Sector Six

Sector Six

Released Sep 2018

Sector Six is a side-scrolling, sci-fi shooter with a silhouette aesthetic, procedural loot, extensive customization, and story missions.

92% positive · 265 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $8.00
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Evaluation

Sector Six launched on Steam on September 7, 2018 and received its final content update on March 24, 2019. The developer explicitly announced in February 2019 that this would be "the last content update," and the March 24, 2019 post was titled accordingly. That update delivered the Altered Parts system, Final Ascension, item sorting, and "The Signal" — an in-game teaser for a sequel — and the developer closed the post with "Nothing much besides localization updates and glitch fixes — if they will be needed," confirming no further content was planned. Since then, the developer has continued to provide occasional quality-of-life and maintenance patches (January 2023, April 2024) and minor communication (May 2025), consistent with the "support updates only" commitment made at the time of the final content update. In April 2024, the developer mentioned plans for a possible content update to celebrate the game's 6-year Steam anniversary in September 2024, and also discussed a planned sequel/reboot called "Perfect Shrapnel Zero." However, no such anniversary update has appeared in the post history, and no sequel has been announced as a concrete release. The developer noted their time for Sector Six is "extremely limited" due to work on other projects. The game is complete as a content experience. All DLC (the soundtrack) has been released. The developer's post-2019 activity has been purely maintenance and community engagement, with no new content having shipped since the explicitly labeled final update.
Evidence
Final content update shipped with Altered Parts, Final Ascension, item sorting, and more. Developer's closing statement confirmed 'nothing much besides localization updates and glitch fixes' going forward.
news post · Mar 24, 2019 source development ending
high
Developer explicitly announced the upcoming update would be 'the last content update,' ending new content and reworks development. Support patches for glitches would continue.
news post · Feb 27, 2019 source development ending
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
May 2016

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
V3663L
Achievements
140
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Sector Six is a side-scrolling, sci-fi shooter with a silhouette aesthetic, procedural loot, extensive customization, and story missions.

Features:

  • Save the Universe: Enter the distant future and join a desperate fight to stop the Eight Machines from destroying everything.
  • Build your spaceship: Customize the performance, appearance, and size of your spaceship, make it unstoppable by installing relics and activating set effects.
  • Modular difficulty system: Make the game as difficult as you want it to be. Higher difficulty means better rewards!
  • Master the ship combat: Learn enemy attack patterns to counter them, find the ability combinations that fit your playstyle, and obliterate everything that stands in your way with lasers and missiles.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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