Ellipsis
Worth it · Action · 2017
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 2.5h 5.7h to 100%
- Value
- $2.00/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 247 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each 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
About the game
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Video card with 256 MB of VRAM or higher, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
79 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Nova Drift ($17.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Cyberhunt ($4.99, scores 57).
More about Ellipsis
2.5 hours to finish it, 6 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
54% start to 2% rarestNo 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
Ellipsis is one of those indie games that demonstrates how much can be accomplished with a focused idea and a strong sense of style. Developed and published by Salmi Games, the title takes an unconventional approach to arcade design by stripping away combat almost entirely and replacing it with a constant emphasis on movement, timing, and survival. At first glance, its minimalist visuals and simple controls may...
1 more review
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand-the hand I...
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Cite this score
Ellipsis scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/514620/ellipsisReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.