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Vertigo 2

Zach Tsiakalis-Brown · Zulubo Productions · 2023-03-30

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 30, 2023 (SteamVR), Jan 15, 2024 (PlayStation VR2)

Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.

Vertigo 2 is a 2023 Action, Adventure and Indie title priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2726 reviews).

1
playing now
95%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
7
Nexus mods (199 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (1,150 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Deep underground in the reaches of Quantum Reactor VII, you awake to finish your journey home. You’ll have to face bizarre alien flora and fauna leaking from other universes - and deadly android security forces whose job is to purge the reactor of all life. Try to determine who to trust as sinister agents lurk just out of sight.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 133 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (674 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,658 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,726 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65265220232026Week of 2023-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-14 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
875Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 87 · peak 264Jun 2023 — avg 24 · peak 59Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 38Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Dec 2023 — avg 24 · peak 61Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 26 · peak 190Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992023-03-302026-07-092023-03-30 — best price $29.992023-05-31 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $25.492023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-21 — best price $25.492023-11-28 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $25.492023-12-11 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $25.492024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $23.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $22.492024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $23.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $23.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-24 — best price $17.992025-05-08 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $20.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $20.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
94.5%
earned "Armed and Dangerous"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-03-30, latest 2025-04-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2051%52
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)5497%50

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSIndieActionAliensCombatComedySci-fiShooterColorful

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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