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Vortex: The Gateway cover art

Vortex: The Gateway

StormCube Games · 2016-03-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!

57%
positive of 399 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.19
steam price (US)

Due to a mysterious dimension vortex you will find yourself on an alien planet. Explore, adapt, build and fight to survive. You will have to face the dangers of the planet at different times of day, at changing temperature, hungry or thirsty. There is a story mode and a survival mode.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 23,132 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10.0k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 399 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.19-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2017-08-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920152026Week of 2015-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$3.192015-10-062026-10-012015-10-06 — best price $14.992016-01-11 — best price $14.992016-04-19 — best price $13.392016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $9.992017-01-06 — best price $9.992017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-07-26 — best price $7.992017-11-28 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-08-20 — best price $7.992018-12-20 — best price $3.192019-03-18 — best price $3.192019-10-14 — best price $3.192019-12-19 — best price $3.192020-03-20 — best price $3.192020-07-10 — best price $3.192020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-05-31 — best price $7.992021-10-14 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-04-29 — best price $7.992022-07-22 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $7.992023-07-27 — best price $7.992023-12-12 — best price $7.992024-04-04 — best price $7.992024-09-07 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $7.992025-06-11 — best price $7.992025-09-07 — best price $7.992025-12-04 — best price $7.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-10-01 — best price $3.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
63.5%
earned "Survive 1 day in story mode"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3882%53

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

Player tags

IndieActionAliensHorrorBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldEarly Access

Census log

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

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