Vortex: The Gateway

Wait57%

Mixed · 399 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

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

Player review score
57%
Mixed
Price
$3.19−60%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
53
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio2 of 12
Subtitles12 of 12

Should I buy Vortex: The Gateway?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 399 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 135 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise8% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
45 of 135 sampled reviews raised it
Crafting- Works well but UI could use some fine tuning and current carrying capacity should/could be either increased or allow for additional containers to be crafted.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
36 of 135 sampled reviews raised it
Visuals- Game looks fantastic and very atmospheric (great work on the skybox as well).
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
14 of 135 sampled reviews raised 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.
Crashes
Players who bring up Crashes mostly praise it.
7 of 135 sampled reviews raised it
Extra credit to the programmers, software performance is stable, no crashes or serious glitches (except for some weirdnesses with the underwater effect transition).
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
5 of 135 sampled reviews raised it
Something I will say is that while there are a few hours gameplay here and some nice areas to explore it would be so much more fun with a friend, but watch this space because 2 player co-op is planned!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay45 reviews
Graphics36 reviews
Performance14 reviews
Crashes7 reviews
Co-op5 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Players complain
Story
68% still recommend
Combat
77% still recommend
Bugs
62% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Optimization
44% still recommend
Audio
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$3.19$7.99−60%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $3.19

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