Velvet Guard
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Review by Sven Evil - Steam’s largest local 4-player curator! See 100s of more local 4-player reviews at my curator page !
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Sometimes you unexpectedly find a real gem. This game is such a hidden gem. A small, but very polished game that I never heard of before, but understood in seconds and had fun with immediately!
The premise is simple: Kill your opponents, like in Towerfall or Duck Games. You got only one bullet. After shooting it, you have to retrieve it before you can shoot again. The different levels contain death traps, like spikes or lava. Also each character can choose a super ability, like the possibility to kill opponents by jumping on their heads. You also have a few options to select and gamemodes to choose from - and then the fun starts!
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game
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An awesome multiplayer game to play with your friends, to a good price too. There’s even possiblity to play online with Parsec!
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
QontoWars
an epic game. i play it every day.
– Real player with 22.1 hrs in game
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GraveRun
Early access from 2016 so have to assume this is probably all we get. A bit of a shame really as it has a lot going for it. it’s a really fun little twin stick zombie shooter with a bunch of neat mechanics, upgrades and cute pixel graphics. Seems primarily designed for multiplayer/co-op but it’s great fun solo too. Unfortunately probably owing to early access the campaign is pretty short, still pretty fun though.
Some games that don’t get finished you shrug and move on, some are missed that little bit more, this is one of those that had some real promise to it so it’s a shame we didn’t get to see a bit more it even now.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
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Fun game to kill time, easy to play and get addicted to. Pixelated graphics, smooth gameplay, many different combinations of weapons allows you to regulate the difficulty of playing the game, some are stronger and synergize better with certain weapons. Although coop is recommended, buying the game at full price is not so.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Celtreos
One or two players. Use a mouse or trackpad, keyboard (including Touch Bar), or 1-2 game controllers.
Mac or mobile only, and updated for macOS “Big Sur” with x86_64 and arm64 support.
“Celtreos” is like the space shooters of decades past: tiny ship, big weapons, waves of foes, power-ups and obstacles.
Music, Sound and Voice
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Over 25 different songs (nearly 45 minutes of music!)
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You can even play your own music and auto-next-song for key game events
Stages
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12 stages: a city, space station, ocean and more
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Horizontal scrolling but more than one “screen” of vertical space
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Start from any stage you want!
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Each stage ends with a challenging boss
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Wall layouts and spawn patterns are partially randomized
Weapon Arrays, Special Moves, Power-Ups and More
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Choose from a huge arsenal of weapons and special abilities
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7 different ships to choose from
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Customize ship properties, such as gun mount locations and top speed
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In-game power-ups with weapons, defenses and temporary powers (like Rapid Fire)
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Power-down orbs with temporary inconveniences (like Weapon Freeze)
Additional Configuration Options
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Set number of lives, and number of times that special abilities can be used
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Play in a window or in Full Screen, and specify how much of the display to use in Full Screen
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Set graphics quality to one of three levels
Containment Initiative
I’m a big fan of zombie shooters, and so I offered to help test the game when the dev was looking for feedback.
Containment Initiative’s big differentiating feature from other zombie shooters is the gunplay mechanics, in particular the reloading. You get the same pressure as in other games with zombies coming at you, but now you have to manage working your gun correctly, and it seems so perfectly suited for VR. A few other VR games are going this direction, but this is the first time I think that it’s been applied to a zombie shooter.
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
I was a bit skeptic about this game at first, but I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. I originally was just looking for a co-op game to play with my friend and it really delivered. The ability for a friend to play as a support unit on the PC screen was a pretty clever mechanic that I really appreciated. My favorite game mode is scavenge since you can move around and explore. There’s not a huge variety of weapons and enemies, but I didn’t expect anything crazy. The story isn’t amazing either, but it follows a progression that leads up to a post where you have to get a sample of the virus to find a cure. I hope to see this game develop more or more games that follow this co-op mechanic.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Blaster Squad
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Co-op mayhem for up to 4 players
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Try to keep your multikill combo going and trigger special attacks!
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Blast through 8 different planets and over 1000 randomly generated increasingly challenging levels until you pack enough firepower to take on the real evil
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Level up, and customize your weapon with thousands of different ammo types with different effects
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4 ultimate skills that help you work together as a team
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Supports 1-4 controllers, 1-2 players on a single keyboard, and online multiplayer with Remote Play Together
As part of Alien Supervision & Security unit you and your Blaster Squad is sent to investigate a formerly habitable planet that seems to be swarmed by alien monsters. Find out who’s behind the invasion and bring them some explosive justice.
Weapons
Weapons are leveled up increasing their fire rate, damage, and ultimate ability. You can unlock up to 4 attachments that can shoot different ammo types with different behaviors and bonuses. Combine different ammunition and build your ultimate monster killer.
Characters
Characters have countless unique visuals and 4 unique ultimate abilities. The abilities help you work together as a team. You can revive other players, and having more teammates makes taking down the big monsters much easier. Collect points by killing monsters and level up your character’s health, agility, and shield until you’re ready to take on the final bosses!
The world
Your galaxy consists of 8 planets with different flora and terrain. Each planet contains multiple sectors with different obstacles, totaling in over 1000 playable levels.
DIRECT shot
I found this game to be alot of fun
– Real player with 22.2 hrs in game
Bruh, amazing game idea, once refined I think it will be better than COD. Keep up the amazing work!
– Real player with 7.2 hrs in game
It came from space and ate our brains
** CLICK VIDEO AT THE END FOR A GIVEAWAY OF THIS GAME **
Introduction
It Came From Space, and Ate Our Brains is a top down shooter where you fight waves of aliens trying to eat your brains. I was skeptical with going into this game because of the blocky style graphics, but I was pleasantly surprised. It Came From Space, and Ate Our Brains has plenty of different guns/upgrades, maps, powerups, and different aliens. Along with the six maps currently there is more on the way and 4 different difficulties that are vastly different. The only real issue with It Came From Space, and Ate Our Brains is the fact of the camera gets blocked by map structures, but this issues is far and in between. Triangle Studios really has a hidden gem with It Came From Space, and Ate Our Brains, from the unique graphics style to the fun multiplayer.
– Real player with 24.8 hrs in game
Some games dont look like much at first, but keep you coming back for more and more without realizing why. This is one of them.
With so many top down shooters and alien themed games on Steam, why is this so good? Because the aliens are pink and glow in the dark? Thats actually cool too , but here is why you should get this game:
Game play / Game mechanics: the controls are very smooth , so is the scrolling / gameflow and motion in general, creating a very pleasing game experience. For top down shooters with “twin stick” controls ( move with one stick , aim freely with the other ) this is critical. Not many people realize but this is usually what decides whether the game is great or terrible in this genre.
– Real player with 17.6 hrs in game
BRAIN / OUT
For several weeks, I’ve thought long and hard about how I feel about the game. Yes, it’s fun; that’s clear to see how many hours I’ve invested into this game. Yes, I’ve made quite a few friends from the community. But honestly, that’s not enough to cover up just how toxic the community is. Very often, you will run into whiners who complain about you using a sniper rifle, using grenades or using anything. Other times, you will run into people backcap using drills (which makes blocks that you can use for walls/stairs), people who spawn-camp you, people who just sit on their ass with a sniper, waiting for kills even on Domination mode (Capture the point). You will be judged on what gun you use. If you use an AA12, you’re cancer. If you use a gun that requires microtransactions, you’ll eventually run into someone who’ll call you a pay-to-win fucktard. I’m not innocent of that and it’s everywhere. I’ve seen high-level players picking on lower levels and calling them “noobs” when they can’t fight back. Honestly, it’s gotten to the point where I can’t even enjoy the game and every night, I just leave and stew in frustration. This is coming from a player whose devoted hundreds of hours and money and has reached Lv 68. I’m considering un-installing this game.
– Real player with 736.9 hrs in game
After 75 hours put into this game, I feel like it’s time to give credit where credit is due.
Pros:
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Free to play
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Unique (not many other games like this out there. Shame.)
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Replayable
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Rewarding progression
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Nice art-style
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Variety in playstyles and loadouts
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Very well balanced
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NO pay to win*
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Great community (both in the game and on Discord [has a decent playerbase, but could be larger])
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Fluid gameplay
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Has map editor
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New Free Play mode is a solid way of incorporating the popular battle royale genre
– Real player with 467.9 hrs in game