The Game Census
Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return cover art

Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return

Love in Space · Sekai Project · 2023-02-08

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Captain Kayto Shields returns from exile in Sunrider 4: The Captain’s Return for a new space adventure!

88%
positive of 293 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (77 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 17,517 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 293 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.80 at GreenManGaming (2026-04-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 44 of 71 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020232026Week of 2023-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$4.802023-02-082026-09-212023-02-08 — best price $26.992023-04-04 — best price $29.992023-06-11 — best price $23.992023-07-17 — best price $29.992023-09-25 — best price $23.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-05 — best price $23.992024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-02-14 — best price $29.992024-03-19 — best price $17.992024-04-26 — best price $29.992024-05-28 — best price $14.992024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $29.992024-10-16 — best price $29.992024-11-26 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-05 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $9.892025-04-22 — best price $9.892025-05-13 — best price $9.892025-06-26 — best price $9.892025-08-11 — best price $29.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-10-07 — best price $8.992025-10-28 — best price $8.992025-11-13 — best price $8.992025-12-11 — best price $5.992026-01-08 — best price $5.992026-02-12 — best price $5.992026-03-03 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-20 — best price $5.992026-05-14 — best price $29.992026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-08-03 — best price $29.992026-08-25 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "Chapter 1"
30.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)987%33

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

Player tags

2DPvERPGAnimeMechsActionStrategyAction RPGStory RichTactical RPG

Census log

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

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