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Vernal Edge
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Imperfect, but the good stuff is REALLY good and I feel like this is the kind of game where its rough edges give it character rather than making me wish for death. If the dev is reading this, you have something really special on your hands. Keep pushing.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“This game sits right at the edge of being amazing and just being "kinda okay." There are a lot of things it gets right but will have one little thing that keeps it from being perfect. The movement abilities and skills you get through the game are really cool and fun and unique,…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Way too many copy paste enemies even the ones from the very beginning, they just get super armor to make them tougher. There's like a dozen types of enemies in the whole game. It also goes out of its way to be annoying, often sending you back to your ship before you can collect…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Vernal Edge x Steam Awards 2023 Nomination Request
🌟Nominate Vernal Edge for Steam Awards 2023!🌟 Dear Adventurers, Your journey in our 2D realm has been incredible! If Vernal touched your gaming heart, consider nominating us for the Steam Awards 2023.
April 6 Flower Fix
A small update to fix a regression introduced in the last patch. Fix flower timer not updating Fix tile mismatch in arena minimap Fix softlock caused by returning to title during boss death Add checkp
April 3 fixes - Memory Leaks + Changes to Lag Handling
Hello everyone. We've got another patch with various bugfixes and tweaks for you today. The headline change is about how we handle lag and dropped frames. In short, if the game was running slowly it w
March 23 fixes
Another update for you today, mostly bugfixes with a few small balance changes as well. Thanks to everyone who played the game and reported issues. If you don't see your bug here, hold tight as there
March 20 bugfixes
A handful of bugfixes and QoL improvements for you today Add steam screenshot functionality Mark solid elevators as moving for ledge grab so the player doesn't float in the air Prevent certain bosses
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Female Protagonist · Action · Platformer · Action-Adventure · Combat · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Adventure · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Magic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G or higher | i5-7600/i3-8100 or higher Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT1030/Radeon RX 550 Storage: 1 GB available space