Released May 25, 2017 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Vanquish

By PlatinumGames · published by SEGA

Action Third-Person Shooter Sci-fi Singleplayer Fast-Paced Shooter Third PersonBullet TimeMechsFuturisticRobotsCharacter Action Game

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Reviews 7,023 Very Positive

Players yesterday 12 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Vanquish is a game tagged Action, Third-Person Shooter and Sci-fi by PlatinumGames, released May 25, 2017. It has 7,023 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Dark Sector, Advent Rising and El Matador.

PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

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Dark Sector 84% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
Advent Rising 82% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
El Matador 81% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Singleplayer
Rogue Trooper 81% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 79% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
War Tech Fighters 79% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
Gearbits 78% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
JAX ATTACKS 78% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
Gun Metal 77% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon 77% match · Action, Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi

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Everything Steam lists for Vanquish · record updated 19 hours ago

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Overview

App ID460810

Release dateMay 25, 2017

Last change number37435436

Last record update19 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: PlatinumGames, Little Stone Software
Publisher: SEGA
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 78
Website: vanquishgame.com

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 40regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 40 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
1955411	public	Jul 20, 2017

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
171560	Vanquish	1	$19.99
15448 Bundle	Bayonetta & Vanquish Bundle	2	$35.98

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228983	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
460811	—	All	18.43 GB	15.97 GB	1439018520662855209
460812	—	All	110.4 MB	102.6 MB	1265304597874073447

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	1955411	Jul 20, 2017	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Vanquish

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Vanquish.exe		All

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations0

Achievements

Achievements500 hidden

Most unlocked77.9%Helloooo, Nurse

Rarest1.2%Tactical Challenger

Helloooo, Nurse Revive a friendly troop. 77.9%
Fight or Flight Manually trigger AR Mode and destroy an enemy robot. 70.4%
Home Run Destroy an incoming missile or grenade. 70%
One Day at DARPA Complete all DARPA training exercises. 67.6%
Home Run God Destroy ten incoming missiles or grenades. 58%
Robots Tend to Blow Up Destroy three enemy robots at once with one hand grenade. 53.9%
Space Normandy Complete Act 1. 47.6%
Gun Runner Scan and acquire all weapons. 45.6%
Death Wish Destroy three enemy robots while in damage-triggered AR Mode. 44.8%
That Ended Up Working Out Nicely After taking control of the enemy transport in Act 2-2, do not let a single enemy escape. 41.4%
Storming Grand Hill Complete Act 2. 36%
Adrenaline Rush Manually trigger AR Mode and destroy three enemy robots in a row. 32.7%
Knight in Shining White Armor Revive 20 friendly troops. 32.2%
Short Circuit Destroy ten enemy robots that have been disabled with an EMP emitter. 30.1%
I Don't Speak Kreon! Complete Act 3. 30%
Going in for the Kill Destroy ten enemy robots with melee attacks. 30%
Trick Shot Destroy three enemy robots at once with rocket launcher splash damage. 29.5%
King of the Hill Level a weapon up to maximum operational capability. 28.1%

All 50 achievements

My Way Complete Act 4. 27.1%
End to Major Combat Operations Complete Act 5. 26%
Two Birds with One Stone Destroy two or more enemy robots at once with the LFE gun. 24.8%
Survivor Complete all Acts. 23.3%
Romanov This! Destroy a Romanov with a melee attack. 23.3%
40 Yard Dash Maintain a Boost dash to the limit of the ARS reactor without overheating. 19.6%
Piece by Piece Destroy the arms, head, and back of an KNRB-0 Argus robot. 16.3%
Fisher is the Other Sam Proceed on the monorail in Act 3-4 without being spotted by the enemy troops or searchlights. 11.8%
Hole-in-One Destroy a Chicane with a hand grenade. 10.9%
Hurry the #@$% Up! Destroy five or more enemy transports from atop the Kreon in Act 3-7. 10.1%
Guardian Do not allow any friendly armor to be destroyed during Act 3-5. 9.2%
Operation Overlord II Complete Act 1 on Hard difficulty or above. 8.6%
Brutality Bonus Destroy a Romanov's arms and legs, then finish it with a melee attack. 8.4%
Ain't Life Grand? Complete Act 2 on Hard difficulty or above. 6.8%
Auld Lang Syne Destroy two enemy robots who have been distracted by a cigarette. 6.5%
Cry on, Kreon! Complete Act 3 on Hard difficulty or above. 5.8%
The High Way Complete Act 4 on Hard difficulty or above. 5.3%
Mission Accomplished Complete Act 5 on Hard difficulty or above. 5%
ARS Operator Complete all Acts on Hard difficulty or above. 4.6%
Flash! King of the Impossible Destroy four enemies simultaneously with the Lock-on Laser. 4.6%
Failure Breeds Success Destroy two Argus robots in Act 2-3 while they are in bipedal mode. 3.2%
Buzzard Beater Destroy the Buzzard without allowing it to reach ground level in Act 5-1. 3%
Leibniz Defense Agency Defend the Pangloss statue in Act 3-2. 2.9%
Civil Disobedience Ignore the elevator start order in Act 4-1. Instead, hold position and destroy all reinforcements. 2.8%
Flyswatter Destroy all the floating turrets in Act 3-4. 2.4%
Tightrope Walker Destroy two cannons in Act 3-3 and complete the mission. 2.2%
A Heartbreaker and Lifetaker Destroy 100 enemy robots with melee attacks. 2.1%
Living Legend Complete the game without dying, regardless of difficulty level. 2.1%
The Hand of God Destroy two Romanovs in a row using only melee attacks. 1.9%
Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! Destroy 10 enemies distracted by cigarettes during one mission. 1.7%
The Best of All Possible Worlds Find and fire upon all of the Pangloss statues hidden on the colony. 1.3%
Tactical Challenger Complete all of the Tactical Challenges in VANQUISH. 1.2%

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Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 22:41 #37435436
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- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed

News

Apr 28, 2026 · PC Gamer There are dozens of us! The best third-person shooter of all time sees HUGE* player spike on Steam after Capcom's Pragmata
PC Gamer Editor-in-Chief Phil Savage is a man of impeccable taste, but I still hold a tiny grudge against him for not breaking the seal on PC Gamer's 98% review threshold to award Vanquish, the Xbox …
Feb 5, 2018 · Community Announcements z
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Jun 29, 2017 · PC Gamer 'We don't feel anything is off the table' says Sega on growing its PC catalogue
At this year's E3, PC Gamer spoke to Sega Europe's senior vice president of commercial publishing John Clark about the possibility of porting as yet unported Japanese console games to PC—not least Ya…
May 31, 2017 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Vanquish patch fixes framerate damage bug
A weird bug in Platinum’s bumsliding shooter Vanquish , which made players take more damage if their game ran at a higher framerate, is now fixed. As some handy GIFs demonstrated on Friday, players r…
May 27, 2017 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Odd Vanquish bug ties incoming damage to frame rate
If you’re currently bum-sliding your way through newly-ported shooter Vanquish on a high-end rig then you might be finding it tougher than you expected. Don’t worry, your reflexes haven’t slowed over…
May 26, 2017 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Wot I Think: Vanquish
It’s my first time with the high-speed bumslides and endless robo-armies of Bayonetta and Nier: Automata dev Platinum’s third-person shooter Vanquish , newly released on PC a full seven years after i…
May 25, 2017 · Product Release Now Available on Steam - Vanquish
Vanquish is Now Available on Steam! PlatinumGames ™ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC.…
May 10, 2017 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Platinum s Vanquish powersliding to PC May 25th
Vanquish , the superfast and supersilly third-person shooter from PlatinumGames, will finally come to PC on May 25th, Sega have announced. Platinum are best known for hack ‘n’ slashing in games inclu…

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Vanquish

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