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2016 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch

An arcade shooter where you fight to survive as the Blue Rider in a valley flooded with bullets. It nods to classic console heroes and leans on fast reflexes.

What defines Blue Rider:

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Blue Rider are Wolflame, Neon Hardcorps and Madrobot X. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Blue Rider special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Wolflame

99 %

2016 PCNintendo Switch 5.89 €

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty

A classic vertical 2D shooter in the vein of Raiden and Twin Cobra, built around arcade action, reflexes and dodging bullets. A no-frills retro throwback from the makers of Gigantic Army and Satazius.

Neon Hardcorps

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced run-and-gun shooter in the spirit of classic 16-bit action games like Contra and Metal Slug, built around direct arcade action and high tempo.

Madrobot X

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic retro shoot 'em up in pixel art where a robot escapes a mad scientist's lab with help from a fellow robot. The focus is on quick reflexes and arcade action.

Tiamat X

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A retro side-scrolling space shooter in the spirit of classic arcade cabinets, with six levels of intense shooting action. Quick reflexes and dodging are the core of the experience.

Power-Up

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A retro-styled shoot-'em-up from a one-person studio, featuring tough gameplay, a powerful soundtrack and a large arsenal of weapons.

Bot Vice

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A frantic single-screen pixel-art gallery shooter inspired by Time Crisis and Wild Guns. A tight overall time limit for the whole run keeps the pressure on and tests your reflexes.

Point Perfect

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A mouse-driven arcade game where you guide your cursor through a procedurally generated gauntlet of retro enemies, drawing boxes around foes so the mothership can shoot them down. It demands precise reflexes and a steady hand.

1993 Space Machine

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the spirit of Gradius, R-Type and Life Force, celebrating retro arcade space combat with pixel art.

Star Drifter

Challenging difficulty

An extremely hard and frantic space shooter in the spirit of R-Type, Xenon and Gradius, built around quick reflexes and arcade action.

Necromonads

Sci-fi setting

A space shooter inspired by classic arcade games where you pilot a ship covering colonists as they flee to shelter. Captured colonists become infected and spread the plague, adding extra pressure.

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