Name: Shooting Stars
Brand: Fanatical
Price: 0.49 USD
Availability: InStock

Deal overview

Shooting Stars is currently 90% off on Fanatical — down to $0.49 from $4.99.

At 90% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Shooting Stars reaches on Fanatical — near its typical floor.

That works out to $4.50 off the Fanatical list price of $4.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Fanatical page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

Before you buy, read our buying guide or compare more fanatical deals on GamesCreed.

About this game

Shooting Stars takes the old bullet-hell shmup formula and points it squarely at pop culture, casting thinly-veiled parodies of internet celebrities as the alien invaders you need to blast out of the sky. It’s a game that knows exactly how silly it is, and it leans into that instead of pretending to be anything more serious than a colorful, fast-paced arcade shooter with a joke on every screen.

How it plays

At its heart this is a top-down shoot’em up: you dodge patterns, blast waves of enemies, and work your way toward the celebrity-inspired boss fights that give each stage its punchline. What keeps runs from feeling repetitive is the sheer pile of weapons and items on offer, over 50 of them, and the fact that grabbing a new one genuinely changes how you play rather than just bumping a damage number. One run you’re clearing the screen with cloned allies, the next you’re leaning on a cat-shaped rocket launcher or some other deliberately absurd gadget. Between the randomized loadouts and the daily-generated levels you can compare against friends on a leaderboard, plus a separate roguelike card-based mode for solo runs, the game is built around replaying the same basic loop with a different toolkit each time rather than a long, scripted campaign.

Who it’s for

If you grew up on shmups and space invader clones but want something with a sense of humor and a modern coat of paint, this hits the mark. It’s also a good fit for anyone who likes short, replayable arcade sessions and chasing a higher spot on a daily leaderboard rather than committing to a long story. People who take their bullet-hell seriously and want tight, punishing pattern design without the jokes might find the celebrity satire more distracting than charming, and if pop culture references from the mid-2010s don’t land for you, some of the humor may feel dated rather than funny. It’s also not the game for someone hunting a meaty single-player campaign with narrative stakes.

Is it worth it?

For what it is, a lighthearted, replayable shooter with a big pile of weapons to unlock and modes built for repeat sessions, it’s a reasonable pickup for fans of the genre who want something to dip into rather than marathon. It’s not a game that demands a huge time investment to appreciate, and the item variety means it holds up over multiple short sessions instead of getting stale after one sitting. This is exactly the kind of title that makes more sense as a sale purchase than a full-price impulse buy: it’s a fun genre exercise with a niche sense of humor, worth grabbing when you can add it to your library cheaply and pull it out whenever you want a quick, chaotic run rather than one you have to fully justify upfront.