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Yars: Recharged

Adamvision Studios · Atari · 2022-08-23

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Aug 23, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 23, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 23, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 23, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 23, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 23, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.

Yars: Recharged is an Action game released in 2022, priced at $2.49, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 126 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (95 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Yars: Recharged is a twin-stick shooter developed by Vancouver-based company Adamvision Studios and published by Atari. It is a remake of Yars' Revenge, a 1982 Atari 2600 shooter. It was released on August 23, 2022, for Atari VCS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch. Unlike the previous remake, Yar's Revenge, it stays significantly closer to the source material, with top-down neo-retro style graphics and its Yar protagonist being an anthropomorphic fly. The player must charge a meter that powers the Zorlon Cannon, the only thing that can penetrate the shields of the Qotile, while defeating other enemies and dodging the Qotile's devastating lasers. The game received positive critical reception, citing how it built upon the original game while maintaining its classic arcade feel. The game is part of the Atari Recharged remake series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2026-06-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 63 of 102 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120222026Week of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492022-08-232026-10-142022-08-23 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $4.992023-07-31 — best price $4.992023-09-14 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $4.992024-03-20 — best price $4.992024-05-14 — best price $4.992024-06-18 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-10-21 — best price $4.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $3.492025-06-18 — best price $2.992025-08-22 — best price $9.992025-09-25 — best price $2.992025-10-16 — best price $2.992025-11-13 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-28 — best price $9.992026-02-26 — best price $2.992026-03-30 — best price $2.992026-05-23 — best price $2.992026-06-17 — best price $2.492026-07-20 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $2.492026-09-03 — best price $2.492026-09-09 — best price $2.492026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $2.492026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-09 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5342026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 14 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 11 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 12 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
70.2%
earned "Oracle"
25.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together

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

Player tags

1980sActionArcadeLinearRobotsSci-fiShooterAbstractColorfulTop-Down

Census log

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

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