Grind Stormer

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Grind Stormer

Short description

Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.

Developer
Bitwave Games, Toaplan
Publisher
Clear River Games AB
Release
Mon, Apr 08, 2024
Price
$7.99
Reviews
18
Positive
61%
Followers
237
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action
Features
Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Full controller support, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play Together
Tags
Shoot 'Em Up Action Arcade 2D 1990's Top-Down Shooter Pixel Graphics Top-Down Aliens Sci-fi Combat Linear Co-op Local Co-Op Local Multiplayer Old School Multiplayer Singleplayer
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$6ksomewhere between $3k and $12k · roughly 360–1K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $7.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

Tracking started Sep 27, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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METAL SLUG METAL SLUG Dotemu 42 titles 4 − 1990's − Top-Down Shooter + Side Scroller + Retro $7.99 4,390 90% Thu, Jun 25, 2015 $1.5m
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METAL SLUG X METAL SLUG X Dotemu 42 titles +1 4 − 1990's − Top-Down Shooter + Co-op + Classic $7.99 3,132 88% Thu, Oct 02, 2014 $1.5m
$1.5m – $1.8m

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