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Pulstar
Pulstar is a fast paced arcade game that brings back the basic of its genre. No nonsense, just kill as long as you can to gain the highest score as possible! This concept gives Pulstar the challenge and high replay value real fans of this genre need!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“I like the game, but it uses the background to make the game more difficult. Sometimes you'll run into enemies because they are hard to see thanks to the background, and worse yet, that's how the developers wanted the game. It also gets hard at 4:00 minutes into the game and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I personally really enjoyed this game, it brings back old arcade games like Geometry Wars in its own unique way. The game has a very benefical concept of easy to learn, but hard to master, which I really liked. Check out my video for more info:…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“This is a twin-stick shooter where you blast intergalactic parasites and-Oh why do I even bother? Let's skip ahead to why I gave this game a thumbs-down. Typically in an arcade game you can be awarded a 1up for passing certain scores. Let's say the first 1up is for 50,000…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Last chance to grab Pulstar!
Hello! Wow it has almost been ten years that we've posted something and we are actually here to say goodbye! We are ending our publishing business by the end of this month. Therefore most of the games
Pulstar receives update and is now available for Linux!
Greetings Pulstar community, today we present to you the first update for Pulstar, here's a quick rundown of the update highlights: ADDED LINUX SUPPORT (YEAH) multiplayer has been tweaked, making it a
Pulstar receives update and is now available for Linux!
Greetings Pulstar community, today we present to you the first update for Pulstar, here's a quick rundown of the update highlights: ADDED LINUX SUPPORT (YEAH) multiplayer has been tweaked, making it a
Pulstar is out now with a launch discount of 20%!
Finally, we are proud to let you know that Pulstar is available on Steam! http://store.steampowered.com/app/280460 To celebrate this fantastic event, Pulstar is 20% off for the next 7 days. We hope yo
Pulstar is out now with a launch discount of 20%!
Finally, we are proud to let you know that Pulstar is available on Steam! http://store.steampowered.com/app/280460 To celebrate this fantastic event, Pulstar is 20% off for the next 7 days. We hope yo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Action · Singleplayer · Shooter · Controller · 2D · Co-op · Sci-fi · Atmospheric · Top-Down · Arcade · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Stats |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | http://www.play-pulstar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or higher Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.7ghz, or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4600 or higher DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: Controller recommended