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Souldiers

Retro Forge · Dear Villagers · 2022-06-02

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Souldiers is an Action, Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 3140 reviews).

33
playing now
69%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (376 downloads)
3.70★
PlayStation Store rating (595 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 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.

Trailer

Souldiers trailer thumbnail

Souldiers: Official Nintendo Switch + PC Release Window Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 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 9% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 63k–141k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.99-90%
Steam$2.99-85%
WinGameStore$2.99-85%
GreenManGaming$3.00-85%
GOG$19.99
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 159 of 197 observed days · at its 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

40102026-09-16 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 40 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 24 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 35 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40813Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 408 · peak 1,400Aug 2022 — avg 47 · peak 112Oct 2022 — avg 21 · peak 44Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 74Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 45Apr 2023 — avg 30 · peak 92Jun 2023 — avg 16 · peak 45Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Dec 2023 — avg 65 · peak 156Feb 2024 — avg 31 · peak 62Apr 2024 — avg 31 · peak 68Jun 2024 — avg 27 · peak 58Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 53Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 76Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 51Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 60Jun 2025 — avg 30 · peak 66Aug 2025 — avg 26 · peak 65Oct 2025 — avg 26 · peak 68Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 61Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 56Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 49Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 67Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 72
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992022-06-022026-10-152022-06-02 — 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 $2.992026-09-11 — best price $1.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2412026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 16 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 14 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-06-02 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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