Star Drifter
Short description
Star Drifter is a super hard and hectic space shooter, inspired by classics such as R Type, Xenon, Galaxian, Moon Cresta and Gradius.
- Developer
- Nostalgia Hound, PiGravity
- Publisher
- Back To Basics Gaming
- Release
- Wed, Jun 01, 2016
- Price
- $1.99
- Reviews
- 122
- Positive
- 48%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 200K – 500K
- Concurrent players
- 2
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Indie
- Features
- Steam Trading Cards
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $1.11, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $1.99 launch price. That is 44% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Aug 5, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
247 data points going back to Jun 1, 2016 lie outside the 90-day window of your plan. Plus shows the complete history.
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