Games like Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
If Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is your kind of game, the closest matches are SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, Bazooka Cat: First Episode and Red Mist: Rivers of Blood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anti authoritarian themes resonate, atmospheric and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider: 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.
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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Top pick for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
Bazooka Cat: First Episode
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Bazooka Cat is a platformer made with love inspired by old-school games of the 90s with the use of new technologies and game logic, but what if you add something like tactics to the platformer?
Red Mist: Rivers of Blood
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
You play a traumatized former Special Forces war veteran who sees red when his wife is abducted. In your pursuit of revenge, you must negotiate a dangerous urban environment. Avoid hazards and deadly drops as you shoot, kick and slash through hordes of enemies in this grueling and gritty platformer.
KUNAI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Ranked #4 for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Sanae Toumaden X2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
A mega X Touhou fangame with no X again.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Ranked #6 for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.
NIPH
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Shinobi Shift
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Shinobi Shift is a first-person platformer with shooter elements where you can control the time!
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
The Messenger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
STRIDE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
NINJA GAIDEN 4
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Reviewers of Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Other recommendable Steam games by JoyMasher, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Odallus: The Dark Call
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
Spooky Station
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Another title from JoyMasher, the studio behind Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
KUNAI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Frequently asked about Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
- Is Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider cost?
- Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider are SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance, Bazooka Cat: First Episode, Red Mist: Rivers of Blood.
- Who developed Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider?
- Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider was developed by JoyMasher and published by The Arcade Crew.
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