Underplayed Gems

Vortex: The Gateway (2016)

Vortex: The Gateway cover
Developer
StormCube Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
2.9 of 5, 398 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You scavenge and build to survive an alien wilderness where every creature sees you as prey.

open worldsurvivalcraftingfirst-personatmospherictenseexplorationsingleplayer

What players say

Players call this an ambitious but abandoned survival game that feels like a land-based Subnautica. It has a compelling alien world and a roughly 20-hour story, but controls are buggy, the bow aiming is poor, and development stopped in 2016.

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Screenshots

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