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Vector cover art

Vector

· Nekki Limited · 2013-12-03

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 28, 2012 (Android), Dec 14, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 14, 2013 (Ouya), Dec 14, 2013 (iOS), Dec 14, 2013 (Web browser)

Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system. In this totalitarian world freedom and individually is nothing more than a distant dream. But the heart of a freerunner is strong, and so you break free.

Vector is an Action and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1398 reviews).

5
playing now
89%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Vector is a 2012 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Cyprus-based studio Nekki for Windows, Android, and iOS. The objective of the game is to break free from the cycle as a free runner.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 114 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 56k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,398 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2014-06-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
231Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 23 · peak 72Apr 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2015 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$3.492015-01-012020-05-252015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-06-11 — best price $3.492015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-11-02 — best price $6.992015-11-25 — best price $3.492015-12-01 — best price $6.992015-12-22 — best price $3.492016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-02-05 — best price $3.492016-02-12 — best price $6.992016-06-24 — best price $3.492016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-11-23 — best price $3.492016-11-29 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $3.492017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-06-22 — best price $3.492017-07-05 — best price $6.992020-02-26 — best price $6.292020-03-23 — best price $6.992020-03-25 — best price $6.292020-04-08 — best price $6.992020-04-14 — best price $6.292020-04-27 — best price $5.132020-05-04 — best price $6.992020-05-12 — best price $5.132020-05-25 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

97132026-06-02 — 40 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 28 pageviews2026-06-14 — 24 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 57 pageviews2026-06-26 — 34 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-21 — 32 pageviews2026-08-25 — 30 pageviews2026-08-29 — 76 pageviews2026-09-02 — 60 pageviews2026-09-06 — 44 pageviews2026-09-10 — 44 pageviews2026-09-14 — 34 pageviews2026-09-18 — 37 pageviews2026-09-22 — 32 pageviews2026-09-26 — 45 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 37 pageviews2026-10-11 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Clumsy"
15.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

23 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,3484%57

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualRunnerParkourAdventureDifficultPlatformerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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