
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
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The Merlian Empire has seized control of the Five Worlds. With the galaxy under threat, hope lies in the hands of the Starlight Squad—a fearless team of heroines ready to fight back.
Starlight Squad is a fast-paced vertical shoot 'em up featuring handcrafted pixel art, epic boss battles, and explosive arcade action. Choose one of three playable pilots—each with a unique ship, playstyle, and special ability—and take the fight across five visually distinct planets.
Power up as you play! Collect resources during missions to upgrade your ship's firepower, fine-tune your rate of fire, and boost your movement speed. Tactically adapt your build mid-mission to face escalating challenges and screen-filling enemy waves.
💥 Key Features:
Character-Driven Shmup Combat – Choose from three heroines, each offering a different way to play with unique weapons and special attacks.
Dynamic In-Game Upgrades – Improve your ship's shot type, fire rate, and speed on the fly as you battle through increasingly intense stages.
Five Planets to Liberate – Fight through vibrant levels with unique hazards, enemy types, and climactic boss encounters.
Retro Pixel Art with Modern Flair – A colorful, detailed pixel-art style brings each world and character to life.
For Veterans and Newcomers Alike – Balanced difficulty modes ensure both genre fans and curious cadets can join the fight.
Join the Starlight Squad, blast through enemy lines, and reclaim the stars—one pixel at a time.
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Languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian
Reviews
The good: It plays well. It's cheap. It sounds good. The bad: It's a bit bland and the enemy waves repeat themselves pretty quickly. You start out underpowered, so you have to grind for your upgrades. Once you've chosen which spaceship you want to control, you can't change your choice unless you start a new game. There are no high scores. And the ugly: You have a big hitbox. It has easy achievements. It's a bit short. It has no actual waifu content. It's fine not great nor bad... maybe mid... /10
A bit on the easy side, but VERY fun to play.
Achei a proposta interessante. Joguei um pouco e gostei do que vi, irei colocá-lo em minha lista de jogos a serem zerados
Too difficult by bad design, I had high hope for this cause I like Arcade shooters and I like pixel art. One major issue is, there is no checkpoints after each level meaning after getting hit 3 times your back to the beginning of the game. You cant save your points to buy upgrades cause you need them to replenish your health from taking unavoidable hits. Dodging bullets is so unfair cause your so slow when your enemies more like 3x faster than you. The bosses are bad cause they sometimes shoots bullet patterns that cross over each other that are impossible to avoid.
A fun shoot’em up with strong retro vibes. You have to play with the CRT filter on. Great boss fights and solid progression.
Eu gostei do Starlight Squad, jogo bacana de shmup na Steam! Em umas 3 horas dá pra fazer 100% das conquistas. Um diferencial deste jogo é que você não perde as melhorias quando morre, então, em algum momento, você irá terminar o game. :-)
Jogar este jogo no Steam Deck tem sido uma experiência incrível! A qualidade do jogo é excepcional, com uma progressão envolvente e muito bem estruturada. Se você tem um Steam Deck, pode comprar sem medo—vale cada centavo! A diversão é garantida!
Underwhelming euro-shmup that falls into nearly every pitfall of the style: peashooter weapons, overly long levels with repetitive enemy waves, poor balance exacerbated by the upgrade shop system — at least there's no movement inertia but there [i]is[/i] eurotechno music! Now, it's apparent from the get-go that it's a euro-shmup and I can enjoy one now and then, but this is just a really cheap and underwhelming example of one. Backgrounds are very sparse, enemy designs are as bland and their behaviours, and overall it feels more like a sketch of game than a fully fleshed out one. The game isn't [i]broken[/i] or anything, and I've certainly played worse in the genre, but you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.
Um jogo de navinha bem simples, tem um sistema de "reparo" e de melhorias que deixa ele levemente diferente do "comum". O jogo tem até um core interessante mas acaba pecando em conteúdo. São só 5 chefes e as modificações além de poucas são simples de mais. Não dá pra fazer alguma build muito louca ou muito op. É decente e até bem divertido, mas falta conteúdo. O jogo até tem uns inimigos legais, mas os chefes são bem básicos. No fim é um joguinho divertido pra matar um tempo e só. Não é ruim, mas ainda sim esperava um tantinho a mais de conteúdo, por conta disso dou um 6,5/10. Vale dar uma olhadinha e comprar na promoção pra apoiar um projeto brasileiro. Meu problema com o jogo fica realmente só pelo pouco conteúdo, principalmente tendo jogado Kalinur (jogo anterior do mesmo desenvolvedor) que era simples mas tinha um conteúdo legal. Acho que isso acabou me colocando uma expectativa que o jogo fosse um pouquinho mais robusto.
I wasn't expecting it, but I got hooked. The gameplay loop where you collect stars to buy upgrades is addicting. I'm almost maxing out the blue ship, and I can't stop.
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