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Stardust Vanguards cover art

Stardust Vanguards

Zanrai Interactive · 2015-01-30

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 30, 2015 (Linux)

STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local four-player dueling game combining arcade-style battling with the ability to summon your own NPC army as support! But be careful: a random event system dynamically alters the flow of battle with NPC space pirates gunning for victory themselves!

Stardust Vanguards is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 120 reviews).

1
playing now
78%
positive of 120 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (131 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 120 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-312026-07-092015-01-31 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992016-05-05 — best price $1.992016-09-22 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $0.512017-04-03 — best price $3.992017-09-07 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $0.792018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $1.992019-06-25 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.792020-01-22 — best price $0.792020-07-09 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $0.512021-09-06 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $0.792022-03-07 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $0.592023-04-24 — best price $3.992023-07-07 — best price $3.992023-08-25 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $0.672024-08-15 — best price $0.792024-11-14 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-02-17 — best price $3.992025-06-26 — best price $0.792026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-04-16 — best price $0.792026-06-15 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
20.5%
earned "You've Got No Arms Left!"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DPvPMechsSpaceActionArcadeCombatSwordplay2D FighterBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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