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Vangers cover art

Vangers

K-D Lab · Association K-D Lab · 2014-04-24

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 19, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mind-altering sandbox game that can be described as a racing role-playing adventure game with a complicated storyline. You’ll find a unique atmosphere, complete freedom and lots of gameplay hours to figure out what’s the game is all about.

Vangers is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Racing game released in 2014, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1389 reviews).

1
playing now
94%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (98 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Vangers is a racing role-playing video game developed by K-D Lab, a Russian company. It was released in North America in June 29, 1998 after receiving positive responses at that year's E3. An updated re-release was made available on Steam and GOG.com in 2014. The re-release includes support for Mac OS X and Linux.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 78 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2015-03-05) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 51 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220172026Week of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
230Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 15 · peak 41Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2014 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 13 · peak 46Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2020 — avg 23 · peak 63Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 25May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-04-02 — best price $1.992015-06-09 — best price $1.492015-06-13 — best price $1.492015-06-21 — best price $5.992015-11-25 — best price $3.492015-12-06 — best price $5.992016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-06-08 — best price $1.492016-07-04 — best price $6.992017-10-27 — best price $4.192017-11-28 — best price $6.992018-03-26 — best price $1.492020-02-18 — best price $5.882020-03-17 — best price $6.992020-04-14 — best price $5.882020-05-25 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-08-28 — best price $5.992026-08-31 — best price $5.992026-09-03 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.992026-09-09 — best price $5.992026-09-12 — best price $5.992026-09-15 — best price $5.992026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $5.992026-09-27 — best price $5.992026-09-30 — best price $5.992026-10-03 — best price $5.992026-10-06 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7492026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 31 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 74 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 20 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 26 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 31 pageviews2026-09-22 — 18 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

RPGIndieRetroVoxelActionRacingSci-fiClassicSurrealTop-Down

Census log

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

Recent updates

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