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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.
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 29 Oct, 15:22 UTC | 0 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchJune 2016 | 34 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onSeptember 2016 | 2 | 5.9% | Loses players fast (better than 4% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onJune 2017 | 43 | 1.3× | Holds players well (better than 96% of 7,653 other games) |
Star Drifter kept 5.9% of the average players it had at its launch in June 2016 after 3 months and 1.3× after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 23 Oct) | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 2 | −2 | −56.2% | 6 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 4 | +3 | +195.1% | 10 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 3 | 0 | −12.2% | 6 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 3 | 0 | −12.7% | 7 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 3 | +1 | +31.4% | 9 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 3 | −2 | −49.5% | 7 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 5 | +4 | +219.4% | 7 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 2 | −2 | −57% | 5 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 4 | +3 | +287.5% | 9 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 6 | 0 | −2.5% | 10 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 6 | +2 | +66.9% | 16 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 4 | — | — | 9 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 1 | −20 | −95% | 3 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 21 | −24 | −52.9% | 70 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 45 | +31 | +211.8% | 281 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 15 | 0 | +0.8% | 100 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 14 | +1 | +10.7% | 375 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 13 | −17 | −56.6% | 93 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 30 | +28 | +1,188.4% | 90 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 2 | −9 | −79.3% | 4 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 11 | −14 | −55.8% | 494 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 25 | +21 | +514.7% | 387 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 4 | −5 | −53.4% | 12 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 9 | +3 | +57.4% | 131 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | −14 | −70.8% | 33 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 19 | +4 | +21.9% | 174 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 16 | −33 | −67.5% | 282 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 49 | +22 | +82.6% | 812 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 27 | +20 | +280.1% | 340 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 7 | +5 | +214.3% | 43 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 2 | −12 | −84.2% | 9 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 14 | +2 | +13.7% | 128 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 13 | +8 | +150.1% | 135 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 5 | +2 | +85.5% | 29 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 3 | — | — | 8 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 3 | — | — | 5 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 3 | — | — | 8 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 2 | −1 | −25.2% | 8 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 2 | −1 | −34.5% | 5 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 4 | −3 | −47.8% | 10 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 7 | −17 | −71.8% | 268 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 23 | −8 | −25.1% | 1,579 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 31 | −24 | −43.6% | 1,717 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 55 | +16 | +42.1% | 1,825 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 39 | −40 | −50.5% | 1,888 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 79 | +78 | +7,923.5% | 1,864 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 1 | −16 | −94.1% | 4 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 17 | −137 | −89.1% | 797 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 153 | +152 | +14,646.2% | 2,918 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 1 | 0 | +8.3% | 4 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 1 | −14 | −93.7% | 3 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 15 | +15 | +2,343.5% | 627 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 1 | 0 | −42.1% | 2 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 1 | 0 | +1.9% | 3 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 1 | 0 | +7.1% | 3 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 1 | +1 | +308.3% | 3 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 0 | 0 | −55.6% | 2 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 1 | 0 | −20.6% | 3 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 1 | 0 | +100% | 4 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 0 | 0 | −45.2% | 3 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 1 | 0 | +59% | 5 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 0 | 0 | −4.9% | 3 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 0 | −1 | −65.3% | 4 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 1 | +1 | +103.4% | 7 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 1 | 0 | −29.3% | 4 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 1 | 0 | −25.5% | 4 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 1 | +1 | +307.4% | 14 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 0 | −2 | −90.1% | 10 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 3 | +2 | +403.7% | 521 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 1 | 0 | +3.8% | 6 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 1 | 0 | −41.6% | 6 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 1 | −1 | −51.1% | 23 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 2 | −3 | −60.2% | 497 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 5 | 0 | −3.2% | 830 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 5 | −23 | −82.7% | 43 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 27 | +17 | +156.1% | 518 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 11 | +4 | +52.8% | 309 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 7 | −26 | −78.8% | 190 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 33 | −5 | −13.7% | 359 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 38 | −2 | −4.5% | 253 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 40 | −45 | −52.9% | 515 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 85 | +41 | +93.7% | 960 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 44 | +1 | +1.8% | 480 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 43 | −16 | −27.2% | 385 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 59 | +39 | +199.1% | 909 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 20 | −28 | −59% | 377 |
| March 2017Mar 2017 | 48 | +40 | +480.6% | 387 |
| February 2017Feb 2017 | 8 | +2 | +25.8% | 112 |
| January 2017Jan 2017 | 7 | −1 | −12.7% | 93 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 8 | +6 | +321.2% | 432 |
| November 2016Nov 2016 | 2 | 0 | +5.3% | 23 |
| October 2016Oct 2016 | 2 | 0 | −15% | 7 |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 2 | −2 | −49.6% | 19 |
| August 2016Aug 2016 | 4 | −22 | −84.5% | 19 |
| July 2016Jul 2016 | 26 | −8 | −24.3% | 242 |
| June 2016Jun 2016 | 34 | — | — | 114 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
