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Meteor World Actor: Badge & Dagger

Heliodor · Shiravune · 2022-06-09

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jun 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Superpowered detective noir. Maverick detective Ruka Hiryu pursues criminals by day⁠—and ices perps by night...

Meteor World Actor: Badge & Dagger is a 2022 Simulation game priced at $17.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 376 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 376 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

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

The Seventh Republic—the city despised by the sun. Sunlight hasn't reached here since the last great war, and the shadows teem with vicious criminals. With evil threatening on every side, the National Police Agency is a stronghold of justice. Detective Ruka Hiryu belongs to the 13th Division—nicknamed the Sideliners, and treated like shit by the rest of the force. Absent any major incidents to keep him distracted, Ruka has been investigating the sealed Cult Massacre case in secret. Things change when the 13th picks up two new members. The agency is shaken with unreliable rumors about the se(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (137 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 16,896 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.5k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 376 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 11 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13113120222026Week of 2022-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 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 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
222Jun 2022Aug 2024Jun 2022 — avg 22 · peak 99Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$3.592022-06-102026-08-082022-06-10 — best price $14.392022-08-15 — best price $17.992022-10-31 — best price $12.592022-11-29 — best price $17.992023-01-20 — best price $10.792023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-05-30 — best price $9.892023-07-13 — best price $17.992023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $17.992024-02-06 — best price $7.192024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-05-26 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $17.992024-08-19 — best price $17.992024-09-26 — best price $17.992024-10-28 — best price $14.392024-11-12 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992024-12-20 — best price $5.392025-01-17 — best price $5.392025-03-03 — best price $5.392025-03-14 — best price $5.392025-04-20 — best price $5.392025-05-06 — best price $17.992025-06-15 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-07-25 — best price $3.592025-09-07 — best price $3.592025-09-23 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-11-24 — best price $3.592025-12-18 — best price $3.592026-01-07 — best price $17.992026-02-28 — best price $17.992026-04-13 — best price $3.592026-05-27 — best price $3.592026-06-19 — best price $3.592026-07-11 — best price $17.992026-08-08 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "Sideline Justice"
47.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-06-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17358%10

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

Player tags

NoirCrimeMagicComedyModernSci-fiFantasyMysteryRomancePolitics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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