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Grind Stormer

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App ID 2590180
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Clear River Games
Franchise Toaplan Arcade Collection
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 29794212
Last Record Update 27 June 2025 – 20:15:40 UTC ()
Release Date 8 April 2024 – 09:42:56 UTC ()
❓ 52.11%
13 reviews
0
In-Game
+8
🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 💥 Action 🕹 Arcade 🏽 2D 📼 1990's

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.

Additional Information

Developer Bitwave Games
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Clear River Games
Store Release Date 8 April 2024 – 09:42:59 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/grnXdFTDXY
https://www.youtube.com/@bitwavegames/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 8 April 2024 – 09:42:56 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 15 May 2025 – 09:26:07 UTC () (1747301167)
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name_localized
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review_score 5
review_percentage 53
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 2 April 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 14133172
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported1
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 4 September 2023 – 11:16:01 UTC (), in changelist #20155007

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

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

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers Steam Input API Supported Gamepad Preferred

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp15 May 2025 – 09:26:19 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 9.54 MiB (10000000)
maxnumfiles 100
savefiles
0 ↴
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pathGrindStormer
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0 ↴
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osMacOS
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/Saved Games/GrindStormer *
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/Saved Games/V5 *
MacOS (Override) ~//SavedGames/GrindStormer
~//SavedGames/V5
Linux (Override) ~/SavedGames/GrindStormer
~/SavedGames/V5
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