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StarVaders

Pengonauts · Joystick Ventures · 2025-04-30

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AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Nintendo Switch)

Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

StarVaders is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $24.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (97% of 4302 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

89
playing now
97%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 57h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

89 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

StarVaders is a 2025 roguelike deckbuilder video game where players build and use a deck of cards to control a mech to fight enemies on a grid. The game was developed by Canadian indie studio Pengonauts, and released in April 2025 for Windows and macOS. The game received "generally favorable" reviews and was nominated for "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Trailer

StarVaders trailer thumbnail

StarVaders - Official Launch Trailer

≈4,068 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 89 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (662 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 88k–197k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,376 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.98 at GameBillet (2025-11-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 74 of 126 observed days · $9.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65965920252026Week of 2025-04-30: 449 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 659 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

134262026-09-15 02:00 — 56 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 47 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 44 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 31 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 60 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 55 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 110 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 100 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 100 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 82 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 94 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 109 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 98 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 134 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 98 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 89 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60761May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 607 · peak 1,262Jun 2025 — avg 222 · peak 416Jul 2025 — avg 257 · peak 488Aug 2025 — avg 134 · peak 235Sep 2025 — avg 98 · peak 231Oct 2025 — avg 92 · peak 159Nov 2025 — avg 180 · peak 570Dec 2025 — avg 214 · peak 411Jan 2026 — avg 230 · peak 413Feb 2026 — avg 193 · peak 311Mar 2026 — avg 110 · peak 271Apr 2026 — avg 75 · peak 145May 2026 — avg 100 · peak 219Jun 2026 — avg 61 · peak 141Jul 2026 — avg 75 · peak 123Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 125
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$15.732025-04-302026-10-142025-04-30 — best price $22.492025-06-26 — best price $18.892025-07-02 — best price $20.762025-07-14 — best price $20.992025-07-23 — best price $21.292025-08-04 — best price $18.892025-08-23 — best price $22.492025-09-04 — best price $15.992025-09-17 — best price $22.492025-10-07 — best price $22.372025-10-15 — best price $22.492025-10-20 — best price $24.992025-10-27 — best price $24.992025-11-05 — best price $15.992025-11-11 — best price $19.992025-11-19 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $16.982025-12-08 — best price $18.892025-12-13 — best price $18.892026-01-07 — best price $18.742026-02-16 — best price $18.742026-03-19 — best price $17.492026-04-21 — best price $17.492026-05-12 — best price $17.492026-06-25 — best price $17.492026-08-04 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $17.492026-09-04 — best price $17.492026-09-09 — best price $17.492026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-19 — best price $17.492026-09-24 — best price $17.492026-09-29 — best price $17.492026-10-04 — best price $17.492026-10-09 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6832026-05-13 — 20 pageviews2026-05-17 — 31 pageviews2026-05-21 — 5 pageviews2026-05-25 — 10 pageviews2026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 47 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 22 pageviews2026-09-30 — 68 pageviews2026-10-04 — 44 pageviews2026-10-08 — 26 pageviews2026-10-12 — 16 pageviews2026-10-13 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "Baby Steps"
36.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,3281%100

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

2DRetroStrategyCard GameDifficultBoard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

Recent updates

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