StarVaders

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StarVaders

Short description

Defend the Earth from an alien invasion in the ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Pilot a mech, discover game-breaking combos, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

Developer
Pengonauts
Publisher
Beep Japan Inc., Joystick Ventures
Release
Wed, Apr 30, 2025
Price
$24.99
Reviews
3,726
Positive
97%
Followers
12,451
Owners (estimated)
50K – 100K
Concurrent players
201
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Features
Full controller support
Tags
Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding Turn-Based Tactics Rogue-lite Visual Novel Difficult Card Game Turn-Based Strategy Board Game Rogue-like Female Protagonist Strategy Card Battler 2D Retro Mechs Cute Turn-Based Combat Anime Colorful
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$2.3msomewhere between $1.7m and $2.3m · roughly 75K–100K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $22.97, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $24.99 launch price. That is 8% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

6 data points since Jul 29, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$2.3m → ~$2.3m
Reviews 3,705 → 3,726
Price $24.99 → $24.99
Positive reviews 97.3% → 97.3%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 99 further data points reach back to Apr 30, 2025 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $17.49 on Mar 19, 2026.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around StarVaders is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Roguelike Deckbuilder + Deckbuilding + Turn-Based Tactics

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Image Name Studio Shared Tag difference Price Reviews Positive Released Revenue (estimated)
Wildfrost Wildfrost Deadpan Games 2 titles +1 4 − Deckbuilding − Visual Novel + Card Battler + Card Game $19.99 8,144 83% Wed, Apr 12, 2023 $10m
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$108k – $146k
Heat Death Heat Death Gallistrix first game 4 − Rogue-lite − Visual Novel + Card Battler + Card Game $14.99 67 97% Mon, Jul 18, 2022 $41k
$18k – $72k
Monster Train Monster Train Shiny Shoe 6 titles 3 − Roguelike Deckbuilder − Visual Novel − Difficult + Card Battler + Card Game + Rogue-like $24.99 19,964 96% Thu, May 21, 2020 $20.6m
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Dicey Dungeons Dicey Dungeons Terry Cavanagh 4 titles 3 − Turn-Based Tactics − Visual Novel − Difficult + Card Battler + Indie + Rogue-like $14.99 10,469 89% Tue, Aug 13, 2019 $6.3m
$2.8m – $6.6m

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