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Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック cover art

Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック

KaleidoGames · 2015-05-27

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode.A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century.WARNING: Highly addictive.

Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $1.59, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 104 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
81%
positive of 104 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.59
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.592015-03-282021-03-182015-03-28 — best price $4.492015-06-03 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $3.992016-04-25 — best price $4.992016-07-13 — best price $4.992016-09-12 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $5.242017-01-16 — best price $6.992017-05-29 — best price $3.492017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-26 — best price $2.442017-11-21 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $1.742018-02-11 — best price $6.992018-02-20 — best price $1.992018-04-22 — best price $7.992018-07-06 — best price $1.912018-10-04 — best price $7.992018-11-22 — best price $1.992018-12-14 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $1.912019-03-02 — best price $7.992019-06-25 — best price $1.592019-08-20 — best price $7.992019-10-28 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-01-15 — best price $1.752020-03-26 — best price $7.992020-06-25 — best price $1.592020-07-31 — best price $7.992020-11-06 — best price $1.592020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-01-25 — best price $1.592021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-03-18 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
38.6%
earned "Sector 1 boss OUT!"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionArcadeCasualSci-fiShooterDifficultBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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