# Ikaruga

Summer DB entity ID: b5e3a20a\-5f67\-440a\-b641\-4cb70ac3a0b7

Steam App ID: 253750

Shoot\! Dodge\! and\.\.\. Get Hit\!?   Ikaruga  is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity\-switching gameplay\. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets\! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus\! Features   The player ship, all enemies and bullets are black or white\. Player's polarity can be switched at will\.   Your ship can absorb enemy bullets of the same polarity\. Filled energy goes to fire powerful homing lasers\! \(Release Power\)   Defeat 3 enemies in a row of the same polarity and get the chain bonus\! Building up high scores feels like a puzzle game?   Spectacular 3D graphics\. Fast and smooth game play\.   2 Players game \(Local\) and Double Play Mode: You can play 2 Players game with one controller\.   5 levels\. Tactical level design and boss battles\.   3 difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL, HARD\. Change your tactics depending on the difficulty\.   2 Game modes: ARCADE, PROTOTYPE \(not hidden\)\.   Replay data save is available\. You can also download them from the Leaderboards\.   Vertical screen mode support\. You can also play the game like a side\-scrolling shooter by rotating only the game screen\.   Xbox360 controller, Keyboard and Mouse support\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: TREASURE

- Publisher: TREASURE

- Release date: Feb 18, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_5bf084bd00d557db5056e922db8be3098fdd265a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_d5c2b638afd8eefeba0a58a80e083589f4b5c59f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_e7c98893ad0a17250ad50075fba6efa12fcc5f7a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_37c570ce989f59730ee98fa78ad3bdcb8a24c364\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_8e8d14bebb20770bb1d2190e6caa43dfceada351\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/253750/ss\_f8bc69bdd5502bef836aff8c4b211c6905172457\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1759736295

- Price: 999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 8

- Steam review count: 2373

- Steam positive reviews: 2249

- Steam negative reviews: 124

- Steam positive percentage: 94.77454698693637%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/b5e3a20a-5f67-440a-b641-4cb70ac3a0b7/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/b5e3a20a-5f67-440a-b641-4cb70ac3a0b7/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T22:39:44\.790653\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-28T22:39:46\.049308\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T22:39:45\.808202\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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