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Vortex Attack

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.

85 27 May 2015

Vortex Attack is an indie developed by KaleidoGames, released 27 May 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Vortex Attack is

Vortex Attack is an indie game developed by KaleidoGames and released in 2015. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 75 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Vortex Attack holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core @ 2.4GHz, 1024 MB RAM and ATI 7540HD. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Vortex Attack launched on 27 May 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm and Project CARS. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm, Project CARS.

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Vortex Attack — frequently asked questions

When did Vortex Attack come out?
Vortex Attack was released on 27 May 2015 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Vortex Attack?
At minimum, Vortex Attack needs Dual Core @ 2.4GHz, 1024 MB RAM, ATI 7540HD graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Vortex Attack?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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