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Vernal Edge

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

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Vernal Edge is a 2023 Action, Adventure game priced at $2.54, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 687 reviews).

4
playing now
76%
positive of 687 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (124 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.54
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (210 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 687 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.69-90%
Steam$2.54-85%
WinGameStore$2.54-85%
GamersGate$2.55-85%
GreenManGaming$2.55-85%
GOG$16.99
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 161 of 206 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17917920232026Week of 2023-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
622Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 62 · peak 187Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 28Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$1.692023-03-142026-10-152023-03-14 — 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 $1.692026-09-02 — best price $2.542026-09-17 — best price $1.692026-10-02 — best price $2.542026-10-15 — best price $1.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
31.5%
earned "Fisher Queen"
9.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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