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Ellipsis cover art

Ellipsis

Salmi Games · 2017-01-25

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 25, 2017 (Linux), Jan 25, 2017 (Mac)

Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.

95%
positive of 246 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 26,097 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 246 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

19
achievements tracked
53.5%
earned "☆☆☆☆•"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

26 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,30511%19
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieRetroActionArcadeCasualBullet HellReplay ValueShoot 'Em UpTouch-Friendly

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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