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Rogue Star Rescue

Rogue Star Rescue

Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything

Released Feb 4, 2021 Developer Chute Apps Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Twin Stick ShooterAction RoguelikeOnline Co-OpBullet HellTop-Down Shooter
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

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

90.4%positive136 reviews
Recommended · 32 found this helpful

“This game is real close to being a game that can compare to games like Enter the Gungeon, or Binding of Isaac. I think the only thing this game needs to add are QoL features. Things like a weapon wheel, not getting caught on environmental items against the wall, companions not…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“I'm impressed, seriously! At first glance it's a simple arcade shooter... but there is much more delicious stuff inside :) Even at the Early Access stage, the game has lots of fun 1) Movement \ jumps \ teleportation - set high dynamics 2) weapon options \ limited ammo \…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“This is a great multiplayer game. I had plenty of fun with friends on this one. It can be challenging but not alright unforgiving. A good game to pickup for professionals looking for a slightly more relaxed time and some laughs, or for a new player to this genre to pick up this…”

— a player, Steam review · 41 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.

48achievements
0.6%median completion
0.1%rarest: All Survival 3 Stars
83.3% of players 71.8% of players 58.8% of players 54.9% of players 52.2% of players 42.9% of players 42.1% of players 38.6% of players 37.5% of players 36.8% of players 34.2% of players 33.1% of players 27.0% of players 25.8% of players 25.5% of players 17.4% of players 14.3% of players 13.3% of players 12.6% of players 12.0% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 83.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.3%Primary Defense Station Completed — Narrowly escaped the invasion
71.8%Level 5 — Reluctantly crouched at the starting line
58.8%Level 10 — I will survive
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%All Survival 3 Stars — Riding the waves... like a champ!
0.1%Triple Shot Hero — 3 down, 1 bullet
0.1%Single Gun Champion — One gun kind of man / woman

Latest official news

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

Jan 23, 2025
INFEST 1.0 is Here—From the Creators of Rogue Star Rescue!

Hello RSR fans! If you enjoyed Rogue Star Rescue’s mix of decision-making and action-packed gameplay, you’ll love the strategic depth and intense challenges of INFEST 1.0. Like Rogue Star Rescue, INFE

Jul 31, 2024
🔥 INFEST is Here! - New Game from Chute Apps 🔥

Hello Rogue Star Rescue players, We’re thrilled to announce that INFEST, our latest game, has just launched and is now available on Steam! Infest is a roguelike deckbuilder where every pixel on the ba

Mar 18, 2024
Repterra Officially Announced!

I've been playing RTS games since the early 90s (civ, C&C, OG starcraft). Now we're making our own RTS game, where the goal is to build a colony in a land infest by 100,000 dinosaurs (we let them bree

Oct 27, 2023
V1.4.8 Update + Extraktion 1943

Hello all! V1.4.8 has just been released! We've been gathering continuous feedback in this time since V1.0, and we've been using it to improve the game. This update fixes some pesky bugs and adds more

May 03, 2023
Forest Fire is out of Early Access!

My latest project Forest Fire is out of early access today! If you like RSR I'm sure you'll love Forest Fire. I'm also offering a launch discount so you can pick it up for less than the price of a bur

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsTwin Stick Shooter · Action Roguelike · Online Co-Op · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Perma Death · Rogue-lite · Multiple Endings · Tower Defense · Nonlinear · Local Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Portuguese - Brazil * , German * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements48
Official sitehttp://www.chuteapps.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (2*1866) or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7600 GS (512 MB) or equivalent Storage: 1 GB available space