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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is an Action, Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 45382 reviews).

114
playing now
94%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (386 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (11k downloads)
4.61★
PlayStation Store rating (37,138 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

114 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by Eidos-Montréal and originally published by Square Enix. Set in an original universe based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, the game's plot follows the Guardians who, while attempting to capture a beast for a wealthy collector, inadvertently trigger a catastrophe which threatens the peace of the galaxy. The player controls the team's self-proclaimed leader, Star-Lord, and issues commands to other Guardians including Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon and Groot. At certain points in the game, the player makes key decisions via dialogue trees that affect the relationships between Guardians and change the outcome of missions.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 114 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 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 908k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,382 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Humble Store$8.99-85%
Steam$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 131 of 190 observed days · at its 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

319942026-09-15 12:00 — 214 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 214 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 173 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 237 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 316 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 140 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 129 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 215 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 144 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 203 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 188 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 117 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 104 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 190 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 195 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 94 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 204 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 158 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 108 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 217 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 233 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 105 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 114 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k109Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 2,218 · peak 7,339Jan 2022 — avg 1,329 · peak 3,810Mar 2022 — avg 544 · peak 2,000May 2022 — avg 262 · peak 564Jul 2022 — avg 326 · peak 764Sep 2022 — avg 144 · peak 305Nov 2022 — avg 209 · peak 928Jan 2023 — avg 310 · peak 809Mar 2023 — avg 123 · peak 280May 2023 — avg 929 · peak 3,177Jul 2023 — avg 438 · peak 1,067Sep 2023 — avg 202 · peak 442Nov 2023 — avg 432 · peak 1,315Jan 2024 — avg 251 · peak 568Mar 2024 — avg 136 · peak 274May 2024 — avg 130 · peak 278Jul 2024 — avg 152 · peak 880Sep 2024 — avg 267 · peak 565Nov 2024 — avg 181 · peak 401Jan 2025 — avg 288 · peak 649Mar 2025 — avg 244 · peak 511May 2025 — avg 182 · peak 408Jul 2025 — avg 742 · peak 1,819Sep 2025 — avg 224 · peak 462Nov 2025 — avg 209 · peak 446Jan 2026 — avg 218 · peak 460Mar 2026 — avg 183 · peak 439May 2026 — avg 158 · peak 390Jul 2026 — avg 174 · peak 326Aug 2026 — avg 204 · peak 603
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$0.002021-06-132026-10-142021-06-13 — 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 $8.992026-09-19 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k2242026-06-04 — 494 pageviews2026-06-08 — 434 pageviews2026-06-12 — 299 pageviews2026-06-16 — 308 pageviews2026-06-20 — 243 pageviews2026-06-24 — 258 pageviews2026-06-28 — 287 pageviews2026-07-02 — 271 pageviews2026-07-06 — 290 pageviews2026-07-10 — 311 pageviews2026-07-14 — 258 pageviews2026-07-18 — 233 pageviews2026-07-22 — 271 pageviews2026-07-26 — 285 pageviews2026-07-30 — 322 pageviews2026-08-03 — 366 pageviews2026-08-07 — 356 pageviews2026-08-11 — 400 pageviews2026-08-15 — 404 pageviews2026-08-19 — 428 pageviews2026-08-23 — 384 pageviews2026-08-27 — 370 pageviews2026-08-31 — 431 pageviews2026-09-04 — 359 pageviews2026-09-08 — 368 pageviews2026-09-12 — 747 pageviews2026-09-16 — 632 pageviews2026-09-20 — 500 pageviews2026-09-24 — 324 pageviews2026-09-28 — 367 pageviews2026-10-02 — 300 pageviews2026-10-06 — 250 pageviews2026-10-10 — 284 pageviews2026-10-13 — 311 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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