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2025PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified95 % positive17.99 €

Earthion is an upcoming shoot-'em-up built in the spirit of classic Mega Drive arcade shooters, with physical retro releases planned. You get old-school arcade action with retro charm and a 16:9 version for modern platforms.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Pixel art
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Sci-fi setting

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Valfaris: Mecha Therion

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2023PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified94 % positive24.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Earthion: gripping boss fights, good gunplay and pixel art.

A heavy 2.5D side-scrolling shoot 'em up where you pilot the mecha Therion through grim, metal-soaked sci-fi worlds. Fast, demanding action meets dark aesthetics and a driving metal soundtrack.

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Bleed 2

Boss fights as highlights

A fast-paced arcade action game where heroine Wryn shoots, dodges, reflects bullets and slows time. It centers on a string of boss fights in pixel art style with a tongue-in-cheek tone.

Alien Soldier

Boss fights as highlights

A frantic Treasure run-and-gun with a gauntlet of boss fights, fast gunplay and a flexible weapon loadout. It is extremely demanding, rewarding pattern memorization and precise reflexes.

Mighty Gunvolt

Boss fights as highlights

Mighty Gunvolt is a fast 2D side-scrolling action game that pays homage to retro 8-bit classics. You fire lightning-powered shots, dodge boss attacks, and chase high scores across colorful pixel-art stages that carry the Azure Striker Gunvolt spirit.

Super Cyborg

Sci-fi setting

An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.

Huntdown

Boss fights as highlights

A punchy 2D run-and-gun shooter with pixel art, a neon dystopian city and 80s action-movie flair. As a bounty hunter you take down gangs solo or in co-op, using cover, a wide range of guns and hard-hitting boss fights.

Mega Man 10

Boss fights as highlights

A deliberately NES-style 8-bit run-and-gun platformer where you pick stages in any order, beat robot bosses and take their weapons. Tight controls and a demanding, old-school difficulty.

Mega Man 9

Boss fights as highlights

Mega Man 9 deliberately returns to the 8-bit classics: tight run-and-gun platforming, bosses with weaknesses, and a free choice of stage order. It is demanding and rewards precise timing and memorization.

Gunborg: Dark Matters

Sci-fi setting

Gunborg: Dark Matters is a fast arcade platformer with pixel graphics. You shoot your way through a giant spaceship against waves of alien soldiers and killer robots.

Bleed

Boss fights as highlights

A fast arcade action-platformer in pixel art where you play Wryn, dodging acrobatically and chaining gunfire into stylish combos. Short and punchy, with inventive boss fights against parodied videogame heroes.

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