ETHER VAPOR Remaster

ETHER VAPOR Remaster

Skip · Shooter · 2012

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 41, under the fair line, at $7.99.

Length
3.6h
Value
$2.22/hr
Reviews
77% of 320 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$2.22/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 54 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Ether Vapor Remaster is a cinematic 3D arcade shooter and visual treat from developer Edelweiss.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, VGA with DirectX9 or later 3D functionality, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

84 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is cheaper than 64 percent of its genre. On the same math Distant Space 2 ($0.49, scores 59) and Let Them Come ($7.99, scores 60) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

The drop-off

19% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Ether Vapor Remaster is a little bit of everything kind of shoot em up that doesn't quite get anything completely right. Everything feel almost there, but lack the polish to make this game anything more than mediocre and forgettable. I hadn't played this game in a couple weeks before writing this review, and I couldn't remember anything about it. Even if Ether Vapor Remaster does have some standout mechanics. The...
Saturmorn CarvilliNot recommendedafter 1.4hAug 2023Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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ETHER VAPOR Remaster scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/214570/ether-vapor-remaster
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperEdelweiss
PublisherPLAYISM
GenreShooter
Released2012
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements20