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Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2022-10-13

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Action

Franchise: Azure Striker Gunvolt · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 02, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 02, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

The next installment in the high-speed 2D action Gunvolt series is finally here with Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. Balancing both an involving story and satisfying gameplay, Gunvolt 3 is the most extravagant entry in the series yet!

Azure Striker GUNVOLT 3 is an Action game released in 2022, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 464 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 464 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (208 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 is a 2022 action-platformer developed and published by Inti Creates. It is the third main game in the Gunvolt series, and chronologically set after Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. It was initially released on 28 July 2022 for the Nintendo Switch, with ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S releasing separately throughout the year. Set in the near-future resided by humans with superpowers, the story concerns Kirin, a battle priestess on her mission to stop a new threat with aids from Gunvolt, the previous protagonist of the series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (137 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 464 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020222026Week of 2022-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
632Oct 2022Jan 2026Oct 2022 — avg 63 · peak 200Nov 2022 — avg 18 · peak 51Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 66Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$10.492022-10-132026-10-092022-10-13 — best price $26.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992022-12-23 — best price $23.992023-02-13 — best price $29.992023-04-26 — best price $23.992023-08-16 — best price $29.992023-10-26 — best price $20.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-31 — best price $17.992024-03-26 — best price $29.992024-06-13 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-20 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $29.992024-12-11 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-02 — best price $13.492025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-06-07 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-18 — best price $11.992025-10-29 — best price $11.992025-12-17 — best price $29.992026-01-17 — best price $10.492026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-04-27 — best price $10.492026-06-23 — best price $29.992026-07-23 — best price $10.492026-09-04 — best price $29.992026-09-25 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69202026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-08 — 40 pageviews2026-06-12 — 27 pageviews2026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-24 — 41 pageviews2026-06-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-02 — 30 pageviews2026-07-06 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-14 — 35 pageviews2026-07-18 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 29 pageviews2026-07-26 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-03 — 69 pageviews2026-08-07 — 48 pageviews2026-08-11 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews2026-08-31 — 41 pageviews2026-09-04 — 43 pageviews2026-09-08 — 36 pageviews2026-09-12 — 36 pageviews2026-09-16 — 31 pageviews2026-09-20 — 39 pageviews2026-09-24 — 25 pageviews2026-09-28 — 33 pageviews2026-10-02 — 29 pageviews2026-10-06 — 37 pageviews2026-10-09 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "World's Strongest Adept"
46.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2022-10-13, latest 2022-11-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34412%33
PS5 (PlayStation)29032%33
Xbox One (Xbox)1906%33
PS4 (PlayStation)17639%33
Switch (Nintendo)640%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DAnimeActionSci-fiFantasyAdventurePlatformerStory RichSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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