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Velocity®Ultra cover art

Velocity®Ultra

Curve Studios · Curve Games · 2013-12-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 02, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Dec 12, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Velocity®Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a collapsed black hole, you’ll need to use both firepower and quick-wits to catapult the Quarp Jet through 50 levels of sci-fi action.

Velocity®Ultra is an Action, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 280 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 280 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Velocity is a 2012 shoot 'em up video game developed by British studio FuturLab for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita. It was released as a PlayStation mini. It was ported to Windows by Curve Studios. A sequel, Velocity 2X, was released in 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 114% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 11k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 280 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at IndieGala Store (2023-12-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7502026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 75 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$0.852015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $2.092015-03-27 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $1.992016-10-01 — best price $1.502017-06-01 — best price $4.842017-11-07 — best price $9.992017-12-26 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-05-04 — best price $9.992018-07-01 — best price $9.992018-08-22 — best price $2.492018-10-29 — best price $2.502019-01-04 — best price $8.392019-11-09 — best price $8.392020-03-02 — best price $1.502020-07-10 — best price $9.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $1.002021-03-25 — best price $1.502021-10-07 — best price $1.142022-04-21 — best price $1.002022-11-21 — best price $0.992023-03-25 — best price $1.002023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $1.002025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-01-31 — best price $9.992026-03-30 — best price $9.992026-05-15 — best price $0.852026-06-18 — best price $1.002026-07-28 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3052026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 25 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 23 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-22 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 15 pageviews2026-09-07 — 30 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 17 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 18 pageviews2026-10-09 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
28.5%
earned "Face Palm Napalm"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-12-12 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieActionPuzzleSci-fiShoot 'Em UpSingleplayerTop-Down ShooterFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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