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Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S-Tribute

CITY CONNECTION · 2022-04-27

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Apr 27, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 28, 2022 (Xbox One), Apr 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!

79%
positive of 52 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 71% of 13,496 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-60%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020222026Week of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$8.992022-04-272026-09-102022-04-27 — best price $26.992022-06-24 — best price $20.992022-09-15 — best price $23.992022-11-22 — best price $23.992022-12-23 — best price $23.992023-03-16 — best price $23.992023-06-29 — best price $17.992023-09-18 — best price $23.992023-12-18 — best price $17.992024-03-14 — best price $26.992024-04-25 — best price $23.992024-06-27 — best price $20.992024-09-18 — best price $20.992024-12-19 — best price $10.192025-04-17 — best price $9.892025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-04-21 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-09-09 — best price $11.992026-09-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DRetroSpace1990'sActionArcadeSci-fiShooterTop-DownController

Census log

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

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