The Vector

Conifer Studios

The Vector is a deep unfolding idle/incremental game that begins with a single pixel and a voice asking for your help. The architect has grand blueprints to construct an entire cosmos, but suffers from one fatal cosmic inconvenience: it has no physical hands or direct agency in this realm.

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Overview

The Vector is an unfolding idle/incremental game that begins with a single pixel and a voice asking for your help.

The architect has grand blueprints to construct an entire cosmos, but suffers from one fatal cosmic inconvenience: it has no physical hands or direct agency in this realm. It can calculate trajectories and design cosmic structures, but it needs someone with a cursor to apply manual force.

As you gather resources and progress, the universe expands geometrically from the central Origin into rotating satellites, automated manufacturing, and deep-space reconnaissance. Along the way, Entropy Glitches invade from outer coordinates, threatening to stall reality unless held at bay with automated defenses.

  • Minimalist Emergence: Start with zero UI. Every upgrade, mechanic, and defense node is discovered and rendered into existence and unfolding complexity.

  • The Sarcastic Cosmic Architect: A dynamic, responsive narrator who acts as the supreme project lead and aesthetic visionary. It provides running commentary, backhanded compliments, architectural critiques, and lore.

  • Tactical Defense vs. Exponential Economy: Balance spending between accelerating resource production and establishing automated perimeter defenses. Build drones and place towers to fend off the invading Glitches from causing system stalls.

  • Suited for short or long term play sessions, improvements and efficiency are always growing. And when you're done with the universe, build the Celestial Lattice to open a new realm and apply tweaks to change how the next one plays.

  • Bond with a companion, train your fleet, fight bosses, send probes, and get rated on your performance.

  • Unlock cosmetics to dress up your pet, alter the game visuals, and apply silly tweaks. All while pursuing the endless goal of bigger numbers.

The feel

Sci-Fi

Genres

Free to Play

Ways to play

  • Single-player

Weak PC? It still plays

Play The Vector on a weak PC

The Vector needs at least 2 GB of RAM. Cloud PC is a Windows computer with a strong GPU in the cloud. You control it from your laptop, phone or desktop.

1

Turn on Cloud PC

Log in to Thinkmay and start your machine. You get a Windows desktop of your own.

2

Install the game

Install The Vector from Steam as you would at home.

3

Play on any device

Play on a laptop, phone or desktop. Controllers and microphones work.

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