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Vernal Edge

Hello Penguin Team LLC · PID Games · 2023-03-14

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 14, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 14, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 14, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.

4
playing now
76%
positive of 676 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.54
steam price (US)

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

The Kingdom of Haricot stands out as a complete mystery as 20 years before the event of the story, it inexplicably took to the skies, turning into a series of disconnected floating islands, allowing the power-hungry Church of Aloe to take hold of the land. Entering Haricot by sneaking on one of the Church’s aircrafts, Vernal has a personal disdain for the Church and its agents. She is an independant adventurer, travelling through Haricot as she searches for revenge on her long-gone deadbeat dad. Blessed with an abnormal martial prowess and helped by the amnesiac automaton Chervil, she goes th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 41% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 676 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.69-90%
GreenManGaming$2.09-88%
Humble Store$2.54-85%
Steam$2.54-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.54-85%
GOG$2.55-85%
GOG$2.55-85%
Microsoft Store$21.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.69 at IndieGala Store (2025-12-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 128 of 180 observed days · $0.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$1.692023-03-142026-08-302023-03-14 — best price $12.232023-06-16 — best price $16.992023-07-28 — best price $11.002023-09-04 — best price $8.922023-10-17 — best price $13.492023-11-22 — best price $11.892023-12-26 — best price $13.372024-01-23 — best price $13.372024-03-04 — best price $7.642024-04-08 — best price $8.152024-06-10 — best price $6.372024-07-17 — best price $8.502024-08-27 — best price $16.992024-10-21 — best price $7.642024-11-30 — best price $13.372025-01-27 — best price $16.992025-03-17 — best price $13.372025-04-24 — best price $16.992025-06-03 — best price $3.392025-07-26 — best price $16.992025-09-08 — best price $3.612025-10-08 — best price $16.992025-11-17 — best price $3.592025-12-17 — best price $3.392026-01-15 — best price $3.232026-02-14 — best price $3.402026-03-19 — best price $3.102026-04-17 — best price $3.392026-05-18 — best price $2.862026-07-06 — best price $2.542026-07-31 — best price $2.162026-08-18 — best price $1.692026-08-30 — best price $2.54
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3926%16
PS5 (PlayStation)16023%17
PS4 (PlayStation)4321%17
Switch (Nintendo)400%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)395%16

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

Player tags

2DMagicActionCombatFantasyAdventureSwordplayFast-PacedPlatformerMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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