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Vanquish
Developer PlatinumGames, Little Stone Software
Vanquish is a 2010 third-person shooter game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It began development in 2007 and was released worldwide in October 2010. A Windows port was released on May 25, 2017. A compilation titled Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 18, 2020, including remastered versions of the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
337 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
214 positive · 21 negative
95% range 87–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 214 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 29 | 3 | 58 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,243 of 4,722 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 192 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 209 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (7,189 of 8,023 positive).
Players praise Vanquish for its unique, fast-paced combat that blends cover shooting with acrobatic movement. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is short but offers replay value through challenges and higher difficulties. [3][4][5] A few players criticize the generic story, dated aesthetics, and lack of player freedom. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
Slop of its era is what you can call this game with its generic protagonist, the blonde female talking to you while the ♥♥♥♥ always do these "angles" (if you know what i mean) and the "Russia is the bad guy and the US is corrupted" and corny dialogue. Gameplay insanely unfun since everything is scripted and there is no player freedom (keep in mind some people call this a "movement shooter" it is anything but a MS …
- [1]
This is the coolest third-person shooter ever made, in theory. That "in theory" makes all the difference. You're going to have an amazing time if you play with a bunch of self-imposed restrictions, read or watch a bunch of guides about all the sick strats the game itself doesn’t bother explaining, and do a learning run or two. Do all that - and this is an action game of the millennium. Meanwhile, the boring …
- [3]
First of all excellent port. Native 4K support. No crashes or major glitches. Works on modern PCs without issue. Combat is amazing. Action is present from the begging till the end. They manage to mix cover shooter and fast paced maneuvers and it actually works. Story is short but after finishing it for the first time you unlock tactical missions and new difficulty options so there is replay value. All in all …
- [5]
Played this to death on console. About to dive into the PC version. My only complaints with Vanquish in general - Game is HELLA short. Even by PlatinumGames standards. - If you’re expecting the amount of replayability of other titles from PlatinumGames like Bayonetta, NieR Automata, or Wonderful 101. This game is lacking in that regard. Despite those complaints. This game is one of the most unique shooters you’ll …
- [2]
16 years later and this game still kicks tits. The method of dodging from cover, activating slow motion, shooting and evading is some of the most beautifully choreographed gameplay that is still super fun to play. If you enjoy third person shooters definitely play this. Just don't play it like a standard TPS. Miss these kinds of games.
Summarised from 34 of the 305 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Vanquish sits at 91% positive across 235 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. Many reviewers praised the game's visuals, gameplay, innovation, fast pace, and over-the-top style, though some also criticized its short length, lack of multiplayer, mediocre plot, and corny dialogue. GameTrailers noted that it is hard to imagine the slow-motion gameplay working in multiplayer. Game Informer stated, "Don't be surprised if you finish your first playthrough in four hours or less." This view was challenged by PlatinumGames' writer Jean Pierre Kellams as well as Eurogamer. Famitsu gave the game a score of two nines, one ten and one nine, for a total of 37 out of 40. Elsewhere, The Daily…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 337 · most liked firstVanquish, an extremely @insertcredit.com 7/10 style video game, is on sale for $6 currently. Also, I strongly dislike it which makes it even more of an insert credit video game. Give it a look if you haven't before. store.steampowered.com/app/460810/V...
negative · AI labelView post →Capcom is sleeping on Pragmata. I spent months wondering what this game's actual gameplay was like but spent 90 seconds in the demo and immediately could tell this game feels GREAT and is EXTREMELY FUN to just move around and shoot in. I see hints of Lost Planet/Vanquish/Astral Chain heritage here.
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 Brute Fort is live now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf... 💸 Come back the project 📣 Share it around 🗡 Vanquish the evil that lurks in the fort 18 card dungeon delving game by me + tape cassette soundtrack by Gus BC
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried the Pragmata demo on Switch 2. This jumped up from "Game I've heard about" to "Game I want to pick up day 1." Gameplay felt great - like a cross between original RE4 and something like Dead Space or Vanquish. The hacking mini-games are a lot of fun. Looks great on the Switch 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →random I miss some of the sci fi game art direction of the 2010s, and by that I mean Mass Effect 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Remember Me, Vanquish It was kinda peak but I dunno if there's anything out there that fires up my imagination the same way right now I just see noisy greebles everywhere
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the game awards sucks every year because they never announce VANQUISH 2 so there's no point in watching it
negative · AI labelView post →Can't launch Steam games. I can't launch games on Steam for some reason, at least Windows games using Proton. I even reinstalled Steam several times, but nothing has changed. My distro is Pop OS. Here's what happens when I try launching Vanquish for example: ``` chdir "/home/quentin/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Vanquish" ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/quentin/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class:…
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the Vanquish comparisons are wrong but like…I guess if my game was directed by a ten year Platinum veteran, I couldn’t ignore them either.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hey that's me. Vanquish rules, people should play that game.
positive · AI labelView post →My game for #gmtkJam is DONE! VANQUISH THE DAY Every day is made of a thousand fight. You get up, get down but never for long. Are you ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime? toulou.itch.io/vanquish-the...
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish - the most badass game ever published by SEGA - is on sale on Steam and Steam Deck verified. If you don’t believe me how cool it truly is, check out Wes’ thread below:
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the coolest third-person shooter ever made, in theory. That "in theory" makes all the difference. You're going to have an amazing time if you play with a bunch of self-imposed restrictions, read or watch a bunch of guides about all the sick strats the game itself doesn’t bother explaining, and do a learning run or two. Do all that - and this is an action game of the millennium. Meanwhile, the boring cover-shooter approach is right there from minute one, and it’s the easiest way to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have a Steam account there is a 80 percent chance you own the game Vanquish even if you have never played or heard about it. bsky.app/profile/jimh...
neutral · AI labelView post →It works because it’s Arcadey fun and tonally closer to a game like Vanquish. Dead space if it was mostly pleasant and nice all the time. Unclecore Xbox 360 game unstuck in time that would be a hidden gem if it wasn’t such a big, successful push from Capcom.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish corruption and restore harmony Crystallium - A new Furry theme Rhythm Game X RPG Coming 2026 #Crystallium Wishlist Now: store.steampowered.com/app/2863980/... Watch Reveal Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSBJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Man Baby Gaming’s Mike Matei Live quality game suggestion of the day: Vanquish! I played through this a few times and it has cool post game challenge content too. Love the controls.
positive · AI labelView post →Taking cover was never about surviving. It was just the pause before the next burst forward.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →16 years later and this game still kicks tits. The method of dodging from cover, activating slow motion, shooting and evading is some of the most beautifully choreographed gameplay that is still super fun to play. If you enjoy third person shooters definitely play this. Just don't play it like a standard TPS. Miss these kinds of games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Vanquish is such an underrated gem. I’ve yet to play another third person shooter that was as good as this game, and it came out like 15 years ago!!!
positive · AI labelView post →#TavQOTD #Vanquish Vanquish!!! She's fat 💜 I don't get on with unique Tav due to how I mod and play the game so can't currently use plus size mod, but her body is much more accurately represented in my art and writing. I love having a body like hers desired so deeply by her partners.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish punishes you for staying in cover because it is a game for the brave, demanding that you powerslide on your knees at a hundred miles an hour while landing headshots the whole time what an excellent game
positive · AI labelView post →Overall: 8.5/10 Story: Honestly, I think the overall quality of the narrative is mediocre, but calling it "bad" feels a little too dramatic. The biggest problem isn't really that the story is full of catastrophic plot holes or anything, it's that the writing is just kinda underdeveloped, tonally inconsistent, and more interested in moving from one action sequence to the next rather than building a convincing plot around them. Furthermore, while I do like the badass premise of having to retake…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I had been mostly ignoring Pragmata because it didn't look like my kind of game, But APPARENTLY it's reminding people of Vanquish? The best cover shooter of all time? I had really not parsed it as an action game at all, I gotta check that demo out
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish is my YOU GOTTA PLAY THIS underrated game. Platinum made it and really established the whole Platinum vibe, the shit they're known for. Kinetic action, big set pieces, smooth and silky gameplay.
positive · AI labelView post →Every second of Vanquish may have been the most joyous I've spent in a video game. Faith vanishing at the end of Dreamfall was both cathartic and dreadfully sad. The absolute crushing weight of falling in the snow in Journey - and the unparalleled uplift of the climb that followed.
positive · AI labelView post →Vanquish rules, a Fredo Approved™ game
positive · AI labelView post →Oddly, the title screen for Vanquish also gives me "Dreamcast ass Dreamcast game" vibes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I did this mockup animation for a #BubblegumCrisis / #Vanquish style game a while back, and still no one's paying me to make it, and I need to make that everyone's problem
neutral · AI labelView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky --- Day 4: Vanquish
neutral · AI labelView post →From the generation of gaming that didn't make games to turn them into live service cash flow or milk it for micro transactions but made them because they were fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all excellent port. Native 4K support. No crashes or major glitches. Works on modern PCs without issue. Combat is amazing. Action is present from the begging till the end. They manage to mix cover shooter and fast paced maneuvers and it actually works. Story is short but after finishing it for the first time you unlock tactical missions and new difficulty options so there is replay value. All in all absolute banger. I can see from where Jetstream Sam got inspiration.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want to know what I'm talking about, go and look up Vanquish for the 360, a game released in 2010. Most new games look either as good, or worse than this, to me. I have friends who were five years old when this game came out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish is the best Platinum game
positive · AI labelView post →This is metal gear rising, but as an action shooter. Except Sam in this game is actually badass. Hidden gem, no idea why is this game not more popular if you dislike the game, at least you get to shoot developers in the end 👍🏻
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#TavQOTD #Vanquish Vanquish was originally made for an IRL game that never finished, but that I loved. I played her in another game that also never finished. So I'm giving her a full rounded story now with Voss & Orpheus💜 She was made 8 years ago & this is one of the first artworks I made of her.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh man. Man oh man. We need to bring back games like these again into the modern medium because this was an absolute blast and still holds up from its original release date.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy shit Vanquish might actually be the most fun game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →2025 Goals: - 1000 followers on Twitch (twitch.tv/catawump) - Add at least 3 characters to my video game - Learn to do Live2D rigging - Vanquish the demons from my basement
neutral · AI labelView post →I thought Alien Soldier was ahead of its time. Difficult to master, but when it clicks, it does feel like a 2D character action game. In fact, something like Vanquish, kinda feels like its 3D cousin.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't like clicking or holding your mouse down for 9001 years? Don't worry! Our game, Feywardens supports auto-aim and auto-fire for your primary ability!! Vanquish the hordes of doom whilst preserving your wrist and index finger! #feywardens #gamedev #roguelite
neutral · AI labelView post →Platinum Games doing what Platinum Games does best. Opioids.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cigarettes, Exo suits, Robots, Laser weapons, High octane action and PlatinumGames. What more could one ask for?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →with a better use of the environmental design of Vanquish and PNO3 in a good game finally.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish fuckin ripped that game was so much fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Game 022: Vanquish Playing Vanquish is like a rollercoaster ride. Except the cart is going at 200mph, the rails are on fire and there's a spaceship chasing you. Featuring one of the best combat systems to ever be put on a third person shooter, this game is as challenging as it is fun.
positive · AI labelView post →disgusting hot take from me but I think Vanquish is a very boring video game i had to shelve it for now because I was falling asleep
negative · AI labelView post →Mow sacred castle lawns Vanquish foes with the holy lawn mower Exalt thyself in the shop Mowalot for Game Boy and Game Boy Color mike-daw.itch.io/mowalot #GameDev #RetroGames #Homebrew #IndieDev #GameBoy
neutral · AI labelView post →Slop of its era is what you can call this game with its generic protagonist, the blonde female talking to you while the ♥♥♥♥ always do these "angles" (if you know what i mean) and the "Russia is the bad guy and the US is corrupted" and corny dialogue. Gameplay insanely unfun since everything is scripted and there is no player freedom (keep in mind some people call this a "movement shooter" it is anything but a MS 🥀). The shooting is borderline cancer since some guns spray like flower missing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gimme an actual Vanquish Soul fighting game and I'll shit myself
neutral · AI labelView post →Solid Cover Shooter that Could Have Been So Much More Vanquish is a sci-fi action cover shooter directed by Shinji Mikami, one of the best directors in the history of game design. Resident Evil 1, 4, Godhand, do I even need to go on after all that? The man has an impressive resume and knows how to get the most out of a game's systems whilst pushing skilled players yet creating an experience rewarding and well paced enough to make it inviting to novices. Vanquish for the most part is no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have any of the like "make shit in your garage" engineer YouTubers made a gadget that lets you slide on your knees like in the video game Vanquish ?
neutral · AI labelView post →You show me a current game that's as cool as Vanquish Show me a game where you're fighting a spider tank and then it just transforms in real time into a giant bipedal robot You can't.
positive · AI labelView post →This is the pure definition of mixing the home console shooter genre with the gameplay mechanics of the Japanese arcade of the 00's. Pure perfection and honestly, we probably won't get back to this formula of gaming ever again. The gameplay is so satisfying. Please, if you love the action shooter genre this is a must play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I uploaded my sixth playthrough VOD of Hungry Horrors by @clumsybearstudio.com to my Youtube Channel! It was our first time playing the game after the full release! I loved seeing the new Hall of Vanquish and Pucca's Palace! #IndieGames #IndieGamesPlaythrough
neutral · AI labelView post →We jumping on Vanquish around 11:15 after I get off work. Haven't played this joint since highschool lmao it's a good time See y'all soon 🤝🏾 Twitch.tv/HailKingSoma #Twitch #Blacksky #BlackskyGamers #CreatorsofBlacksky #Promosky
positive · AI labelView post →Just played through Vanquish Great game, severely needed more enemy variety though Also, this nametag got a chuckle out of me lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Vanquish remains as PlatinumGame's forgotten gem. Seriously, it's that good. Among the cover shooter genre i'd even say its among the best. The game itself is not that long, it only took me about 20-25 hours to 100% the game. I think this works in its favor, allowing the game enough time to be memorable without overstaying its welcome. The story of Vanquish is nothing special. You play as DARPA Agent Sam Gideon, fighting a terroristic Russian threat who threatens to use a space station built…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and sweet! Great execution of a cover-based shooter where covers feel useful but not too OP because of enemies potentially flushing you out by destroying them, flanking you from multiple directions, etc. The combat is very chaotic, fast-paced, and intense (especially on the challenges and harder difficulty), one of the main reasons being AR mode and how it's tied to your health, making it risky to use it often, very simplistic but executed perfectly. One of the best shooters I played!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute banger. Stop reading reviews and just buy this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this to death on console. About to dive into the PC version. My only complaints with Vanquish in general - Game is HELLA short. Even by PlatinumGames standards. - If you’re expecting the amount of replayability of other titles from PlatinumGames like Bayonetta, NieR Automata, or Wonderful 101. This game is lacking in that regard. Despite those complaints. This game is one of the most unique shooters you’ll ever play. 15 years later, there still isn’t another shooter, quite like…
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