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ION Shift cover art

ION Shift

Electro Soul Games · 2024-12-05

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 31, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 05, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2025 (Xbox One)

ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.

ION Shift is a 2024 Action Indie game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 161 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

91%
positive of 161 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.63★
PlayStation Store rating (16 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 161 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520242026Week of 2024-12-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$2.992024-12-052026-08-102024-12-05 — best price $5.992025-01-04 — best price $4.792025-01-11 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $3.892025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-07-31 — best price $4.192025-08-13 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $3.892025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $3.592026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-05 — best price $3.292026-02-19 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-30 — best price $3.592026-05-14 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-03 — best price $2.992026-08-10 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
51.5%
earned "Friendly fire"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-07-31, latest 2026-03-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DGoreBloodIndieActionSci-fiViolentCyberpunkDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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