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Vertical Shift
Vertical Shift is a new kind of VR E-Sport. Fly through the city and arenas equipped with your Zenith Suit, an advanced movement system. Your Zenith Suit is equipped with Grapple Hooks, Jet Packs, and Gliders, giving you ultimate control over your flight. Challenge your skills with PvP and PvE.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“This has to be one of the best games I've ever played. The movement is a beautiful combination of spiderman grappling hooks, iron man jet hands, and batman's glider. It takes a few minutes to get a hang of it but once you do everything is possible. I've played this game before…”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played“Amazing game if you don't have a sick stomach. Controls are great, boosters could be a bit more directional but amazing game.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“It was ok for a bit but: * Can't turn off rotating with the controller (I move my body to turn thank you very much) * For some dumb reason the boosters are on the side of the controllers which makes controlling them beyond awkward * Pulling with the tethers is very jank and…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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# Vertical Shift Update 2.10.4.27 (Quad Update)
Hello Shifters! We have another patch for you all! This patch brings several bug fixes and improvements across player mechanics, as well optimizations to the quad map. This month's patch includes the
NO MORE LOGGING IN
Vertical Shift Update ----------------------------------- Available Right now 2.10.3.17 New Features ~ Auto login! The game will now automatically log you in using your platform account (steam/oculus)
Hud Update
- Added Feedback indicating when your watch is being Activated - Logs no longer spam at the end of freeze tag games - Fixed a bug where the First Person Camera would clip avatars when spectating on PC
2.9 is OUT and it comes with our most Vertically Shifted Freeze Tag Map yet
Added: ~ Freeze Tag Map Hex. ~ You can now view a players' ping in the social tab. Bug Fixes: ~ Fixed a bug where a player could spectate and start a game by themselves to which the room would freeze
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Racing, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action · Sports · VR · Action-Adventure · e-sports · First-Person · Cyberpunk · Futuristic · Character Customization · Open World · Free to Play · PvE (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Tracked Controller Support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://verticalshift.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or Newer Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater. Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater. Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Video Output Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output VR Support: SteamVR or OpenXR