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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

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.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 536 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 536 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.79-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 30 of 51 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$6.792023-01-122026-08-302023-01-12 — best price $15.292023-09-07 — best price $11.892023-12-04 — best price $16.992024-01-15 — best price $16.992024-03-20 — best price $11.042024-05-17 — best price $16.992024-06-19 — best price $11.042024-08-01 — best price $11.042024-09-10 — best price $16.992024-09-26 — best price $11.042024-11-04 — best price $11.042024-11-27 — best price $9.852025-01-02 — best price $16.992025-01-13 — best price $16.992025-02-13 — best price $9.852025-03-11 — best price $9.852025-04-03 — best price $9.852025-04-30 — best price $9.852025-06-02 — best price $9.852025-06-18 — best price $9.852025-07-23 — best price $9.852025-08-26 — best price $16.992025-09-25 — best price $9.342025-10-08 — best price $16.992025-11-12 — best price $9.852026-01-08 — best price $9.342026-03-05 — best price $8.492026-03-17 — best price $8.502026-04-14 — best price $16.992026-05-12 — best price $16.992026-06-16 — best price $16.992026-07-14 — best price $8.492026-08-01 — best price $16.992026-08-24 — best price $6.792026-08-30 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

19402026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 194 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 7 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

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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