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Vertigo 2 cover art

Vertigo 2

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

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

6
playing now
95%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 6 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 22% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 54k–122k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,722 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 4 of 8 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

1422026-08-07 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

Player tags

VRFPSIndieActionAliensCombatComedySci-fiShooterColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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