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Vanquish cover art

Vanquish

PlatinumGames · SEGA · 2017-05-25

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 18, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 22, 2010 (Xbox 360), Oct 21, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Feb 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

Vanquish is an Action game released in 2017, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 7962 reviews).

12
playing now
90%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (237 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (6.4k downloads)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (2,185 ratings)
6.7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Vanquish is a 2010 third-person shooter game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It began development in 2007 and was released worldwide in October 2010. A Windows port was released on May 25, 2017. A compilation titled Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 18, 2020, including remastered versions of the game and PlatinumGames' Bayonetta.

Trailer

Vanquish trailer thumbnail

Vanquish (2021 Movie) Official Trailer – Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose

≈851,188 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 438 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 200k–481k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,014 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.75 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-10-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 43 of 85 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4432026-09-15 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 39 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 36 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27910May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 279 · peak 2,405Aug 2017 — avg 26 · peak 55Nov 2017 — avg 39 · peak 175Feb 2018 — avg 28 · peak 63May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2018 — avg 24 · peak 49Nov 2018 — avg 34 · peak 101Feb 2019 — avg 23 · peak 57May 2019 — avg 33 · peak 82Aug 2019 — avg 20 · peak 41Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 41Feb 2020 — avg 18 · peak 53May 2020 — avg 19 · peak 42Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 41Nov 2020 — avg 31 · peak 68Feb 2021 — avg 22 · peak 57May 2021 — avg 38 · peak 114Aug 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Nov 2021 — avg 18 · peak 53Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 58May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35Aug 2022 — avg 16 · peak 34Nov 2022 — avg 18 · peak 53Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 38May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 47Aug 2023 — avg 14 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 40May 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 16 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 65Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 54May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 77Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 61
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.20$3.992017-05-102026-10-082017-05-10 — best price $17.482017-10-12 — best price $14.992018-01-12 — best price $17.992018-03-23 — best price $9.992018-07-11 — best price $6.592018-12-10 — best price $6.392019-04-30 — best price $4.992019-08-26 — best price $19.992019-12-13 — best price $18.082020-04-15 — best price $19.992020-06-19 — best price $17.882020-08-23 — best price $17.882020-10-07 — best price $19.992020-11-21 — best price $4.992021-01-10 — best price $19.992021-02-20 — best price $17.882021-03-31 — best price $19.992021-05-21 — best price $19.992021-10-03 — best price $19.992022-03-21 — best price $17.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-09-28 — best price $17.592024-02-11 — best price $4.792024-07-12 — best price $16.392024-09-30 — best price $5.492025-01-24 — best price $4.792025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992026-01-10 — best price $14.392026-04-26 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $5.492026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5531452026-05-29 — 199 pageviews2026-06-02 — 168 pageviews2026-06-06 — 553 pageviews2026-06-10 — 232 pageviews2026-06-14 — 230 pageviews2026-06-18 — 165 pageviews2026-06-22 — 173 pageviews2026-06-26 — 148 pageviews2026-06-30 — 173 pageviews2026-07-04 — 183 pageviews2026-07-08 — 148 pageviews2026-07-12 — 180 pageviews2026-07-16 — 172 pageviews2026-07-20 — 159 pageviews2026-07-24 — 176 pageviews2026-07-28 — 195 pageviews2026-08-01 — 145 pageviews2026-08-05 — 167 pageviews2026-08-09 — 180 pageviews2026-08-13 — 162 pageviews2026-08-17 — 176 pageviews2026-08-21 — 161 pageviews2026-08-25 — 202 pageviews2026-08-29 — 168 pageviews2026-09-02 — 168 pageviews2026-09-06 — 246 pageviews2026-09-10 — 207 pageviews2026-09-14 — 209 pageviews2026-09-18 — 196 pageviews2026-09-22 — 207 pageviews2026-09-26 — 210 pageviews2026-09-30 — 202 pageviews2026-10-04 — 226 pageviews2026-10-08 — 224 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
78%
earned "Helloooo, Nurse"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)60,4676%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)41,1842%50
Steam (Steam)17,7172%50
PS4 (PlayStation)10,4159%51
Xbox One (Xbox)4,0022%50
PS4 (PlayStation)63719%51
PS4 (PlayStation)39922%51

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

MechsActionArcadeRobotsSci-fiShooterFast-PacedFuturisticBullet TimeSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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