BroodStar v1.6.2
BroodStar is an arcade shoot-'em-up with roguelike elements where players pilot a ship to battle the living planet BroodStar. Navigate procedurally generated levels, collect over 200 upgrades that combine into unique combos, and spend research points to permanently augment your ship between runs. Face challenging bosses, random events, and stage modifiers in fast-paced combat.
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BroodStar Overview
BroodStar is a classic arcade shoot’em up with heavy roguelike elements. Careful, though… the vastness of space contains many formidable enemies. If you fall along the way, you have to start over — the only thing you’ll bring with you are the upgrade modules you collected in your past runs, in the form of research points that augment your ship. Will they be enough to get you through hordes of unknown creatures and monstrous bosses, and fulfill your quest of defeating the living planet — the BroodStar?
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Features
- 12 Procedurally Generated Levels with Random Enemies, Events and Bosses
- Challenges and Leaderboards
- 7 Main and 6 Sub Weapon Types
- 200 Unique Upgrades
- Research System
- Seed System
- Challenging Bosses and Boss Variations
- Stage Modifiers and Events

There are 12 campaign stages, each with its own unique theme and enemy types. Keep an eye out for some secret/optional stages as well!
Besides the campaign you can also tackle a few challenge stages with specific setups and separate leaderboards!

Stage Modifiers will change the behavior of the enemies and introduce new hazards. Events such as ambushes, mid-stage bosses and more can spawn during each stage, introducing a new objective when triggered and generously rewarding the player when completed.

Enemies in BroodStar are a variety of standard SHMUP enemies and some more “confrontational” ones. There will be quite a few that aren’t afraid to get in your face and ruin your day. Enemies that spawn in “Infected” stages are even tougher than their normal counterparts, so watch out!

The Upgrades in BroodStar can vary from simple Stat Upgrades that power up your ship, to more advanced types that can grant you powerful Active Items,
Projectile Modifiers or Drone Companions. Most of the Upgrade modules will combine with eachother to create unique combos. There are a ton of combo possibilities so don’t be afraid to experiment!

The Research System will allow you to further power up your ship before each playthrough. Research points are obtained through picking up Modules of any kind and may be spent on any of the 3 available Research Trees: Offense, Defense and Utility.

Each playthrough will have a unique string identifier that determines the generated content. Share this seed with your friends so they can experience the same crazy combos and hardships that you did!
System Requirements
- System: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 510
- DirectX: DirectX 9.0
- Storage: 700 MB available space
- System: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-3220
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: Intel UHD 605 or equivalent
- DirectX: DirectX 12
- Storage: 700 MB available space
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Additional Download Details
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BroodStar © David Schmidthoffer, Mae Livingston / David Schmidthoffer, Mae Livingston
We only provide full unmodified DRM-free GOG installers. No serial key, activation, or crack needed.
Latest we have v1.6.2 –> Check version info and changelog
Previous versions (2)
Easy to Download, Install and Play
- Click the download button. You can also select a previous version if available.
- You’ll be redirected to Vidgazoo. Wait 5 seconds, then directly click the button or copy the link.
- Make sure you have a supported download client installed (it’s free here) before downloading.
- Once the download process reaches 100%, locate the downloaded files.
- Get ready for installation and make sure you have enough disk space for the game.
- To Install DRM-free BroodStar:
- Run or double-click
setup_broodstar_********.exeto launch the installer. - Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
- If a DLC folder is included, run any
.exefiles inside it as well.
- Run or double-click
- Once the installation is complete, launch the game and start playing.
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