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DemonStar
The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“fast-paced, top-down retro-style arcade shooter where you pilot a spaceship, shoot at hordes of enemies and collect power-ups whilst dodging missiles and bosses ✅Fast, dynamic pace, plenty of shooting, explosions and chaos ✅The game features loads of weapon bonuses, bombs,…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Played alot of this game when I was a kid on a old desktop my father gave me... back in win xp! I love how the remastered graphics look like! Nostalgia really hit hard with this one! Still difficult as fck ahaha Worth very cent! 07/10”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Runs flawlessly on Steam Deck. Nostalgic and fun experience.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-04 via SteamCharts.
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v2.0 Update Status
I wanted to give everyone the status on the v2.0 update of Demonstar. A lot of work went into getting what is currently there. Very soon I'll have the full release of v2.0 ready to go. The game has im
DemonStar OG v1.1
v1.1 change log Graphics: • Moved framerate option to the Video Menu • Added an option to change to lower resolution video mode • Added an option to turn on and off pixel smoothing • Changed the Mount
DemonStar v1.05
*Redid mouse control to work more like original *Fixed bug with shots rotating to wrong color *Fixed rare crash when loading sound effects
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Action · Flight · Shooter · 2D · Top-Down · Mars · Pixel Graphics · Space · 1990's · Old School · Destruction (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Full controller support · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://www.mking.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7,10,11 Processor: i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia 760 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 600 MB available space