Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition vs Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition is an open-world RPG game from Crystal Dynamics (2020) while Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is an action-adventure open-world game from Eidos-Montréal (2021).
What each one is
Steam files Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition under Open-World and RPG. In contrast, it files Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
Assemble your team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, embrace your powers, and live your Super Hero dreams.
Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.
At a glance
| Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition | Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 6.2/10 | 8.1/10 |
| Steam rating | Mixed (67%, 34,511) | Very Positive (94%, 45,101) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | 78/100 |
| Price | Not listed | $8.99 |
| Install size | 75 GB | 80 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | playable |
| Released | 2020 | 2021 |
| Developer | Crystal Dynamics | Eidos-Montréal |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition vs Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive EditionOpen-world RPG gameMarvel's Guardians of the GalaxyAction-adventure open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive EditionAction, Adventure, RPGMarvel's Guardians of the GalaxyStory Rich, Action, Action-AdventureThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive EditionScore 6.2 · 67% on SteamMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ✓Score 8.1 · 94% on Steam · 78 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition34,511 reviews · 75 GBMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy45,101 reviews · 80 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive EditionNot listedMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy$8.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive EditionUnsupportedMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ✓PlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueMarvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (playable)
- Lighter on storage: Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition (75 GB)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ActionAdventureRPGSuperheroMultiplayerOpen WorldSingleplayerCinematic
Where they differ
Online Co-OpThird PersonComic BookLootCo-opPvE
Action-AdventureThird-Person ShooterChoices MatterComedyExplorationSpace
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition | Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA GTX 950 / AMD 270 (min 2GB video ram) | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 570 |
| Minimum CPU | i3-4160 | AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i5-4460 |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Install size | 75 GB | 80 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition · Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition and 8 for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy in scope?
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition has drawn 34,511 Steam reviews and installs in 75 GB. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has drawn 45,101 Steam reviews and installs in 80 GB.
Is Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition or Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy rates higher (8.1 to 6.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition or Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.