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Ellipsis

Ellipsis

Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.

Released Jan 25, 2017 Developer Salmi Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionIndieTouch-FriendlyRetroShoot 'Em Up
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

94.8%positive248 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Oh hey did I never rate this? . . . whoops! Anyway, Ellipsis was my favorite game at PAX East 2017, and for whatever reason I was randomly thinking about it again today. I really enjoyed the classic, tightly controlling mouse-avoider gameplay, the intuitive level-editor, and the…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Visually, this game reminds me a lot of geometry wars, if instead of wave fighting you had pacifist puzzles. Good zone out game!”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

19achievements
9.8%median completion
2.4%rarest: ☆☆☆☆☆
53.5% of players 33.7% of players 29.3% of players 21.7% of players 18.3% of players 13.6% of players 12.8% of players 11.8% of players 10.5% of players 9.8% of players 8.0% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 53.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
53.5%☆☆☆☆• — ×1
33.7%🏆 — 🌐 1
29.3%☆☆☆☆☆ — x1
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%☆☆☆☆☆ — 🎉 100 % 🎉
3.0%☆☆☆☆☆ — Hidden achievement
3.8%••••• — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-31
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 13, 2021
Check out a demo of our new game during Steam Next Fest!

Hi everyone, exciting news! We will be taking part in the Steam Next Fest , featuring our upcoming VR title Sweet Surrender! Not only will there be a playable demo available for all to try, but we wil

Apr 28, 2021
Sweet Surrender Revealed!

Dear friends, We're excited to finally reveal our upcoming game! Sweet Surrender, a Roguelite VR Shooter, will be coming out in late 2021. This is our biggest project yet: a fully-funded, action-loade

Feb 19, 2017
Update 10: New content

http://i.imgur.com/8CsDoCs.png Hey everyone, These past weeks have been very exciting for our team and we’d like to thank you for all your support. Level Editor & Workshop support We’ve been very impr

Feb 19, 2017
Update 10: New content

http://i.imgur.com/8CsDoCs.png Hey everyone, These past weeks have been very exciting for our team and we’d like to thank you for all your support. Level Editor & Workshop support We’ve been very impr

Jan 25, 2017
Update 9: Ellipsis Is Available Now!

Hey everyone! Ellipsis is finally available through Steam! We've worked hard and fixed dozens of bugs reported by our beta testers over the past few months and are happy to release Ellipsis to Windows

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Touch-Friendly · Retro · Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Casual · Arcade · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic * , Traditional Chinese * , Simplified Chinese * , Japanese * , Russian * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Romanian * , Danish * , Dutch * , Greek * , Kor…
ControllerFull support
Achievements19
Official sitehttp://playellipsis.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual-Core 1.8 GHz or higher Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with 256 MB of VRAM or higher DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space