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Trace Vector

86% positive of 30 Steam reviews

Released: 2014
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by Vexel Games.

About the game

Trace Vector is a modern take on tough as nails, high speed, vector, action arcade games from the 1980's. Turn up the music, navigate your ship through high speed warp networks, maintain your fuel reserves, avoid deadly hazards, and try to safely return home! Quarters not required.

Tagged by players

Action
Adventure
Arcade
Retro

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
An excellent throwback to '80's arcade machines, this game is fast, furious, and /incredibly/ challenging. Not for the faint of heart, even veteran gamers will stopped dead without focus, practice, and very quick reflexes. I highly recommend this intense audiovisual experience, but only if you think you're up for it. If you're not good at twitch reflex and aren't willing to spend a long time practicing, this game is…
4.7 h played when written. 28 found it helpful.
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Recommended
This game is a 1980s arcade classic that never was. Incredibly simple gameplay, all you basically do is make sure your 'ship' follows the correct line by moving it using the up or down arrow at the correct time. As you progress through the levels the speed increases so you will need machine-like reflexes to keep up... or just use the handy space bar to termporarily slow down time. Every time you die it's because you…
2.3 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
I was looking for a game that could somewhat remind me of the Vectrex. On thar front, Trace Vector does a good job. And the simple gameplay is fine, but there is an exceptional amount of downtime for the player what should be an arcade style game. The game play loop is simple enough. Guide your little cursor up and down along branching lines picking up fuel and avoiding hazards. That is the game. However, before…
24 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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