Riskers
It does a great job of mixing modern top down action with the beloved GTA athstetic. I got it for 3$CND and it was completely worth the purchase. The ‘levels’ where you assault building interiors are well designed and enjoyable to fight through, the shooting mechanic feels great and is much tighter than the original GTA, london missions or GTA 2.
On the down side the driving/car systems feel a bit stripped down, including the cops and the city itself. While the game has side missions and a city to drive around in with a few things to find overall the game feels more linear than it’s inspiration and the map is lacking unique set peices and details (no jumpable bridges, trains, car vendors on the docks ect.) It’s not really fair to compare this to a game as influectial as GTA but they kind of force us to and sadly in every way but the gunplay it’s missing so many of the tiny nuances & details that made GTA a classic so keep that in mind if you are fans of the original games scope, you won’t find the same living city or sandbox options in this game.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
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OVERVIEW
Riskers is the debut Steam title from developers ShotX Studio.
In Riskers you play Rick Paradis, an ex-con trying to turn his life around, working with his brother, John, as a garbage man in Stiltton City. Doing your rounds one day Rick finds a briefcase full of money in a bin and, being the pillar of the community that he is, keeps it for himself. Two days later he comes home to find his apartment door open, John shot dead on the floor, the briefcase gone, and a group of armed goons waiting for him.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Octavian
Overview
Octavian is a procedural generated, platforming, twin-stick looter-shooter. Explore the galaxy with your crew of smugglers to solve mysteries, fight disgusting aliens, explore dungeons, and find exciting loot.
Classes
Choose from three classes (Commando, Assassin, or Engineer) and create your alien smuggler. Use procedurally generated guns, and other equipment to advance your skills as well.
Enemies
Within the depths of the many dungeons, there are dozen’s of horrid monstrosities to discover. These include procedural mini-bosses. The weapons and equipment you use will need to be carefully selected for different enemy types.
Familiars
Raise a cute little creature to defend you or obliterate your enemies with no mercy.
Universe
The Vectordic Union is a galactic government that presides over the majority of the Milky-Way galaxy. In the year 2386, following the genocide of the human race, the many other species became divided without any form of central governance. Douglas Simmons, a general in the Giraffe army, took charge of the galaxy by creating the Vectordic Union.
President Douglas Simmons, in his inagural address to the people of Milky-Way, famously said:
Eh yo man does anyone have some paper with which I could roll this plant matter into a cylindrical vessel?
Ever since this day, the galaxy’s primary social classes have become further and further apart, leading to an insanely profitable small set of corporate overlords. Current President Darnel Simmons has gone missing, and the balance of power is teetering for the first time in almost a hundred years. As part of a band of smugglers aboard a rickety nuclear-powered starship, an unbelievable mystery unfolds.
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Alien Planet Explorer
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From time to time you’ll come across a game that you can just tell the developer tried and put a lot of effort into. Alient Planet Explorer (APE) is one of those titles. Other than the fact that the game is insanely short, there is a lot of good here if they choose to expand and further add to the game.
At this point, there is no story to be mentioned, but it seems like the intention is there. As the game has some tutorial dialog popups that look a lot like conversation boxes, I would like to assume they wanted to implement story and conversation exchanges. Obviously, the fact that not even a light story is present really hurts the game for a very large portion of the audience.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
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Gravity Oddity
Gravity has vanished. Planets keep shrinking, leading to their certain destruction. In hopes of survival, humans across the universe create colonies on floating land or simply live in their spaceships. Fortunately, Rio Grande Corp. anticipated this disaster and created the Gravity Boots, empowering people to walk on any surface and almost live a normal life.
Rio Grande Corp’s main mission is to make the universe a better space but for unknown reasons, they kidnap your roommate Gary. It could not have been worse for you because you can’t afford the rent by yourself!
Embark on a journey to scout the galaxy alongside Newton, a cute furry friend, and get your roommate back!
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Walk on any surface with your gravity boots, evade blasters and reach new areas with your teleport gun, and tame zero-gravity with your jetpack!
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Loot enemies' spaceships and settlements to find money, supplies, or mods to improve your weapon.
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Combine mods to create the best synergies that match your playstyle.
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Defeat bosses during intense battles and save Gary.
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Customize your avatar, Newton and robot to your impeccable taste.
PowBall Renaissance
Welcome to PowBall Renaissance
This isn’t your classic Breakout game or Arkanoid, however, given that is has open endless possibilities of making your own levels, refusing to purchase upgraded ammunition for your weaponry and adjusting levels to that, you can pretty much play this game in any form or shape you want. Classic, Retro, Modern, or PowBall style.
Make no mistake this game comes with over 300+ levels, including those from PowBall Deluxe, the original game for DOS/Windows.
Good news, game runs perfectly smooth, higher resolution support, and even 4K if you are into that. Level Editor that lets you comprise your own set of master levels with gimmicks of your choice using what the game engine has provided. Perhaps the game may require a Workshop functionality so players can share their own level sets for others to play as a bonus (that is entirely up to steam if I am not mistaken).
– Real player with 27.5 hrs in game
Another clone of arkanoid, but the one which tries a new approach to the genre rather than copying its sucess.
I played the original way back since its original release in 1996 and loved it right away, because it innovated the concept. And this remake is brilliant. Also, it is quite stable since it runs very well on my Toshiba laptop and hasn’t crashed not even once.
Even though I prefer the original, do not miss the chance to try this version. It is simply something you need to try before dismissing it as another Arkanoid rip-off. The concept is the same, the gameplay, is quite different. Go take a ride with it.
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game
Zombardment
To summarize, I really like this game and its style. It does have a few bugs and could use some cosmetic adjustments.
I’ll list the things I liked first.
The game play is simple and intuitive, and the game itself is a style that’s common and easy so anyone can play this game. It hit a certain nostalgia for me for 2 games I haven’t played in a long time that I immensely enjoyed when I was a kid, so that was a nice experience.
I like the more minimal designs of the character and monsters, there’s already a lot going on with you shooting and dodging and explosions and fire so not having a busy or complicated design is really nice, and it really leaves room for my imagination to take over and render the monsters in my own way.
– Real player with 0.5 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.
BattleCourt
I really like the game, developer is a very nice guy that listens to the community and does updates frequently, game gets harder the more you play it and that is fun :D
– Real player with 163.1 hrs in game
This game is very fun picking up loot with crazy names like i identify as a goat is fun but i think it could use some features/changes: you should get better and more loot the higher the difficulty also you should be able to see the rarity before you pick up and item add these changes and it will make this game even better!
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
Limb Hunter
Your brothers was infected. Your production line was stopped. You are a broken mechanism, that thrown away. In the hour of need someone brought you back to this dying world. And you feel overwhelming desire to rip the hand of these robot and install it to yourself.
Shoot. Loot. Attach. Repeat. At your leisure you can save the dying world or become the ruler for the final decades of corruption. But who cares about the future, when you can attach that big gun to your spine. Become a Legend of DC-128b.
At least for a while.
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-Build your own body, which fits your playstyle. Want mono-wheel instead of legs and four arms? Find blueprints and go!
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-Like an arm of enemy robot? Rip it off, buy blueprint and go!
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-Explore dying world. Many unique technologies are hidden there. Be careful though, somebody might have already found it and their intentions are not friendly.
Stress Random
what this game lacks in polish, varied content, and technical skill, it makes up for with pure, unhinged creativity. it’s worth the price solely for the brief story and the ms paint art. i genuinely enjoyed what i have played so far, and i will enjoy it when i play more. i am so excited for what comes next from this developer.
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game