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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!

0
playing now
78%
positive of 120 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 66% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
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 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 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).

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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