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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cover art

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

JoyMasher · The Arcade Crew · 2023-01-12

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 12, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 12, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 540 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 540 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (220 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a 2D action-platformer developed by JoyMasher and published by The Arcade Crew. It was released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on January 12, 2023. In the game, players take control of a robotic ninja called Moonrider, who seeks to rebel against its tyrannical creators. As players defeat enemies and bosses across the initial seven selectable levels, they can find hidden modifier chips, which can be used to unlock new powers and abilities for Moonrider. The game received generally favorable reviews on release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (183 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 540 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.79-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at GOG (2026-06-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 63 of 88 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16816820232026Week of 2023-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$6.792023-01-122026-10-152023-01-12 — best price $15.292023-09-18 — best price $16.992024-01-04 — best price $16.992024-03-14 — best price $11.042024-05-17 — best price $16.992024-06-27 — best price $11.042024-08-15 — best price $11.042024-09-25 — best price $11.042024-11-04 — best price $11.042024-12-04 — best price $16.992025-01-06 — best price $9.852025-02-05 — best price $16.992025-03-11 — best price $9.852025-04-11 — best price $16.992025-05-20 — best price $9.852025-06-16 — best price $16.992025-07-23 — best price $9.852025-09-01 — best price $16.992025-10-06 — best price $16.992025-10-20 — best price $16.992026-01-08 — best price $9.342026-03-08 — best price $16.992026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-05-01 — best price $8.492026-06-16 — best price $16.992026-07-20 — best price $6.792026-08-12 — best price $16.992026-08-30 — best price $6.792026-09-04 — best price $6.792026-09-09 — best price $6.792026-09-14 — best price $6.792026-09-19 — best price $6.792026-09-24 — best price $6.792026-09-29 — best price $6.792026-10-04 — best price $6.792026-10-09 — best price $16.992026-10-14 — best price $6.792026-10-15 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2002026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 12 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 6 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
68.3%
earned "Genoqueen Cleared"
31.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5759%13
PS5 (PlayStation)51232%14
PS4 (PlayStation)24137%14
Switch (Nintendo)270%0

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeShooterPlatformerHero ShooterMetroidvania2D PlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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