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Vertical Strike Endless Challenge

Project ICKX · PLAYISM · 2017-04-28

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

A flight-based action game designed to be easy to pick up and enjoy right away, and be playable over short timeframes. Make use of a range of weapons and achieve dangerously high levels of mobility by disabling your Alpha Limiter to spear your way through waves of enemy attacks.

78%
positive of 240 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 15,339 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 240 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-05-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.992017-04-292026-09-092017-04-29 — best price $4.992017-08-14 — best price $3.992017-11-13 — best price $4.992018-01-22 — best price $3.492018-04-02 — best price $4.992018-07-16 — best price $3.492018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-21 — best price $3.492019-04-01 — best price $3.492019-05-24 — best price $4.992019-07-29 — best price $3.492019-10-21 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-19 — best price $2.992020-09-28 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-15 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $1.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-05-21 — best price $1.492022-09-19 — best price $4.992022-12-23 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-08-01 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-13 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-12-04 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $0.992026-09-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.5%
earned "Enemies on Approach"
21.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3438%97

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

Player tags

3DWarFunnyArcadeFlightShooterWargameMilitaryStrategyController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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