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2018PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive9.75 €

A fast-paced indie shooter for PC that throws explosive shooting action and clashing metal at you. I know little about it, so this rating is conservative.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Fast pace
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Truxton

97 %Match

1988PC94 % positive7.79 €

Fits your focus: Systems like Steel Vampire and Combat like Steel Vampire.

Truxton is a classic vertical shoot 'em up from the arcade era, where you pilot a small spaceship through five large levels packed with enemy waves. With just a shot and a bomb button, you fight through bosses that loop endlessly at higher difficulties.

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Hyper Sentinel

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A retro arcade shooter inspired by the 8-bit era, mixing classic blasting with modern upgrades and mechanics. Fast reflexes and pixel visuals take center stage.

Raiden

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A classic vertical arcade shooter where you dodge enemy fire across eight missions, blast targets and collect power-ups. Built around score chasing and replays, with a steep challenge.

DoDonPachi

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A landmark Cave arcade bullet-hell shooter where you thread through dense bullet patterns, build huge scores with a chain system, and unlock a hidden, tougher true ending through masterful play.

Touhou Tenkuushou: Hidden Star in Four Seasons

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Touhou Tenkuushou is a bullet-hell shooter where you weave through dense danmaku patterns while fighting enemies from the Touhou universe. Its appeal lies in the precise dodging required and in bosses that constantly introduce new, escalating attack patterns.

Mushihimesama

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A frantic Cave arcade bullet-hell shooter where you fly through insect-filled forests, weaving through dense bullet patterns. Precise dodging and quick reflexes are the core of the experience.

Sine Mora

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A gorgeous side-scrolling shmup from Grasshopper and Digital Reality where time is your health and a tool you can slow down. It features huge bosses, a soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka, and a surprisingly dark, fragmented story about anthropomorphic animal pilots.

Strikers 1945

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You fly a plane through waves of enemies and bullets in an alternate postwar world full of mechs and rockets. It rewards quick reflexes, dodging and collecting power-ups.

RefleX

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A Japanese indie shmup where you weave through dense bullet patterns and use sharp reflexes to tear down huge enemies. As the second chapter of the ALLTYNEX trilogy, it delivers short, intense arcade action in a sci-fi setting.

Xevious

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A 1982 arcade classic in which you pilot the Solvalou fighter through vertically scrolling waves of alien enemies, shooting air targets and bombing ground ones at once. It was a pioneering title for the shoot-'em-up genre.

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