Key Takeaways
- VFS is now officially on Steam, the world’s largest PC gaming platform and home to millions of players and developers worldwide.
- The VFS Steam page features a growing library of student-created games, including a Unity Award-nominated title, all free to download and play.
- The overwhelmingly positive reviews highlight the industry-level quality of VFS’s Game Design and Programming programs and their talented student developers.
It’s official. Vancouver Film School is on Steam – the world’s leading platform for PC gaming! Developed by Valve and launched in 2003, Steam has since grown into the largest online marketplace for video games, software, & creative tools, and VFS is beyond proud to be a part of this platform. For developers and creative institutions like Vancouver Film School, having a presence on Steam represents access to one of the most active and influential gaming communities in the world.
Our school’s Steam profile represents yet another creative hub for showcasing the retail-ready student games created through our Game Design and Programming for Games, Web & Mobile programs – ranked #1 in Canada by The Princeton Review. With over half a dozen games already uploaded and more on the way, there’s no better platform to play our students’ incredible games – for free!
AN EVER-GROWING CATALOGUE
As of October 2025, VFS has 7 student games on Steam ready to download and play – including a Unity Student Award–nominated game:
- NOT RAISED BY WOLVES: A third-person shooter starring La Coyota, an anthropomorphic gunslinger. Dash, aim, and shoot with your revolver while your robotic sidekick hacks enemies to stun them and expose weak points in your fight to rescue the colony’s pups. *2021 Unity Award nominee for Best Student Game.
- RAGE QUIT: A first-person melee game where the player uses only the sledgehammer for combat, traversal, and defense against hordes of office-bots. Use a fluid variety of light, heavy, dash-based, and reflective attacks to smash your way through your foes and enact revenge!
- ESC/APE: A first-person, physics-based combat game starring Abe, a genetically enhanced ape. Slide, ground pound, and throw your way through brutal trials to prove you’re the apex specimen and finally break free from the lab that caged you.
- SPRAY N’ PRAY: A fast-paced boomer shooter where you play as Justinian, a priest armed with dual revolvers. Dash, run, and jump through a demon-infested cathedral, vanquishing hell spawn and fallen angels to earn your righteous place in heaven.
- UNKNOWN FLUFFY OBJECT: Play as Buddy the sheepdog in this 3rd-person puzzle game. Herd sheep across rivers, cliffs, and rolling hills of Scotland while fending off mischievous UFOs with your mighty super bark.
- TIEMPO: Climb a towering clockwork spire in this 3D platformer. Use time-pausing and rewinding powers to overcome traps, puzzles, and enemies as you race to stop your rival from freezing time forever.
- INCORPOREAL: A dungeon crawler where you play as a treasure hunter who has the ability to sever their soul from their body. Dash through traps, strike foes with your spectral form, and protect your fragile body as you fight, solve puzzles, and survive the catacombs to claim ancient relics.
7 VFS student games have already been uploaded to Steam, with more on the way.THE REVIEWS ARE IN!
Gamers are already playing (and praising!) our students’ games on Steam. All 7 games are currently rated Positive or Very Positive, with reviewers commenting “a lot of chaotic fun” (ESC/APE), “VFS with another banger game” (Not Raised by Wolves), “a gorgeous game” (Tiempo) and “we need more of this” (Spray N’ Pray).
Gaming publications are also taking note. While a critic at GamesHub praises Tiempo as “an innovative and visually stunning 3D platformer”, GAMINGbible notes that Spray N’ Pray has “a well-earned 100 percent rating.”
This uniformly positive response reinforces not only the strength of VFS’s industry Game Design training, but the undeniable talent of our students – recognized year after year by the Unity Awards.
HOW TO START YOUR GAME DESIGN TRAINING
If you’re looking to become a fully trained game artist, coder, or level designer, Vancouver Film School’s 1-year game development program gets you there faster. You’ll train hands on in pro-grade facilities while building a powerful game design portfolio that features a retail-ready game. If you’re ready to start your main quest, book an appointment with a VFS Advisor.
Read about other VFS Game Design highlights, including our partnership with Asus and our Gold status in Unreal Engine’s Academic Partner program.