One Shot
One Shot is a pretty decent arcade-like top-down shooter which only gives you one bullet to kill your enemies. Although short, this is a neat pickup to fool the masses.
This is not go be confused with OneShot, the indie RPGMaker game where you guide a cat-like messiah named Niko through a world unfamiliar to them, to save it from an endless night, and a terrible fate.
Niko does not make an appearance in this game.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
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Considering this game was made for a game jam, and by a middle schooler on top on that, a lot of the shortcomings can be excused.
Poor hitreg - enemy hitboxes are around twice as big as they appear, could be intentional design.
Music does not loop after a while.
Enemies come one by one if you’re quick enough to kill them, which with the enormous hitreg is easy.
Shooting itself feels satisfying enough, with healthy amounts of screenshake and effects.
But then again this is like 2 dollars. Small time killer when you can’t decide what your lazy ass wants to play. Pick this up if you want to spend a couple minutes clicking shapes.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
Nice game with a beautiful hand-drawn world. In Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators, I loved the ability to create and upgrade planes, and the fact that the game can be played with friends. I advise everyone! 10/10
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
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Assault of the Aviators - a game in the old genre. I haven’t played such games for a long time. Previously, such games did not have a co-op mode, which got bored very quickly. Now I saw this game in the recommendations and decided to play it with my friend. We played all evening and none of us got bored. The game has a choice of planes and branches for pumping weapons. Nice drawing of models and good music ^-^
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Silly Polly Beast
Freedom is not asked, it is taken.
This story is about a girl who, by the will of fate, faced the beast, and to become free she was forced to study its nature.
A story-driven shooter with aggressive gunfights and terrifying monsters awaits you.
How far can you go in the fight for your freedom?
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Blacklist Brigade
Pretty fun little game. Honestly has more to it than I thought, with weapon and character upgrades, 6 different soldiers who each have thier own couple passive abilities to help the team. Has quite a few gun options(Though there are never enough guns!). Combat, while not to overly difficult, has just enough challenge to where you cant totally yolo everything, unless you just dont care about being downed over and over. Its quite forgiving, with the rather quick and unlimited revives. I also like the amount of UI options.
– Real player with 25.2 hrs in game
My friends and I are huge fans of coop tactical shooters. We got this game because we thought it might scratch that itch and we were not disappointed. Lots of tactical movement and teamwork. Tense firefights that are sometimes quite chaotic. Enough gear and class choices to ensure a team of four can specialize, and also a skill system. Easy to get into and play, and next thing you know you’ve spent a couple hours. In a nutshell: fun.
The game is currently in early access, so be aware it isnt in a completed state (though still very playable). Maps are limited for now, but being added to. The developer is active in the forums and extremely responsive to feedback, which is nice. This is a small title that deserves support.
– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game
Bot Vice
The more I play this game, the more I enjoy it. Make no mistake, this is old school gaming at its core. Meaning no mercy. You learn through your many mistakes. And somehow you get better. You finally beat the game. But you look back and think you can do better. So you play it again, hoping to get even better.
For the love of god, use a controller. Friends don’t let friends use keyboard for this game. That being said, the controls take some time getting used to. You will probably be spending a good amount of time stumbling with the controls before it feels right, however long it takes. Targetting will always feel somewhat off, but somehow, like everything else in the game, it somehow works out.
– Real player with 50.4 hrs in game
I didn’t like it, not because of the difficulty -I actually found it interesting that you have to move out of your comfort zone and learn a different moveset. No, I didn’t like it because it’s just not very enjoyable.
First, let’s be clear: the casual players should just go on their way because this game is not for them. The fact that there is less than 10% players with the “finish the game” achievement should be telling. Once you get past half the game you’ll start to have good feelings with the gameplay, but it will be too late for most players and there is just too much bs to go through.
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
Heartless Dark
I can recommend this if you enjoy some atmosphere and an interesting challenge.
If you get over the initial learning curve the game has a lot of that ‘one more game’ feeling.
The dark and restricted vision can make it tough to navigate.
Once you get used to it then the challenge becomes not running out of ammo.
Once you get used to that the challenge becomes figuring out how to fight the monsters in interesting ways using the game systems (maybe kiting them through acid or stunning them with an exploding fire extinguisher).
– Real player with 9.5 hrs in game
A very atmospheric and lethal rogue like. You have to budget your limited ammo and life against enemies that hit hard and fast but I’ve never lost a like a run thinking there was nothing I could do about it. Finding bullets and upgrades is always rewarding.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
Demonizer
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How do so many enemies and bullets fit into such a tiny (16 MB) download? This game may not be an ultimate masterpiece, but it’s a damn fine bullet hell shmups with tight controls, really fast bullets and challenging levels. Enemy variety is high, the bossfigts are well orchestrated, the pixel art is rather detailled, and of course the story is cheesy as hell. Capture the souls of your slain foes and transform them into monsters to fight with you. Although there are 3 difficulty settings, I already struggled to finish on the lowest - there are so many bullets on the screen, it is like HELL. Fortunately you unlock the 7 levels permanently and can restart from your last unfinished level.
– Real player with 13.2 hrs in game
MOM I NEED MORE QUARTERS! This game is fantastic, The game really is the whole package when it comes to a good arcade game, It has great music, Great art and solid gameplay! I have spent almost 3 hrs in it and still have 2 levels left to beat due to the challenging nature of old school shmups and bullet hells. I can promise you that if I saw this in an arcade, I would be feeding it my quarters! For the price of a beer and some quarters you can have a killer game with multiple modes and difficulty settings. Keep up the great work and cant wait to see what the future brings for this game!
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Flashlight
Full disclosure, this game is developed by a friend. That being said, it’s a relief to be able to say that the Flashlight is good, so I don’t have to fake being nice.
I’m a purveyor of twin-stick style shooters - Synthetik, Nuclear Throne, Assault Android Cactus, Helldivers, The Ascent - all games I have a decent amount of hours in. Flashlight can stand shoulder to shoulder with all of them in terms of raw fun. The multiplayer modes, where the game really shines in my opinion, are a blast. They’re high-tension bouts of raw skill. Mobility is limited in this game, so good aim, tactical weapon use, and coordination are key to victory. You can also play the story mode cooperatively or single player to hone your skills, mowing down waves of zombies and bot mercenaries.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
This is a game that gives retro vibes but all the fun a shooter has.
It’s a great game to play with others and because it has various modes it doesn’t get borring.
If you are looking for a no brainer pick to play with other people this is definetly your game
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Gladii
If your gaming group is into this genre and style its a great little game night addition. Not sure how the difficulty scales but with 3 players its plenty hard still!
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
Brings back memories of playing old school beat’em ups at the arcade, except no need for quarters. Borderline impossible to play some of the characters alone, which limits replayability if you don’t have a couple of friends to play with. Overall it was surprisingly enjoyable, though definitely needs some more polish.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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
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