Sine Mora EX

Sine Mora EX

What I can appreciate about Sine Mora is how the central plot element becomes the central game mechanic in a very fluid and innovative way. Sine Mora is a game about time control, and its central game mechanic is that you never lose health, but time. If you take damage, that’s time off the clock. If you kill enemies, that’s time added to the clock. You are essentially invincible, but lose powerups and the game if you ever get hurt enough times that you run out the clock. A clock that is always ticking down, but either gains or loses time as a penalty or reward in combat.

Real player with 14.4 hrs in game


Read More: Best Bullet Hell Shoot 'Em Up Games.


While it may be a unique take on the bullet hell formula, Sine Mora’s attempts at being its own thing put it at odds with the notion of being well balanced, and it ultimately ends up flawed to the point that it’s an active struggle to enjoy.

To start off by giving praise where it’s due, the game is gorgeous, the soundtrack is high-quality, the controls are mostly fluid, the story has some really cool twists, the boss design is fab, and the Hungarian voice acting is pretty dope (no idea about the English, as I switched to the original voice track from the get-go).

Real player with 6.7 hrs in game

Sine Mora EX on Steam

Astro Sentai Jarbonder

Astro Sentai Jarbonder

Nez

Real player with 4.2 hrs in game


Read More: Best Bullet Hell Shoot 'Em Up Games.


Sometimes you just want to take a 5 minutes break and go pew pew pew.

Real player with 1.9 hrs in game

Astro Sentai Jarbonder on Steam

Cassiodora

Cassiodora

Princess Cassiodora has been kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Kenzar. To save her the chosen knights Agni, Colden and Luken must face a vast army of witches, ghosts and demons across the Kingdom of Astoria.

To accomplish this feat, the druid Faramix grants Agni, Colden and Luken magic wings and elemental powers to help them on their quest.

Play with your friends or solo and shoot your way through this colorful shoot ‘em up. Earn new items, customize your character, challenge yourself and face huge bosses.

Key features

*** Story mode**

Play solo or with up-to 2 of your friends on the same screen and explore 7 regions through 35 handcrafted levels each one with their own setting, challenges, special rewards and unique items.

*** Enjoyable for all**

Choose between different levels of difficulty ranging from Easy to Hard or define your own experience. Want to be invincible or be revived when you die? That’s done !

*** Replayability**

From the leader to the oldest and youngest knights enjoy 3 different characters, each with their own personality, abilities, moves and unique unlockable items.

*** Elemental powers**

Enemies and environmental puzzles like gates or roots will only react to certain elemental skills. Switch between 3 elemental powers or ask your friends to help you!

*** Fully customizable characters**

Unlock new skins for each character with over 50 cosmetics items to personalize your knight.

*** Awesome boss battles**

Face epic, huge bosses that compel you to find unique ways to defeat them. Fly away and slay these bosses to continue your quest!

*** You can PET your elemental guardian!**

Fly, shoot, slash, but do it with style!


Read More: Best Bullet Hell Shoot 'Em Up Games.


Cassiodora on Steam

Gorilla Guerrillas

Gorilla Guerrillas

Run, jump and shoot your way to freedom in an action platformer adventure as you lead your squad of Gorilla Guerrillas to liberate Hanuman Island from an oppressive military dictatorship.

Do you have what it takes to be a leader, fighter and liberator? Can you wear many hats?

Leader - Rescue loyalist compatriots and lead them into battle

Fighter - Fight the oppressors to overcome the military dictatorship

Liberator - Bring freedom to the gorillas of Hanuman Island

Hats - Cowboy hats, berets and more

Gorilla Guerrillas on Steam

One Way Road

One Way Road

In the foreseeable future, humanity has turned its gaze into space. A new era has come - the era of space exploration. After settling the planets of the Solar system, it was time to explore and colonize new worlds and star systems. What previously considered impossible, became a reality. Science has reached unprecedented heights, people around the world have united, forgetting about ageless conflicts and feuds.

However, along with great discoveries, new troubles appeared in people’s lives. The long-awaited meetings with extraterrestrial civilizations dragged mankind into a new round of military conflicts, and the struggle for resources and habitable territories only intensified the differences between different species.

The appearance of a new player on the galaxy map and a huge number of bloody wars did not go unnoticed. From the very center of the galaxy, a new rival is approaching us. Its power is immeasurable, and its intentions are unknown.

The player will take control of a spaceship as the captain of the Space Fleet Command, James Dekker. Together with a team of recruits, on a battle-worn ship, you will look into the most remote corners of the galaxy, engage in combat with many enemies, fight with entire fleets, protect not only the Earth but all of humanity.

Fascinating and interesting storyline.

Trying on the role of the Space Fleet Command captain James Dekker, take part in numerous star battles, travel the galaxy in search of answers, fight for the survival of humanity.

Progression system.

Distribute experience points, improve ship systems, install new equipment. Adjust the ship under the playstyle you have chosen, or adapt yourself by choosing the optimal battle tactics.

Variety of game mechanics.

Fight in outer space, on the surface of planets, among dense asteroid fields, and even inside a huge space station. Take control of a heavy space fleet cruiser as well as a small officer fighter.

One Way Road on Steam

Protect the Earth

Protect the Earth

Great challenging 3D side scrolling shoot em up, Smooth controls, lots of stages, cool boss’s and enemies, if you love shoot em ups and great value for money…Buy this game & excellent work :)

Real player with 0.2 hrs in game

Protect the Earth on Steam

Star Steel

Star Steel

[0.6] Controls & Training & Help

[0] Menu & Settings

[0] Sound & Music

[0] Graphics

[0.2] Game Design

[0.2] Game Story

[0.1] Game Content

[0.3] Completion time (level/game)?

[0] is it Enjoyable & Fun?

[0] Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again)

[0] BONUS point: Multi-Player related

[0] BONUS point: Review for VR

[N] - if Registration is required with providing PII

Stars received: 1.4/10 ___ Note: v.4 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions

Game description key-points: 20 levels of a straight flight shooting

Real player with 1.1 hrs in game

Awful

Real player with 0.6 hrs in game

Star Steel on Steam

Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers

Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers

We enjoyed this game. My wife and I played it only once… and we were hooked for over 3 hours without realizing it!

The game is fast paced, hard but not too hard (don’t forget to buy upgrades for your character) and there are already players online! Wow!

We could have been playing it even longer if we didn’t suddenly arrive into a creepy level with ghosts called “The Temple of Evil” or something like that. I really liked the space boss fighting part, but I really hate that occult vibe that all those games are trying to push all the time.

Real player with 3.4 hrs in game

  • Fun gameplay. Tight control (it works fine with X360 controller).

  • Nice graphics, if you like cartoony style. It’s crisp, colorful, and clean. You don’t lose track of what’s happening on screen.

  • There are a decent variety of ships to upgrade and items to buy. The replay value is good considering its price.

  • Minor cons. They did a poor job at explaining upgrades (but it’s not too hard to guess) and you can’t adjust audio volume in-game.

Real player with 2.0 hrs in game

Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers on Steam

Xenotype

Xenotype

Take control of the Xenotype in this horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up adventure and fight back against the alien threat driving them back into the depths of space!

Earth’s defenses are decimated by an ominous alien armada seeking to reclaim technology they lost when a ship crash landed on the planet’s surface decades before. The only defense left against the alien fleet is codenamed Xenotype, a union of that technology found all those years ago and the most advanced scientific breakthroughs humanity has to offer.

Xenotype on Steam

Adventure Rush

Adventure Rush

Get ready for another incredible adventure, face spiders, monsters and goblins in a side scrolling system with Shoot ‘Em Up elements and try out numerous equipment with your hero.

But beware of the fearsome dragon!!

Adventure Rush is a game of easy introduction and difficult to master, combine skill and quick reflexes with strategy when selecting items during your journey, every life point is valuable and each gold coin can be decisive in your destiny!!

Play Control or Keyboard with full compatibility, just choose what is most comfortable and start your adventure.

The Main Features are the countless heroes, tons of items, pets, magic rings, enchanted books and accessories with various maps and biomes full of secrets and mysteries waiting to be unraveled.

Adventure Rush on Steam