Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire

Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire

Love in Space · February 20, 2020 · Strategy, Simulation, Casual, Indie, Management

Buy Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire from GOG at $3.99 — the cheapest of 3 stores we compare.

PC
Very Positive86% · 971playing now
Best price 46 Good deal
$3.99-80%
$19.98lowest tracked $2.40
GOG Buy at GOG

Prices last checked

More games under $5 →More GOG deals →

Where to buy Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire — official stores

GOG
GOG
Standard Edition · DRM-Free
-80%
$3.99
$19.98
Buy
GreenManGaming
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy
Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$14.99
Buy

Some store links are affiliate links — playze may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes the price you pay, and the cheapest confirmed price is always shown in the Best price box above.

Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire price by region

Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire costs £3.09 in the United Kingdom, €3.35 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in the United States, $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.55 in Canada, A$5.79 in Australia, NZ$6.59 in New Zealand, R$7.59 in Brazil and zł14.39 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.09 −80% £3.09 — 3
Europe (EUR) €3.35 −80% €3.35 — 3
United Statesyour region $3.99 −80% $3.99 — 3
Georgia (USD) $3.99 −80% $3.99 — 3
Canada CA$4.55 −80% CA$4.55 — 3
Australia A$5.79 −80% A$5.79 — 3
New Zealand NZ$6.59 −80% NZ$6.59 — 3
Brazil R$7.59 −80% R$7.59 — 3
Poland zł14.39 −80% zł14.39 — 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

Screenshots

About Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire

The girls of Starnova are back in a new business simulation game! Due to the underhanded machinations of the evil Golden Calf Productions, the girls' live has been cancelled, and what's worse, their talent agency has had to relocate to a new office!

This time, it'll fall upon Producer-san to turn this dire predicament around! As the girls' manager, you'll have to build your office, re-hire the girls, and of course, get the money flowing back by putting on the greatest lives in the nation! Do you have the management skills to once again accomplish everyone's dreams? Now, you must take the reins as Producer-san and save the day!

FEATURES



Real time business simulation.
Work against time to turn your small idol business into an empire! This time, it's all about building your office, managing your talents, and MAKING MONEY!

The girls are back.
Make the seven girls of Starnova into national icons by managing their careers! Train the girls to increase their skills and unlock special abilities. Who knows, maybe if you do a good job, other girls might join Starnova too!

Build your office.
Build new rooms to train your idols! Not only that, but you can record songs, impress business partners, and even help the girls relax after a tough day of work, all by constructing your own state of the art talent office!

Train your talents.
Increase your idols' skills by building training facilities for them! Unleashthe girls' ultimate techniques to blast away the competition! Pick your center and unlock her hidden abilities!

Sign business deals.
All this training isn't for nothing! Get the girls signed up for product endorsements, television appearances, live events, and everything else in an idol's life. But you must balance the needs of the girls and their jobs at the same time! This is where your skills really shine, Producer-san!

Record hit songs.
Do you have what it takes to make the next classic idol song? Hire composers, record your girls, and even shoot a PV! And most importantly, make your songs sell!

Keep your talents happy.
It's your duty to protect their smiles! If you mismanage your talents, they might develop weird illnesses and be no longer able to perform! You don't want any more bad ends!

The Battle of the Idols.
Get payback on Kamijou and Golden Calf Productions by fielding the
best of the best at in the Story Mode! But better watch out! The girls of Quasar are back, and they're willing to do anything to win!

Free Play Mode: Play the game without having to worry about fulfilling story objectives.

Custom Map Mode: Create your own maps to play on free play mode!

Generations Mode: Want an additional challenge? Play this special mode where the girls gradually lose their appeal as they get older! Graduate idols like a real idol producer and see how many generations of idols you can create!

Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

🎁 Complete the collection

Base game + 1 of 1 DLC at today's best prices.

$8.98
to own everything

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire is a casual management simulation that players find cozy and fun for a few hours, though opinions vary on its complexity and controls. Some appreciate the idol-themed gameplay loop of training, producing music, and managing the agency, while others find the controls confusing or feel the game lacks depth for extended play. Players suggest picking it up when on sale rather than at full price.

Recommended May 29, 2025
Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire takes the colorful idol setting and established cast of the Starnova universe and turns them into the foundation of a real-time management simulation. Developed by Love in Space and published by Sekai Project, the game places players in the role of Producer-san, who must rebuild a struggling talent agency and guide its performers toward success. Instead of functioning primarily as a visual novel, the experience revolves around constructing facilities, training idols, accepting business opportunities, producing music, managing finances, and keeping the performers healthy enough to maintain demanding careers. The campaign begins after Golden Calf Productions interferes with Starnova's activities, resulting in the cancellation of an important live performance and forcing the agency to relocate. Starting again from a comparatively modest position gives progression a satisfying purpose. Every new room, successful contract, improved idol, and profitable release contributes toward transforming the operation into a genuine entertainment empire. Real-time management forms the core of the gameplay. Time continues advancing while players decide how to spen…
10 found this helpful
Not recommended May 10, 2026
Game to confusing, weird controlls glad i refunded this game (also not really my game style)
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 11, 2026
Cozy, fun little game. I would enjoy more complexity, but this is fine to lose a few hours.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 15, 2026
😏
Recommended Nov 6, 2025
Fun little simulation. Not something to play for hundreds of hours, but still fun for a while. Worth it when on sale (which it is relatively often), or of course when you want to support the devs
Not recommended Aug 9, 2025
I wish for death

Community reviews

—

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire

News

All news →
SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tabBlog

SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tab

SilkMU, a MU Online Season 6 server that runs in a browser tab or as an app, opened on 6 November 2026 and is now our partner. What it offers, what is free and what costs WCoin.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rulesPC

Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rules

Games like Dying Light are easy to find if you only want parkour or only want zombies. These eight keep the part that matters: a city that becomes a different place after dark.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole gamePC

Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole game

Games like Portal 2 all share one habit: teach a single impossible trick, then spend a campaign breaking it. From rewinding objects through time to Escher geometry that loops back on itself.

Nov 13, 2026
Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packsBundles

Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packs

The Planet Coaster DLC catalogue closed in 2019, so there is no curve left to wait out. Our record shows the collection bundle costs far more than assembling the same packs one by one.

Nov 13, 2026
Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?Xbox

Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?

The Toxic Commando Game Pass add landed on 12 November. Our price record since late September shows the key route barely moved, which changes what a subscription is worth.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Titanfall 2, for the pilot or for the TitanPC

Games like Titanfall 2, for the pilot or for the Titan

Titanfall 2's campaign changed its own rules every mission. Games like Titanfall 2 that keep one part of it — the wall-running, the mech, or a campaign that never settles.

Nov 12, 2026
Games like It Takes Two, where the second player is the pointPC

Games like It Takes Two, where the second player is the point

It Takes Two cannot be played alone, and that is the whole design. Games like It Takes Two that give each player a different job — including one that makes do with a single pair of hands.

Nov 12, 2026
Football Manager 27 Game Pass, and what the old FMs now costXbox

Football Manager 27 Game Pass, and what the old FMs now cost

FM27 landed on 10 November, and Football Manager 27 Game Pass covers it on PC from day one. Steam has stopped selling FM26 and FM24 — our price record shows what that does.

Nov 12, 2026

Top games right now

All rankings →
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Free
  2. 2Dota 2Free
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSFree
  4. 4Grand Theft Auto V Legacy—
  5. 5Terraria$2.08
  6. 6Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeFree
  7. 7Rust$20.19
  8. 8Garry's Mod$6.21
  9. 9Team Fortress 2Free
  10. 10Black Myth: Wukong$35.78
  11. 11HELLDIVERS™ 2$23.99
  12. 12ELDEN RING$38.88
  13. 13Apex Legends™Free
  14. 14Left 4 Dead 2$9.99
  15. 15Stardew Valley$12.11
  16. 16Wallpaper Engine$3.93
  17. 17Cyberpunk 2077$17.99
  18. 18Euro Truck Simulator 2$4.99
  19. 19Dead by Daylight$6.83
  20. 20Red Dead Redemption 2$13.71
  21. 21The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt$9.77
  22. 22Baldur's Gate 3$53.64
  23. 23Phasmophobia$15.19
  24. 24War ThunderFree