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Star Drifter
Star Drifter is a super hard and hectic space shooter, inspired by classics such as R Type, Xenon, Galaxian, Moon Cresta and Gradius.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“Very slow and poorly optimized arcade shoot em up. Far better ones of steam to enjoy.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Ship drifts like dad after sauna, asteroids judge my life choices. Ugly space soup but I keep slurping the pain.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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Get Star Drifter and more in the 'Back In Time Bundle'
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/498/ The 'Back In Time Bundle' is live! You can get a set of three retro inspired Steam games and at a juicy discount.
Get Star Drifter and more in the 'Back In Time Bundle'
http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/498/ The 'Back In Time Bundle' is live! You can get a set of three retro inspired Steam games and at a juicy discount.
Star Drifter version 1.12 is live. Patch fix.
Hey everyone, We have just updated the game build to version_1.12 Several bugs are gone and we improved the general performance. When we went live we had some users reporting almost immediately about
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Action · Casual · Shoot 'Em Up (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.backtobasicsgaming.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/8/10 Processor: 1.5Ghz or better Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0 Compatible Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 Compatible Sound