 72.1% of players 72.1% of players 69.9% of players 65.8% of players 64.6% of players 63.9% of players 63.4% of players 60.2% of players 58.2% of players 57.9% of players 57.6% of players 57.1% of players 55.7% of players 52.0% of players 47.5% of players 46.9% of players 46.5% of players 45.9% of players 44.6% of players 44.2% of players 44.2% of players 41.0% of players 40.5% of players 39.2% of players 37.9% of players 37.1% of players 36.6% of players 35.1% of players 34.7% of players 34.4% of players 34.4% of players 33.3% of players 32.5% of players 31.1% of players 29.8% of players 28.6% of players 26.6% of players 25.7% of players 25.4% of players 23.0% of players 22.3% of players 21.8% of players 21.7% of players 21.4% of players 20.8% of players 20.2% of players 19.7% of players 19.2% of players 19.0% of players 18.8% of players 18.4% of players 18.3% of players 18.0% of players 17.8% of players 16.3% of players 15.6% of players 14.8% of players 93.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.9%Say Hello To My Little Friend — Got a Helper Drone!
93.2%Queen Slayer — Vanquished the Mantis Queen.
87.5%Robo Assault — Obtain the Drone Raid Module.
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Are You a God? — Complete a run without taking any damage.
2.5%New Game- — Clear Hard Difficulty with 0 spent Research Points.
3.6%Gotta Install 'Em All — Acquired every single module.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 29, 2024
New Game Announcement: Pit of Gerstan!

Hi Everyone! I'm excited announce our newest game: Pit of Gerstan! It is an action roguelite dungeon-clearing game, with a similar upgrade system to BroodStar. We are planning to release a demo build

Feb 20, 2024
Gameplay Update 1.6.0 - Details

Hi everyone, As promised, here are the details for the Update coming on the 23rd, I'd also like to mention that the game will also be available for Xbox One, Series X/S systems and is now available fo

Feb 12, 2024
Upcoming Gameplay Update

Hi everyone, Just a heads up that the game will receive a new patch featuring many gameplay updates on the 23rd of February, more details to come soon, along with another announcement.

Nov 19, 2023
Fixes, Small QOL, Demo Updated!

Hi everyone! We have issued a few small fixes for some leaderboard related issues and other small inconsistencies. Other than that, the Demo has also been updated to the latest version to better refle

Jun 14, 2023
New Update, Global Leaderboards, Switch version

Hi everyone! The next update is upon us, with new additions, reworked assets, and a cross-platform global leaderboard, and maybe a new secret? The update will go live along with the Switch version on

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsRogue-lite · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · Bullet Hell · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · Arcade · 2D · Perma Death · Space · Sci-fi · Retro (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements79
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550 Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 510 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 700 MB available space