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DemonStar

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..

What works

  • Faithful remaster preserving classic gameplay
  • Two modes: legacy and enhanced for different preferences
  • Local cooperative play
  • Smooth performance and modern quality-of-life improvements
  • Strong nostalgic appeal and satisfying skill-based challenge

Things to keep in mind

  • Enhanced mode balance issues and weapon power complaints
  • Lack of online multiplayer and modding support
  • Some control issues especially with mouse and keyboard
  • Short campaign length
  • Minimal narrative and customization

What to play next

Top picks

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Hidden Gems

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

DemonStar: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 24/07/2026