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Vector Thrust cover art

Vector Thrust

TimeSymmetry · Iceberg Interactive · 2015-07-02

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vector Thrust is a fast-paced single and mulltiplayer combat flight game, using a unique cel shaded art style. The game features 260 fully playable aircraft (through various iterations of over 45 aircraft models).

Vector Thrust is an Action, Indie and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment from 48% of 744 reviews.

0
playing now
48%
positive of 744 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 744 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%
GamersGate$3.00-88%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-10-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 60 of 77 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$27.39$2.492015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $9.742015-04-17 — best price $19.952015-07-15 — best price $14.392016-01-03 — best price $24.992016-05-06 — best price $27.392016-09-25 — best price $8.502017-01-12 — best price $6.242017-08-21 — best price $24.992018-01-15 — best price $4.992018-06-08 — best price $24.992018-11-05 — best price $4.992019-01-07 — best price $20.102019-05-03 — best price $4.992019-08-26 — best price $24.992019-12-10 — best price $24.992020-03-24 — best price $22.492020-06-25 — best price $4.492020-08-13 — best price $4.492020-10-13 — best price $22.392020-12-09 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-04-03 — best price $19.942021-05-30 — best price $21.132021-08-17 — best price $18.362021-11-16 — best price $24.992022-01-03 — best price $24.992022-03-24 — best price $21.132022-07-03 — best price $3.742022-10-15 — best price $18.362023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-06-05 — best price $24.992023-11-13 — best price $4.492024-03-15 — best price $4.212024-06-04 — best price $21.242024-09-04 — best price $22.922025-01-05 — best price $19.882025-08-16 — best price $19.882026-01-07 — best price $24.992026-07-13 — best price $3.002026-10-11 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
44.5%
earned "In for the kill"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8400%129

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

Player tags

JetIndieActionArcadeFlightShooterSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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