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Vertical Shift cover art

Vertical Shift

Corrupted Media Productions · 2021-12-24

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayRacingEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Feb 25, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Dec 24, 2021 (SteamVR)

Vertical Shift is a new kind of VR E-Sport. Fly through the city and arenas equipped with your Zenith Suit, an advanced movement system. Your Zenith Suit is equipped with Grapple Hooks, Jet Packs, and Gliders, giving you ultimate control over your flight. Challenge your skills with PvP and PvE.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 81 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-25 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Welcome to Orion, the last city on Earth. Hundreds of years ago, a runaway greenhouse event covered the surface in toxic clouds. The only way to survive was to build up. Orion may have survived, but as one threat past a new one arose. The Corporations of Orion quickly formed a de facto government: the Corporate Leadership Group. The CLG rules mercilessly, abusing the people because they have nowhere else to go. But now, finally, there is a chance to stop the CLG. A new hero has arisen. The resistance has begun. Do you have what it takes to stand up to the CLG?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 19,239 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620212026Week of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyIn-App Purchases

Player tags

VRPvEActionRacingSportse-sportsCyberpunkFuturisticOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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