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Powernaut VANGARDT cover art

Powernaut VANGARDT

ConfoundGreatJob · 2017-03-28

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!

Powernaut VANGARDT is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 51 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 51 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

You are Powernaut VANGARDT, a cyborg superhero with nerves of steel! You must travel across the planet VERKON III, tracking down and defeating the 7 generals of LORD NIMDOK, before facing the criminal himself! The fate of the universe rests in your small, 2-pixel-wide hands.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-06-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.282017-03-302026-08-032017-03-30 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.642021-09-27 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-02-14 — best price $0.992022-05-09 — best price $0.492022-06-20 — best price $0.992022-08-01 — best price $0.492022-09-12 — best price $0.992022-11-14 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $0.992023-01-23 — best price $0.492023-03-06 — best price $0.992023-04-10 — best price $0.492023-05-29 — best price $0.992023-07-17 — best price $0.492023-10-16 — best price $0.992023-12-11 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-05-27 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-09-09 — best price $0.492024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-01-20 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-14 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-07-21 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $0.492025-12-08 — best price $0.992026-01-12 — best price $0.492026-03-02 — best price $0.992026-04-06 — best price $0.492026-05-25 — best price $0.992026-07-27 — best price $0.492026-08-03 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
1%
earned "Begin The Game!"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionCasualShooterAdventureAction RPGPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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