
Early Access
No. Last updated 5 years ago, with no recorded updates per month, and nothing new since.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Vortex of Pain is classic old-school 2D beat 'em up action in 3D...-ish. Use various fighting mechanics as you blast through dangerous zones stuffed with breakable props, explosives, and weapons. Fight alone or with your co-brawlers to liberate your city from simulation theory -obsessed maniacs.
Dec 3, 2020 · Patch note
Tips, taunts & auto-grappling update (opens in new tab)
We improved the tutorial section of the game (by revising the texts and adding videos) and added gameplay hints (loading screen tips and hints disguised as enemies' game over taunts) that address undocumented features and suggest good strategies. Enemies now also use regular text-based taunts to provoke the player. We also added an optional auto-grappling f…
Dec 3, 2020 · Build
Public branch build 5918206
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Aug 24, 2020 · Patch note
-Improved levels and redesigned enemy groups and bosses. -Added lots of new enemies. -Added a randomizer mode that randomizes enemies, weapons and dropped items. -Improved gameplay. -Improved animations. -Added new fighting moves. -Improved enemy AI. -Rebalanced difficulty. -Improved visuals. -Fixed bugs. -Added new vsync options and an exclusive full scree…
Jun 5, 2019 · Patch note
Update 4 (Lighting update) (opens in new tab)
In this update we added: -A higher quality environment lighting setting. -A character sprite lighting setting that determines if the sprites are illuminated by lights. -A pixelation filter for 16-bit beat 'em up fans.
May 20, 2019 · Patch note
Update 3 (Mall update) (opens in new tab)
In this update we: -Added a new Mall level -Added weapons & status buff items -Improved AI behaviour -Revised the older levels -Optimised performance -Tweaked the difficulty -Fixed various bugs
Vortex Of Pain last posted a patch note 5 years ago (Dec 3, 2020: Tips, taunts & auto-grappling update (opens in new tab)).
It got no recorded updates per month over the last year and is rarely updated (0/100). 0 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Yes, it looks that way. There have been no builds or patch notes in over 180 days, or none on record at all.
Vortex Of Pain: 0 updates in the last 12 months. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |