Phoenix Force
If I could describe this game in one word… it’d be…
Lazy.
Look, I wanted to like this game, I love boss arena bullet hell games. One hit kill? Bring it freaking on! Taste the full color spectrum of mythical birds with unique elemental stuff? I’ll get my box of cereal ready! HELL YEAH WE’RE GONNA PECK SOME… oh.
So by boss Arena you mean have tough (high hp) enemy sway side to side with an attack gimmick. Ok…not much of a boss but ok…do they multi phase at least? Well if by multi fast you mean they throw in an additional attack and attack faster then…sure. They have a “Final” attack that if you do enough damage to them you can bypass…and that’s about it.
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game
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First of all: This is not a classic Shoot’em Up, because all you will be doing here is one bossfight after the other. There is no real story behind it, and if there was maybe a small table of text in the beginning of the game, I have totally forgotten about it, as it doesn’t matter anyway. This game is about pure action and reaction spread across 100 levels and even more challenge levels (if you dare to try them).
Although each of these levels consists of a relatively small amount of assets when it comes to background or enemy types, they are mixed up constantly so the game manages through this restriction to give the player a completely new challenge on each end every level. Where in between there are next to no loading times, wich makes the game nonstop action and because of that very enjoyable and fast paced itself.
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
God of the Arena Dungeon
ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ʳᵉᵖʳᵉˢᵉⁿᵗˢ ᵃⁿ ᵉⁿᵒʳᵐᵒᵘˢ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿᵃˡ ᵉⁿᵈᵉᵃᵛᵒʳ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵐᵃⁿʸ ᵒⁿ ˢᵗᵉᵃᵐ. ⁱᵗ ⁱˢ ᵃ ᶠʳᵉᵉ ᵖʳᵒᵈᵘᶜᵗ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵖˡᵃʸ ʰᵒʷ ᶜᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵃⁱⁿ. ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵈᵈⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿᵃˡ ᶜˡᵃˢˢᵉˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᶜᵒᵒˡ, ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵃʳᵉⁿ’ᵗ ᵐᵃⁿᵈᵃᵗᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵃⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵒⁿᵗ ᶠᵉᵉˡ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ˡᵒˢˢ ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵇᵘʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵃᵗ ʳᵃᵗ ᵉᵈⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ. ᵖˡᵃʸ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ, ʲᵒⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈⁱˢᶜᵒʳᵈ, ⁱᵗ ʰᵃˢ ᵃⁿ ᵃᶜᵗⁱᵛᵉ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵘⁿⁱᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʳᵘˡʸ ᵉᵖⁱᶜ ᵐᵒᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ.
Also, the mechanics are tight, the numbers are fun and most stat boosts are kept small. Some really fun items, like the worm necklace and the one that inverts the colors, and the one that zooms you out, make the game brand new to play with when you pick them up.
– Real player with 35.4 hrs in game
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Great game to play with friends. Race to beat the bosses mode and team statues mode are the best in my opinion. In the bosses mode you try to level up to 30 as fast as possible, get the coloured door key and fight the boss. Kill all the bosses and you become the arena god. In statues mode your team has to kill a statue to convert it to your team (the statues fight back against the opposing team). Capture all of the statues to win the game.
For a free game it has a great amount of content. I bought the full game and it’s worth it just for the BEEshop character. There is a lot of good character variety and it’s very satisfying driving away in your clown car or jamming on your guitar shooting music notes at somebody. Make sure you try all of the characters.
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game
Battle Force 2249
BATTLE FORCE 2249 is a PvE shooter where you can make choices, pick your choice of weaponry and approach to the missions that will present you.
STORY
The galaxy has suffered from endless, senseless and ruthless wars for as long as anyone alive today can remember. The truth is that mankind has fallen prey to a terrible conspiracy, one meant to keep us divided, fighting, and dying while a select caste of politicians, billionaires and warlords reap the profits of a subjugated galaxy. Each of the characters has to find this harsh truth out in their own way, and fight to end this noxious oligarchy.
CHARACTERS
Choose from four characters - pirate, diplomat, disgraced and trader.
FEATURES
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PvE: It’s you versus the world. Even with the hostile environments, there might be someone around the corner to help.
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QUESTING: ones specifically for your protagonist, ones for the story. Side quests. Rewards for completing the quests with varying stats and abilities. Some improve your current weapon, some give you a new weapon.
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INVENTORY: Customise your ship. Choose a range of weapons for a particular enemy using profiles. Collect sets of equipment for ultimate weaponry!
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BOSSES
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LOOT
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RAIDING AREAS: Areas to explore and grind for that legendary reward.
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Ozone Guardian
Having a lot more fun that I thought I’d be having. Love the colours, effects and the camera shakes on impact.
I absolutely recommend, especially for an insanely low price like that
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
This game is very very good for the price. Also this game is very well made, The developers are also great people and they for sure know how to make a game. Plus this game is very addicting and very fun to play by yourself and with your friends and family. I will be streaming it on my twitch
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– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Solbane
Solbane is a boss-rush space shooter that blends the retro arcade experience with modern RPG elements, preserving the arcade gameplay feel with upgraded modern visuals.
Journey throughout the solar system in a story-driven setting to eliminate 18 bosses, each with its own complex mechanics that will regularly demand a change of play style.
Evolve your spacecraft and gameplay from a vast arsenal of 96 abilities and three pilots, each with their own unique solutions to deal with the threats of the Solar system.
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Play as the Aggressor, Valkyrie, or Architect through a threatened system and bring an end to the solar destruction.
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Make your own ability build which is designed to heavily alter your playstyle depending on the abilities you’ll choose.
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Every boss is vastly different from one another, having different strengths and weaknesses, which will require you to adapt through trial and error.
Build example #1:
When playing as the Aggressor you can customize a melee-based build which involves getting very close and personal with the adversary. This class has a giant hammer attached on its front that can be rotated around the ship, making a devastating whirlwind. Coupled with other short-ranged abilities, it embraces a high risk high reward gameplay.
Build example #2:
The Architect can have a rapid-fire playstyle by utilizing as many drones as possible. These drones are mini versions of the Architect and the more they can be generated, the more projectiles will be launched at your enemy. Strength in numbers is what this build is all about.
Evasion
Excellent performance, medium lenght storyline (~4hs) excellent voice acting, audio and fun gameplay.
This game feels like it has great production value all around, the coop is very easy to host and join games (no mid level joining though)
I played this game a couple of times with my son in coop and its been a blast, the mechanics are simple, but they mix them up a bit to keep things interesting… As the enemies are robots, there is no blood and although violent, id say its family friendly.
BUT the game does feel a bit on the “simple” side, and does get a bit repetitive, in my opinion because you are forced to use the same weapon the whole level. (you choose before starting) The weapons are fun but would have loved the ability to mix it up mid level. and they are all similar, so there is no variation there.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
Classic Halo-esque style combat! And it’s Co-op! Very easy to get into VR FPS shooter, think Halo meets Space Pirate Trainer. 9 Levels of Non-Stop Action that ramp up to a variety of different enemy types that require different strategies to defeat without dying (especially if you go at it alone during the last few levels!). Although the gameplay is simple, the player is rewarded for doing more than just point and shoot combat. You get health and surge/power ups by tactically using your whip to pull enemies apart. Kill them and miss a chance at a higher probability of getting a much needed health regeneration vial or that last yellow vial needed to release your powerful “Surge” attack and feel like an invulnerable bad-ass for a few moments. Took about 5 hours to complete alone, could probably finish it in 3 with a partner in Co-op mode. The only thing that could use work is adding the option to have controller directed movement, instead of only headset facing.
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
Humans Vs Ghouls
Humans Vs Ghouls is an online top-down shooter following survivors of a ghoul apocalypse that blast foes to live another day. Create your hero to earn blasters and equipment along the way to kill ghouls and survive the night. Based on the college game Humans vs Zombies, players will be put on either the human or ghoul team. Humans have ranged blasters to keep ghouls at a distance while ghouls will need to get in close range to tag humans and swap their team.
Slayers, Inc.
This game is a great experience and I really enjoy it! There are a bunch of characters you can unlock who all have slightly different play styles, and it honestly feels natural and fun to unlock them. There are a ton of items and achievements and it really challenges you. This is not one of those games where you can just press a button and instantly win every time - it takes strategy to survive, which makes it feel really rewarding. Worth the buy for sure!!
– Real player with 11.7 hrs in game
Neat roguelike, enough different characters and item combinations to stay interesting for a while.
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
ASTRD
ASTRD is an arcade roguelike shooter where you build & upgrade your ship to face endless waves of enemies. Inspired by auto-battlers and other roguelike shooters, you build your ship from Blocks that each have unique attacks, abilities and passives. Choose and upgrade your Blocks to find unique combinations and synergies that will unlock class bonuses, allowing you to face each new wave of enemies.
Gameplay
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You ship always moves forward. Turn it up, down, left, right to steer
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Blocks automatically shoot enemies when they come in range
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Build out your ship and combine classes to unlock class bonuses
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Clearing waves grants you gold to upgrade your ship
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Upgrade blocks by buying more copies
Features
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20+ Unique Blocks to customize your ship
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10+ classes with class bonuses and modifiers
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4 game modes: Regular, Speedrun, Infinite & Sandbox
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Mod the game with easy to modify json files
This game is completely open source, under the Creative Common BY-NC-ND 4.0 license
Music:
Corona by Alexander Nakarada, serpentsoundstudios, promoted by chosic
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)