SuperStar Rhythm Games

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Namemultiple, SuperStar followed by the name of the entertainment company or artist
Abbreviation(s)S or SS accompanied by the name or the initials of the entertainment company or artist (ex. SuperStar SMTOWN is abbreviated as SSM, Superstar STAYC is SSTAYC)
Developer(s)Dalcomsoft Inc.
Publisher(s)Daum Kako, Chukong.
Release datemultiple, first game was released August 15, 2014
Platform(s)iOS, Android
Genre(s)rhythm game
External link(s)https://dalcomsoft.com/_ENG/html/dh/main
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SuperStar is a franchise of rhythm games developed by Dalcomsoft and published by Daum Kakao and Chukong.

As of 2024, the series has 14 active and 6 defunct games.

Games

Active Games
Company Games Single Artists Games
SMTOWN ATEEZ
JYPNATION STAYC
YG LOONA
STARSHIP OH MY GIRL
P NATION CLASS:y
WOOLLIM THE BOYZ
LAPONE BRANDNEW

SuperStar SMTOWN, based off SM Entertainment artists, was the first game to be launched and it's still, nowadays, one of the most played. It's also the game with the most artists, the most songs and most cards.

LAPONE is the first game in the franchise for a Japanese entertainment company. The SuperStar is for western pop artists.

Defunct
Company Games Single Artist Games
PLEDIS BTS
FNC GFRIEND
KANG DANIEL
IZ*ONE

The first game to go defunct was SuperStar BTS, which at the time had only been online for 2 years. After HYBE Corporation's acquisition of PLEDIS Entertainment, SuperStar PLEDIS went under. Few months after the disbandment of GFRIEND, Dalcomsoft pulled the cable on SuperStar GFRIEND. Finally, SuperStar FNC, KANG DANIEL and IZ*ONE were closed due to contract terminations.

Fan Reactions

Fandom

The main fannish activity of fans of these games is centered around the card collectibles in the franchise, creating fanmade limited edition theme cards of their favorite artists and posting them online for other players to see. At times, fanmades manage to outshine the official limited themes released by Dalcomsoft.

Example fanmade theme for group EXO