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Souldiers

Retro Forge · Dear Villagers · 2022-06-02

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 02, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 02, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jun 02, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jun 02, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 02, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.

43
playing now
69%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Souldiers is a 2022 Metroidvania video game with role-playing elements developed by Retro Forge and published by Dear Villagers. It released on 2 June 2022 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 152 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,061 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 62k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,115 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.99-90%
GreenManGaming$2.46-88%
GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 127 of 170 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57657620222026Week of 2022-06-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 485 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4362026-08-07 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 28 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992022-06-022026-08-302022-06-02 — best price $16.162022-11-08 — best price $16.882022-12-30 — best price $19.992023-02-25 — best price $19.992023-04-05 — best price $11.992023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-07-22 — best price $11.942023-09-07 — best price $9.992023-10-27 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $8.992024-01-29 — best price $16.732024-03-08 — best price $7.992024-04-19 — best price $5.102024-06-28 — best price $19.992024-08-19 — best price $6.002024-09-30 — best price $3.872024-11-15 — best price $15.742025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-21 — best price $4.002025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-30 — best price $19.992025-09-03 — best price $3.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-11-17 — best price $2.662025-12-16 — best price $4.002026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-02-23 — best price $15.742026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-05-01 — best price $3.992026-06-02 — best price $2.992026-07-18 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
49.1%
earned "Lazarus"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7752%38
PS5 (PlayStation)6955%39
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4270%38
PS4 (PlayStation)1648%39
PS4 (PlayStation)12510%39
Switch (Nintendo)900%0

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

Player tags

2DActionCombatFantasyAdventureDifficultLore-RichPlatformerSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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