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Graceful Explosion Machine

Vertex Pop · 2017-08-08

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 06, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Skillfully pilot the Graceful Explosion Machine, a fighter ship armed with a ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array! Lost in deep space, you'll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued uncharted planets, fighting an alien armada to find a way home.

81%
positive of 48 reviews
Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (37 ratings)
$12.99
steam price (US)
Graceful Explosion Machine is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Vertex Pop. It was released in North America and Europe for the Nintendo Switch on April 6, 2017, then for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on August 8, 2017 in the North American and North European regions. The game has received positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 74% of 12,520 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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