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Vortexika – Racing Game Review
Vortexika is a Racing/Action game from Ernest Szoka, first launched in 12th April 2021.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 54+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Vortexika Stand Out
Blast your way through the vortex of obstacles, asteroids and enemies in this relentless endless space shooter.
Pick up armor, ammo and V bucks to upgrade your ship and level your way up through 100 levels of intense space combat. Challenge your friends to get the highest score on the leaderboards.
From the creator of Only One
HOW TO PLAY
- Swipe left and right to control your ship and tap to shoot
- It's recommended to use both hands, one to move and one to shoot
- Avoid obstacles and shoot enemies and asteroids(big asteroids take two hits)
- Shoot explosive obstacles to detonate the entire ring and get extra points
- Pick up armor to survive an extra hit and ammo to increase firepower
- Pick up V bucks for revives, restoring level progress, ship skins and upgrades
- Upgrade your ship with increased ammo, auto fire capability, pickup magnet and a hyper charger to shoot faster
- 100 levels, waypoints at every 10 levels
- Failure to complete a level half way downgrades your progress except at waypoints
- Bluetooth gamepads supported
This Racing game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Vortexika is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st July 2021
Recent improvements include:
Made autofire vs tap to shoot optional in the game settings
Added delay between levels
Precision Firing now replaces auto-fire upgrade
Some performance improvements
Lowered cost of ship skins and upgrades
Download & Availability
Vortexika is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
And keeps getting better with updates. Thank you to the dev for the constant stream of updates that have made the game even better than it was. This is our go-to game for short breaks.
Its great. So simple almost to a fault. It can be punishing to learn, we almost deleted it because we dont like troll ads, but stuck with because we love the concept. Reminds us of an old school mac game we use to play back in the day on a floppy disc. We play games on our phone using a controller, Vortexika is the best feeling of them hands down. Once you get the hang of it you can put the ship where it needs to go and feel very good doing it. 9/10 awesome game! A 10/10 for us would be a ship upgrade tier system. As you collect more shields your ship grows bigger. Id love to see a beefy tier 4 ship that handles slower but has more fire power, and can smash through small asteroids without damage. When you get hit, your ship loses a tier level. Like you guys do with the level check points! We love that youre not always starting from the beginning. Brilliant.
Didnt play it yet but Im guessing its good so 5 stars.
Have being looking for a while for this and finally found it, not a scam is a plus, can have some polish with controls, maybe sone options but overall great game.
This is so much like 80s arcade games. Love it. Just two feature requests: Support for landscape mode for iPad. ICloud saves for saving access to levels across devices.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.101
- Size: 82.57 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Ernest Szoka
Last updated: 1st July 2021 | Genre: Racing, Action | Developer: Ernest Szoka