Vortex: The Gateway

Vortex: The Gateway

Steam Deck · unrated

StormCube Games · Open World Survival Craft · Mar 22, 2016

It depends on what you're after.

At $7.99. It has been as low as $3.19.

57%
Mixed
398 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 398 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 136 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visuals- Game looks fantastic and very atmospheric (great work on the skybox as well).
37 of 136 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Story- Yes there is actually a story/plot!
35 of 136 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is really challenging by scarce of info and answers, player must to explore and learn quite important things by himself, an oddity in videogames industry.
14 of 136 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
There seems to be really good optimization as i never hit lag, not even when looking at LOTS of buildings and items i have built.
12 of 136 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
-- Aside from the voice acting (which could use some work) the audio is really solid.
8 of 136 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
This game is very good in the aspect of what it is supposed to be, but I wanted more of the gameplay to be more of a defending my base, because of all the traps in the game, there could also be an update with some other things like adding a gun, adding more things to build, adding co-op mode, the game is awesome in my opinion but I felt like it was just missing an aspect, like waves of Alien's coming at my base.
4 of 136 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Graphics37 reviews
Story and characters35 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Optimization12 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Co-op4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance15 reviews
73%
Interface12 reviews
42%
Multiplayer5 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat16 reviews
75%
Bugs14 reviews
64%
Crashes8 reviews
75%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.19.

4 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
57%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.