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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy cover art

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Eidos-Montréal · Eidos Interactive Corp. · 2021-10-26

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 26, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 26, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

546
playing now
94%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
27
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (386 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

546 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this third-person action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord, and thanks to your bold yet questionable leadership, you have persuaded an oddball crew of unlikely heroes to join you. Some jerk (surely not you) has set off a chain of catastrophic events, and only you can hold the unpredictable Guardians together long enough to fight off total interplanetary meltdown. Use Element Blasters, tag-team beat downs, jet boot-powered dropkicks, nothing’s off-limits. If you think it’s all going to plan, you’re (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 546 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,084 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~261/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 901k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,038 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GreenManGaming$8.10-86%
Humble Store$8.99-85%
Steam$8.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.98 at WinGameStore (2025-11-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 121 of 187 observed days · $2.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 2,256 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,831 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,654 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,464 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

546942026-08-06 22:00 — 127 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 110 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 159 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 156 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 125 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 216 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 186 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 143 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 259 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 188 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 233 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 145 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 121 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 219 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 124 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 94 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 243 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 209 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 115 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 177 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 197 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 154 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 223 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 216 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 257 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 248 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 404 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 333 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 546 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$7.202021-06-132026-08-302021-06-13 — best price $59.992022-02-14 — best price $38.992022-07-12 — best price $30.002022-09-24 — best price $30.002022-11-22 — best price $20.992023-05-18 — best price $23.992023-07-31 — best price $15.292023-09-14 — best price $17.992023-10-25 — best price $59.992023-12-07 — best price $47.992024-01-08 — best price $53.392024-03-13 — best price $14.992024-05-02 — best price $15.002024-06-21 — best price $14.992024-08-10 — best price $59.992024-09-05 — best price $11.992024-10-14 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-02-07 — best price $59.992025-04-05 — best price $8.702025-05-22 — best price $8.992025-07-08 — best price $9.002025-08-24 — best price $8.702025-10-07 — best price $8.702025-11-21 — best price $8.102026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-02-24 — best price $59.992026-04-08 — best price $59.992026-05-22 — best price $59.992026-06-19 — best price $8.392026-07-24 — best price $8.352026-08-20 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

5202026-08-26 19:15 — 35 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 27 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "Self-Improvement"
36.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)64,15230%59
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)55,1736%58
PS4 (PlayStation)46,37822%59
Steam (Steam)22,52311%59

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SpaceActionComedySci-fiShooterAdventureCinematicSuperheroStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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