- Attrition Run Update - 15 May 2026
This update delivers a new endurance mode where your pod steadily deteriorates, a vivid alien environment, and expanded control customisation. Prepare for a constant fight against decay where every missed repair brings you closer to destruction.Highlights:New Attrition Run Mode challenges players to endure constant system decay, miss even a single repair pickup and your descent becomes an inevitable countdown to destruction.New environment features an alien world blanketed in bioluminescent flora and fauna, casting an eerie glow across the surface.Options Update introduces an invert Y-axis option for finer input control.Playing Attrition RunYou're escaping a damaged space station, but your pod was damaged during the evacuation.Your pod loses health every second, so you must collect repair pick-ups to survive.Each repair pick-up restores 5 HP, and missing even a few can quickly become fa…
- Gauntlet Mode Update - 11 March 2026
This update introduces a challenging new way to test your skills, visual enhancements, and expanded hardware integration.Highlights:New Gauntlet Mode challenges players to venture through an endless gauntlet that grows deadlier the further they go, pushing survival skills to the limit.New environment features a haunting space backdrop illuminated by a rogue red dwarf star, setting the tone for the danger ahead.New cargo tug hero obstacle adds massive cargo haulers and their freight, demanding precise manoeuvring to avoid devastating collisions.Razer Chroma™ RGB support syncs in-game lighting effects with your Razer Chroma™ RGB devices on Windows for an immersive light show.UI quality of life improvements introduce refined layouts and smoother interactions across menus.Gameplay rebalancing adjusts hero obstacle frequency in all missions.
- Minor Update (v1.1.3.1) - 15 October 2025
Engine updated under the hood to keep things running smoothly.
- Ground Control Update - 17 October 2024
The latest (v1.1.3) update enhances visual and performance aspects, including better shadows, higher texture resolution, improved visuals on asteroid sections of launch and landing stations, and minor UI improvements. Highlights: Improved shadow quality for all game shadows and in particularly noticeable locations such as the landing station. Improved visual quality on the asteroid portion of the launch and landing stations for improved fidelity. Increased texture resolution on all assets for consistent 4k across all texture sets. Thruster colour on all pods now matches their cosmetic skin for improved visual interest. Minor UI updates to resolve a few layout issues for ultra-widescreen displays. Minor performance improvements to squeeze out a few extra FPS on some hardware.
- Games from Ontario - 7 September 2022
Pick up Descent Vector at 50% off during the #PlayTheNorth Ontario Steam Sale from Sept 7-14th, 2022. Race your space pod through a procedurally generated gauntlet of space stations, asteroids, and debris in this single-player sci-fi endless runner. Test your limits, experience wild crashes, improve your distance, visit unique solar systems and unlock new space pods to pilot.
- Flight Dynamics Update - 20 April 2022
Prepare your pods for descent pilots! Descent Vector is dropping with new updates focused on fixing bugs and squeezing out extra FPS so nothing stands between you and your elite-piloting skills. New Features: Added new optimizations to improve overall performance on resource limited hardware. You'll see a minor adjustment to the length of each mission due to these changes. Adjusted lighting slightly for improved visibility on small screens such as the Steam Deck. Added an icon to show when the game is saving data. Bug Fixes: A big thank you goes to the great people on Descent Vector's Discord Community who reported these bugs. Your input and testing is greatly appreciated. Fixed a bug where it was possible to travel indefinitely under certain circumstances. Fixed a navigation issue within the menu when using keyboard or controller only input. Tweaked a few UI visuals for Ultrawide (21:1…
- Expanding Horizons Update Patch - 5 December 2021
With the latest large content update comes this minor follow-up patch. This patch addresses a few bugs and includes a few small changes. Please note that this patch will overwrite your settings in Options. You may want to double-check that everything is configured the way you wish. New Feature: It's now easier to see when your Phase Shield is about to run out. It will transition from a pink, to orange, then flash blue once it wears off. A sound cue will also occur. Minor Updates & Bug Fixes: Leaderboard loading issues on Mac have been resolved. Leaderboard skull icons are now a little smaller and out of the way. New lighting in dark spaces helps illuminate some hard to see obstacles. There is a new option to disable camera shake if desired. Fixed a bug where the pause menu could be activated on a loading screen. Space planes and rockets are better positioned in the play area when you're…
- The Expanding Horizons Update has Landed - 24 November 2021
Hello pilots! The Expanding Horizons update is now live! Here are the major new features you can expect from this Expanding Horizons update. New Environments Mining Lasers, Megastructures and New Content New Pick-up Mechanic Damage Mechanic Overhaul Leaderboard Overhaul Richer Sound Scape New Environments Three new environments are now available, each offering a unique atmosphere and mood plus increasing difficulty as you progress. The first, Betelgeuse, puts you in the vicinity of an unstable supergiant star and bathes you in yellow orange light. Trappist-1C, a desert wasteland planet includes a large population of dusty orbiting asteroids. Finally we have an ice ringed planet in orbit of the massive black hole Cygnus X-1. Each new environment comes with new pod skins and achievements to unlock. Mining Lasers, Megastructures and New Content New to this update are added obstacle types,…
- PS4 DualShock Controller Support Added. - 21 August 2021
PS4 DualShock controller support has been added. Please note that the controller may try and route audio through its internal speaker. If so, please adjust your sound settings back to your preferred output device. Unfortunately PS5 DualSense controllers are not supported at this time. You may experience weird behaviour if this controller is connected while playing. Unity, the game engine behind Descent Vector does not yet support that device. As soon as support is offered an update will be provided. Thank you for playing!
- Some great folks have reviewed Descent Vector - 17 August 2021
Zachurrate Gaming "Not even a second to breath, you're getting launched into a death spiral" Tri-North Studios "It's the controls that are really making this game for me, it just feels so responsive" Parallax Abstraction "It's adhering to the ethos of endless runners very well"
- Descent Vector Update #3 - 29 July 2021
Hello Pilots! As Descent Vector closes in on launch day the final touches and polish are being added to the game. In this update you’ll find… New features New environments Patches New Features Steam Features Descent Vector now features cloud saves and 17 achievements. Plus you can compete against your friends and global players on the leaderboards for best distance. Unlocks and Cards New space pods have been added which unlock as you progress. Gaining achievements also unlocks in-game cards to add to your collection. New Space Environments Descent Vector ships with four space environments with two new ones added... Tau Ceti F The Tau Ceti system hosts a super-earth sized planet dominated by a blanket of low-lying vegetation and simple animal life. It may be facing a mass extinction event as a recent cataclysm has fractured its moon sending debris crashing into the planet. 51 Pegasi B Wh…
- Let's Play Descent Vector: Space Runner (Re-Broadcast of Friday's Event) - 19 June 2021
HIGH-SPEED SCI-FI ENDLESS RUNNER Descent Vector: Space Runner is about dodging a column of space stations, asteroids, and debris at high-speed from the third person perspective of piloting a space pod. Relying on focus and twitch reflexes to navigate, Descent Vector challenges you to survive the gauntlet and break your previous best distance. Descent Vector adds 3D sci-fi visuals to the endless runner genre and highlights reckless flying with glorious explosions and waves of crashing destruction. Buckle-up and take control of your space pod. You'll either survive the gauntlet or go out in an adrenaline fuelled blaze of high-speed glory. DIFFERENT EVERY TIME Each play-through is unique with procedurally generated space stations and random placement of asteroids, booster rockets and space-age dangers. DESTRUCTIBLE CHAOS Destructible environments react to your crashes, exploding from the p…
- Let's Play Descent Vector: Space Runner - 5 June 2021
HIGH-SPEED SCI-FI ENDLESS RUNNER Descent Vector: Space Runner is about dodging a column of space stations, asteroids, and debris at high-speed from the third person perspective of piloting a space pod. Relying on focus and twitch reflexes to navigate, Descent Vector challenges you to survive the gauntlet and break your previous best distance. Descent Vector adds 3D sci-fi visuals to the endless runner genre and highlights reckless flying with glorious explosions and waves of crashing destruction. Buckle-up and take control of your space pod. You'll either survive the gauntlet or go out in an adrenaline fuelled blaze of high-speed glory. DIFFERENT EVERY TIME Each play-through is unique with procedurally generated space stations and random placement of asteroids, booster rockets and space-age dangers. DESTRUCTIBLE CHAOS Destructible environments react to your crashes, exploding from the p…
- Descent Vector Dev Update #2 - 3 May 2021
Welcome to Gliese 436 B pilot! Gliese 436 B is a frozen ice world where cryovolcanoes spew ammonia ice into space from subsurface oceans. In orbit the ice collects into an immense and beautiful ring around the planet. Take in the view but don’t let its beauty fool you, this is a dangerous region of space! As a space pod pilot you must avoid impacting the ice rings and steer clear of collisions with the many space stations in orbit. Descent Vector Dev Update #2 Descent Vector is moving forward and this update features a new mission location and environmental art. Environment Art The previous update covered the lava world (Kepler 10-B) mission with a fiery planet, iron rich asteroids, and a predominantly red colour palette. The new frozen Gliese 436 B mission is complete and with it comes changes to add variety into the mission levels. The dark iron-rich asteroid models see an update to s…
- Descent Vector Dev Update #1 - 13 April 2021
Welcome to Kepler-10b pilot! This is a lava world bathed in solar radiation where the daytime temperatures reach 1,400°C! The planet’s crust of silicates and iron boil on a molten ever changing surface. You wouldn’t want to step foot on this planet but the asteroids in orbit are rich in iron and valuable minerals. Descent Vector Dev Update #1 Descent Vector is moving forward and this update is jam-packed with new visual updates! Skybox, Asteroids, and Lighting The skybox for the Kepler-10b level is complete and features a molten lava world at its centre with a red and purple emission nebula to set the mood in the background. With this comes reflection and lighting updates both brightening up the level and creating correct reflection shading for the environment. Iron rich asteroids blanket the area just outside the space station corridor and they fly past as you progress through the miss…
