StarsAway Reviews

(For short summary review, check the last paragraph) I'm a big fan of On-Rails Shooters, and this one caught my eye. For it's price definitely gave it a shot, and I genuinely had a great time. I mostly found it much easier and better to play with a controller, in my opinion. Mostly all these hours were put into the Regular Novice Mode, attempting to get as far as I can. But all the other mini-games helped change up the game. As you play, going further into it and playing harder modes, you unlock more mini-games which really feels good to earn as you play. The Main Menu also changes to visually as you play along, which is amazingly satisfying to me. With most On-Rails shooters, the goal is to kill all enemies on screen. With this one, it changes it up, with the lazers slowly accumulating your fire-rate. If you cease firing long enough it'll be charged up and fire rapidly, helping on defeating enemies much faster than your standard fire-rate. There are charge pickups that increase fire-rate that can help you in a pinch or save it up for going even further beyond on your fire-rate. If I was to give advice to go really far, Health pickups are an absolute must! You will take damage here and there, and missing Health pickups can be deadly if you are careless. Some enemies may be worth avoiding, than trying to defeat them head on. All in all, I think this games price worth is between $5-$10, having 3 difficulties, and 7 mini-game modes. Being a lone creator to boot is also impressive from several games I've played made by one person. So, for it's price, sale or not, is an absolute awesome deal. I highly recommend this!

Fun game when played with a controller. Good Steam Deck game.

To be honest, the game is too simple and I don't mean difficulty wise. It has very little content (3 stages that loop and a few very rudimentary "mini-games" that you only unlock by playing the looping main game over and over), it is basically only fly and shoot and the accelerating/breaking doesn't really do what it is supposed to. You don't get faster/slower, the ship only goes further away from your camera or even into the camera so you don't see it anymore. I don't want to be rude because I really like those kinds of games but you are way better off playing others, like Ex-Zodiac for example. (If there's any issue with the comprehensibility of this comment I just want you to know that English isn't my first language)

A nice flying shooty game with a retro feel, very easy to get absorbed by. Feels easy to play despite it being clearly being a challenge for my aging brain - my 5 year old is very disappointed by my performance and is puzzled as to how I keep forgetting that I'm not supposed to crash :p

A great fun game with a real old school look and feel, with a really nice sound track. Perfect for playing in short bursts, so great for when your on the bus, taking a break or just have a few minutes to kill. For the price, you can't go wrong.