SPSTEAMPULSELIVE ANALYTICS
Vortex: The Gateway

Vortex: The Gateway overview

StormCube Games | Mar 22, 2016 | game

Released

0players observed · 12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC

ActionAdventureIndieOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak2
  • Units sold (VGI)16,762
  • Revenue (VGI)$175,000
  • Review score57% positive

Vortex: The Gateway dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak2
  • Units sold (VGI)16,762
  • Revenue (VGI)$175,000
  • Review score57% positive
  • Total reviews398
  • Release dateMar 22, 2016
  • DeveloperStormCube Games
  • PublisherStormCube Games

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: StormCube GamesPublisher: StormCube Games

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Game overview

Overview

Vortex: The Gateway comes from StormCube Games and is published by StormCube Games. It arrived on Steam on Mar 22, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Vortex: The Gateway's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 57% positive across 398 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Vortex: The Gateway is available in 12 languages including:

EnglishFrenchItalianGermanSpanish - SpainDutchGreekHungarianJapanesePolishRussianSimplified Chinese languages with full audio support

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedCore i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz4 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 77905 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedNot listedCore i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz8 GB RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon HD 89905 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Vortex: The Gateway has sold up to 16,762 units and has 305 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $175,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Vortex: The Gateway overview details

Vortex: The Gateway combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. Due to a mysterious dimension vortex you will find yourself on an alien planet. Explore, adapt, build and fight to survive. You will have to face the dangers of the planet at different times of day, at changing temperature, hungry or thirsty. You can explore spectacular and dangerous places where you always remain a prey for the local species. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure in the story mode . Maybe you can even get back home... In survival mode you have to take care of your friend Mike, who has a severe leg injury. You have to keep him alive and protect him from the dangers of the island. The dangerous aliens feels the weakness and will try to hunt him down. Don't let them succeed. Build and collect resources at day, plan your strategy to keep the attackers out at night. More and more might come as the days passes. Features story mode: escape from the island survival mode: protect yourself and your injured friend a huge, diverse and fully explorable alien island with a unique atmosphere, visuals and emblematic sceneries non-generated environment, every location was designed by hand dynamic day-night cycle crafting system: harvest resources to create equipment by combining them together building system: build shelters, fences, storage, fire, etc. survival aspects: hunger, thirst, stamina, health, different temperatures, hiding living faun…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Vortex: The Gateway is listed as a game with $3.19 (60% off from $7.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 57% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameVortex: The Gateway
Steam App ID406170
Typegame
Release dateMar 22, 2016
DeveloperStormCube Games
PublisherStormCube Games
Price$3.19 (60% off from $7.99)
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak2
Positive reviews228
Negative reviews170
Total reviews398
Positive percent57%
Review typeMixed
Recommendations305
Average playtime516 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateMar 22, 2016
Official Steam feed update (UTC)21 November 2025 - 07:08:06 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC

Content descriptors

The game contains violence and gore.

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Bow makerNo description
Spear crafterNo description
Claw hammer creatorNo description
Shelter builderNo description
Protected by a fenceNo description
Trap set upNo description
Totem to scare enemiesNo description
Fire starterNo description
Drone slider riderNo description
The master of the islandNo description

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/406170
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/406170/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/406170
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Vortex: The Gateway

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Vortex: The Gateway?

Vortex: The Gateway's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 04:02:00 UTC, with a tracked peak of 2 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 9 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Vortex: The Gateway growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Vortex: The Gateway?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (41%), Canada (12.8%), Hungary (10.3%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (34.9%), Canada (9.8%), United Kingdom (9.3%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (43.8%), Canada (10.2%), United Kingdom (9%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (31.3%), Canada (8.9%), United Kingdom (8.2%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Vortex: The Gateway?

Vortex: The Gateway currently sits at 57% positive across 398 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 228 positive reviews and 170 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Vortex: The Gateway have?

Vortex: The Gateway currently has about 12.2K tracked Steam followers as of 21 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Vortex: The Gateway?

Vortex: The Gateway is currently listed at $3.19 on Steam. That is 60% below the usual price of $7.99. Steam recommendations currently stand near 305, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

57% positive, 228 positive, 170 negative

Price and discount

$3.19 (60% off from $7.99)

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Captions available, Family Sharing

Achievements

53

Platform releases
  • Steam 22 March 2016

DLC and packages

Vortex: The GatewayBuy Vortex: The Gateway #79943$3.19$9.99 / monthSubscribe to Vortex: The Gateway #230572$9.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: 32-bit Windows 7 Processor: Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 7790 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Integrated graphics cards, such as Intel HD, are not supported.

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS *: 64-bit Windows 8 Processor: Core i5 / AMD FX 2.4Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon HD 8990 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Integrated graphics cards, such as Intel HD, are not supported.

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