Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 a retro, platformer and hack and slash game developed by JoyMasher and published by The Arcade Crew.
Released on January 12th 2023 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 432 reviews of which 371 were positive and 61 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 16.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-650 or AMD Phenom II X4 965
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, 2 GB or Radeon HD 7770, 1 GB

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Nov. 2024
I mean... it was good but VERY short. I finished in 2 hours and the game was paused for around 20 to 30 minutes. No secret final boss or true ending, just one ending so when you finish the game you dont have anything else to do besides literally just playing it again for no reason. Zero replayability. 7 out of 10
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Sept. 2024
This game kicks ass. Great retro style, fun theme and sound track. Just a fun ride.
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Aug. 2024
What a neat but very short game for what it is , 3.5 hours for 100% it. Could have been faster but devs actually went and made some changes from their 1.0 version so no more Metal Man syndrome from Mega Man 2 , but it still heavily leans on to the robot masters concept. Pretty chill n' easy game but can be hard if you make it hard. Overall beautiful game that leans heavily into its influenced games of old , From Hagane, Shinobi, Mega Man, even the map screen brings me memories of Ranger X. Art style and soundtrack alone are enjoyable to finish the game and between finishing and completing it with achievements there's not too much about it so might as well go for it! The only complain besides being a bit short ( which I don't mind as other people do so take that as you will ) I would say difficulty is still a bit on the uneven scale, you can make it harder on you by imposing sword only runs or adding a chip that you obtain from one of the stages but it feels like it could have been an unlockable new game mode after finishing game rather than a chip, also RGB chip could be a feature instead of the upgrade chip? It's def more of make it your own challenge, but I don't mind it too much I just wished it had more separate options for that rather than being a upgrade chip related. Might be a bit pricey, but when its on sale for a 10$ , could be a good pass time while looking at some best implementation of fake CRT mode that I've seen so far , coupled with great art and soundtrack. I kind of wish CRT setting was available as a separate thing to buy as an overlay for my pc for other games now!
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June 2024
This game kicks so many shades of ass. Love the premise of being a robot going against its programming of oppressing humans Easy to control, awesome level and boss designs This is perfection I need more games like this and Blazing Chrome
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May 2024
It's a JoyMasher game, so expect a certain level of love and respect for NES/Mega Drive/SNES/Neo Geo-era stuff. Always an enjoyable experience if you like the classics from that time period. Have got all of the trophies (not too much of an ask), probably their second best game after Odallus which is a classic under-rated Metroidvania before the genre really took off and became known as such. No criticisms aside from it being too short. Controls are tidy (despite what I've seen from other reviews), the higher tempo techno trance soundtrack stuff is solid and the Shinobi + Mega Man X descriptions are apt. Just a blast to play and a nice distraction for three or four hours, doesn't really have time to get old or repetitive so can see myself coming back to speed through a perfect run on another save slot.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
8.0
371
61
Online players
0
Developer
JoyMasher
Publisher
The Arcade Crew
Release 12 Jan 2023
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