No. Vectron is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Vectron on?

Vectron is available on Intellivision.

When did Vectron release?

Vectron was first released on December 31, 1983.

Vectron

Dec 31, 1983ShooterArcadeIntellivision

Vectron — frequently asked questions

Is Vectron on Steam?: No. Vectron is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Vectron on?: Vectron is available on Intellivision.
When did Vectron release?: Vectron was first released on December 31, 1983.

About Vectron

The object of Vectron is to construct an energy base, section by section. You add each section by moving your energy block in place and filling it with an energy blast. You must protect your energy block against Hungrees, G-spheres, splits, sweeps, and prizums who can destroy it. Shoot them down with energy blasts or neutralize them with special energy from an E-Pak. Don't run out of energy or you lose an energy block. There are three energy blocks per game. When they're gone, the game is over.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Intellivision
Developer: Mattel Electronics
Publisher: Mattel Electronics
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20

Loose

Complete

$10

Sealed

$20

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about 2 times a month
Sealed: about once a month

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-20.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $1.75 in Apr 2009, $3.96 five years ago, and $5.32 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$4.97	—
Jan 2011	$3.01	—
Jan 2012	$4.99	—
Jan 2013	$4.25	—
Jan 2014	$1.99	$8.79
Jan 2015	$2.99	$7.00
Jan 2016	$5.95	$7.65
Jan 2017	$4.99	$7.00
Jan 2018	$4.09	$7.46
Jan 2019	$4.08	$7.15
Jan 2020	$4.02	$7.62
Jan 2021	$2.84	$7.11
Jan 2022	$7.86	$11.64
Jan 2023	$5.60	$11.79
Jan 2024	$7.77	$11.43
Jan 2025	$3.97	$12.71
Jan 2026	$5.33	$11.58
Oct 2026	$5.32	$10.37

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Product #
North America Mattel Electronics	5788

North America: Product number confirmed by Mattel's own catalogue.

Source: Product numbers: each confirmed by the game's own manual, a publisher-prefix UPC that encodes it, a box scan, or INTV Funhouse's collector list where Mattel's own 1979–83 catalogues or manual order forms print the same number; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: Hand controller
Players: 1 or 2
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the IntellivisionLow counterfeit risk

Intellivision prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A Mattel shoot-'em-up with invented alien enemies, competent and cheap.

Vectron was a Mattel space shooter released in March 1983. Video Games Player previewed it that fall as a space game pitting you against the Hungrees, the G-spheres, the splits, the sweeps and the prizums.

It is one of the late Mattel releases that never became a name people remember, and nothing in period coverage suggests it was a standout. It is a fair pick for someone who wants a lesser-known space shooter on the system.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 3

June 1983

Graphics ★★★★ · Play-Action ★½

“VECTRON has unusually stunning and colorful graphics; it's a very pretty game to look at. However, we found the game itself unnecessarily confusing”
— Computer Entertainer, June 1983

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

Worth knowing

From the Intellivision manual. You get three energy blocks per game, and the game ends when they are gone.
From the Intellivision manual. You can aim and fire in several directions with the disc while also moving the energy block, since both happen at the same time.
From the Intellivision manual. Free-Style mode lets the energy block move to any position in the base without first building an energy section.

Before you buy

Mattel's copies came with two keypad overlays. Vectron was one of four Mattel titles also sold in multilingual European boxes, so a foreign-box copy is genuine but not a US one. The cartridge is inexpensive; the box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value.