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Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2023-02-23

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 23, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.

Gal Guardians: Demon Purge is an Action and Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 1405 reviews).

4
playing now
80%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (686 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Gal Guardians: Demon Purge, known as Grim Guardians: Demon Purge in Japan, is a 2023 platform video game developed and published by Inti Creates. It is a spinoff of Gal Gun.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (405 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,405 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-03-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 11 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31431420232026Week of 2023-02-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4335Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 433 · peak 1,321Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 59Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 41Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 33Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 30Feb 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 45Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$9.992023-02-232026-10-092023-02-23 — best price $22.492023-05-10 — best price $24.992023-07-31 — best price $19.992023-09-26 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $17.492024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $16.242024-05-09 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $13.742024-08-21 — best price $24.992024-10-28 — best price $13.242024-12-04 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $12.492025-01-31 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $12.492025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $12.492025-07-31 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-08 — best price $12.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-02 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-10 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

66172026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 33 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-20 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 47 pageviews2026-06-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-02 — 44 pageviews2026-07-06 — 43 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-26 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 24 pageviews2026-08-03 — 38 pageviews2026-08-07 — 31 pageviews2026-08-11 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 27 pageviews2026-08-27 — 21 pageviews2026-08-31 — 38 pageviews2026-09-04 — 33 pageviews2026-09-08 — 37 pageviews2026-09-12 — 63 pageviews2026-09-16 — 40 pageviews2026-09-20 — 57 pageviews2026-09-24 — 40 pageviews2026-09-28 — 28 pageviews2026-10-02 — 38 pageviews2026-10-06 — 50 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
76.4%
earned "Demonic Gatekeeper"
26.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,15212%40

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeActionGothicAdventurePlatformerMultiplayerDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

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

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