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Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge
Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I bought it because I saw ZX Spectrum/Amstrad inspired jump and shoot, and boobs. I got both of those. Game's pretty fun if you want a slower paced run and gun, soundtrack's awesome (had the soundtrack for years before I bought the game). By default it installs the 2022 remake,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Funny little game with a reminder, watch out who you back mouth on Social Media.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Massive "Polishing a Turd" Update!
It's been a while! It's been a (very!) long time coming, but I have finally decided to update Ultionus. This new version overhauls the original game in almost every way imaginable, short of making it
Better late than never! Ultionus gets a set of Steam trading cards.
http://i.imgur.com/OQxgknf.png Hey guys and gals! Back when I first released Ultionus on Steam, I've been virtually platform-illiterate, and couldn't see much point in having Steam trading cards, as t
Better late than never! Ultionus gets a set of Steam trading cards.
http://i.imgur.com/OQxgknf.png Hey guys and gals! Back when I first released Ultionus on Steam, I've been virtually platform-illiterate, and couldn't see much point in having Steam trading cards, as t
Attention Be Mine 11 bundle purchasers.
Small change of plans. If you sent me an email with your Desura key today - I apologize to have put you through that. As of right now - your Steam key is available through the Groupees page - simply f
Attention Be Mine 11 bundle purchasers.
Small change of plans. If you sent me an email with your Desura key today - I apologize to have put you through that. As of right now - your Steam key is available through the Groupees page - simply f
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Retro · Female Protagonist · Action · Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Adventure · Indie · Sci-fi · 2D · Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.lastdimension.net/ultionus-a-tale-of-petty-revenge/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.6 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 65 MB available space