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Stardust Demon

Stardust Demon

A retro story-rich metroidvania filled with unique and diverse abilities, and quirky, charming aliens and demons. Algol is witness to a catastrophe that sends the universe into disarray, uncover a mysterious evil plot and find many hidden rooms that test your skills.

Released Oct 23, 2024 Developer resnijars Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SurrealFMVCartoonyCuteMetroidvania
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

82.9%positive82 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“An optional challenges/exploration focused metroidvania with quirky lovable characters and writing. Its difficulty curve smoothens out as you accumulate health upgrades Gives me nostalgic cave story vibes where. If you like one you'll probably like the other. Similarly to cave…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game has a wide range of difficulty, and some optional areas are super hard. But the difficulty makes you feel like you earned what you found. The story is absolutely top notch, and pulls just hard enough on your heart strings to make you feel like the end is near, but…”

— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I came back to this game again and again and I just can't do it. It's a terrible Metroidvania with a terrible ammo system. It expects you to do huge areas with pixel perfection. It is obscure as can be, with nearly zero resources (besides the dev who is basically answering one…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 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 2026-09-26.

22achievements
3.9%median completion
0.8%rarest: Boss Rush Master
10.3% of players 9.7% of players 8.6% of players 6.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 1.5% of players 0.8% of players 10.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
10.3%The Journey Continues — Reach the Promontories.
9.7%25% Treasures — Open 25% of the treasure chests.
8.6%Module Geek — Purchase all the base types of modules.
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Boss Rush Master — Defeat all of the bosses in Boss Rush mode.
1.5%Out of Order [A] — Leave Wexia before repairing the ship.
3.0%Boss Rush Beginner — Defeat 1 boss in Boss Rush mode.

Latest official news

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

Oct 27, 2025
Update V1.11 (All Builds)

Just a tiny update for the Mac & Linux versions of the game, and also fixing a bug that may have made achievements of the Windows v1.11 update not properly load on Steam. Patch notes: Added an option

Oct 10, 2025
Update 1.11 (Windows Only)

Just a tiny update this time. It's Windows only to start because it's so minor. Patch notes: Added an option to disable the HP bar animated texture effect to potentially help performance on specific c

Aug 11, 2025
Two NEW Features: Boss Rush & Meteorites!!

Achievements/Meteorites! We've added achievements to the game. We leaned towards completionist rewards and rewards for major tasks such as completing the game, rather than "jump 10 times"-style achiev

Jul 11, 2025
Update 1.09 (All builds)

Fixed a soft-locking bug for when you reach the Poacher area of Purrafiny. It occurred when you talked to the NPC in the cell the first time and saved and quit before activating the second trigger.

Mar 26, 2025
Update 1.08 (Mac)

Same update as Windows and Linux now available for Mac. Includes the following fixes: -disabled the pogo for one of the puzzles in the Wexia Promontory -fixed two small typos for late game items in th

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsSurreal · FMV · Cartoony · Cute · Metroidvania · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Old School · Pixel Graphics · Exploration · LGBTQ+ · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://www.resnijars.com/stardust/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M CPU @2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Storage: 500 MB available space