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Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック

Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック

Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode.A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century.WARNING: Highly addictive.

Released May 27, 2015 Developer KaleidoGames Platforms Windows Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellCasualDifficultShooter
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

80.8%positive104 reviews
Recommended · 23 found this helpful

“One of the first arcade games that I ever played with more than a passing interest was Namco’s seminal Galaga. One of the original space shooters, Galaga was approachable in ways that most top down shooters simply aren’t, and I was able to get better and better as the years went…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“73 / 100 Being more of a retro throwback to the 8-bit arcade games, Vortex Attack (VA) does not bring much new to the genre, yet I found myself having quite a bit of fun challenging my high scores & pushing further through the levels. Leaning more on the easy side, getting…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Not recommended · 14 found this helpful

“An old-school static-screen SHMUP, with a lot of bullets, but not a bullet hell. Hold the fire button and avoid a screen full of random bullets while trying to collect a screen full of pickups that hold back and eventually destroy a black hole. Repeat until game ends. Or you…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 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 2026-09-28.

75achievements
2.1%median completion
0.9%rarest: Can't stop playing this game!
38.6% of players 35.2% of players 32.5% of players 27.7% of players 27.6% of players 25.8% of players 24.7% of players 21.1% of players 18.5% of players 17.5% of players 16.5% of players 16.1% of players 15.9% of players 13.5% of players 12.6% of players 11.2% of players 10.1% of players 9.5% of players 8.1% of players 8.1% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 38.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.6%Sector 1 boss OUT! — Kill Sector 1 boss for the first time.
35.2%Combo: 20 lumergy! — Collect 20 lumergy in a row
32.5%Destroy bosses in 90 seconds from arrival, that's fast! — Finish a boss stage in less than 90 seconds
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Can't stop playing this game! — Play 250 games
0.9%It's ALL mine! — Collect 250.000 lumergy particles.
0.9%BOSS OF THE GAME — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Nov 14, 2024
Slam and Roll: The New Arcade Hit from KaleidoGames

You know Kaleidogames has a long history of creating arcade games. In the past, we focused on shmups, and while we loved them, we felt it was time to bring something new. We chose to blend elements fr

Oct 22, 2019
Vortex Attack EX coming this week!

Vortex Attack EX is releasing on Steam and Nintendo Switch. From the 24th October 2019 you might start playing. Wishlist it now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1163290/Vortex_Attack_EX/

Dec 20, 2018
2018 is ending. Can you make it to the Top 15?

Best shooters 2018 , last 10 days! 2018 is ending. do you have a spot in the top 15 in Vortex Attack? Now it's the time! It's your chance to play this game before the year ends. After that the scores

Nov 30, 2018
New DISCORD channel!

Since we receive twitter messages that remain private some of those we would love to make them public in a general chat, so we just created a DISCORD kaleidogames server . https://discordapp.com/asset

May 22, 2018
1.3.6

After over a year without patches, the game was fine as it was but there was room to change a couple of things. FIXES/ IMPROVEMENTS - Game window allows to be resized. - There is a new mode called : F

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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.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie
Player tagsShoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Casual · Difficult · Shooter · Arcade · 2D · Action · Space · Sci-fi · Replay Value · Score Attack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements75
Official sitehttp://www.vortexattack.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Processor: Dual Core @ 2.4GHz Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: ATI 7540HD DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: Min specs could be lower.