Iridium overview

Overview

Iridium comes from James Roberts, Kevin Saunders and is published by Nebula-Design. It arrived on Steam on Aug 27, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Iridium's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 04:38:18 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 11 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Iridium is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Iridium has sold up to 330 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,204. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Iridium overview details

Iridium combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Iridium is a retro styled 2D shoot 'em up, taking inspiration from: Uridium, Xenon 2 Mega Blast, Nemesis/Gradius and R-Type. Each game in its own right is considered a classic by many people and offered some very unique features including massive ships, upgrade shops, in-level upgrades and a multitude of weapons. The game is a multidirectional shoot 'em up where the player is allowed free movement within each level. Unlike traditional 2D shoot 'em up games were the screen scrolls at a fixed rate the player can change speed and turn around in a similar manner to Uridium. The maps can be very large and often have a great number of enemy ships and other objects on screen at one time. Icons representing enemies and other important structures that are not on screen yet are shown around the edges of the screen. This includes a flashing star guide which shows where the player needs to be going in order to progress along each level. At the beginning of each game the player is given some basic weaponry as well as the ability to upgrade it during the level. The weapon and system upgrades which are currently available to the player are shown along the bottom of the screen along with how many upgrade credits the player has collected (similar to R-Type). Each upgrade will also show what level they are at by displaying a small progress bar in the upper right of their graphic. Later in the game the available upgrades can be changed. (NB: All references to shop, credits or currency is virtual, no additional spending is required for this game). There are 6 levels in total, each having its…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Iridium is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 04:38:18 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ActionIndieShoot 'Em UpRetro2DFuturistic

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