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2015PCNintendo Switch75 % positive12.99 €

A fast, vividly colorful space racing-shooter loosely inspired by the Odyssey, where Penelope searches for Ulysses and visits planets in any order. Weapons drain your energy, so you are powerful yet always close to death.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Fast pace
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
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Truxton

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1988PC94 % positive7.79 €

Fits your focus: Combat like The Next Penelope.

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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Platinum Games' blisteringly fast third-person shooter where rocket-boosted slides and slow-motion aiming turn cover shooting into a high-speed ballet against robot armies. Short, intense and packed with spectacle.

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An intense twin-stick shooter that turns your own music library into frantic space battles, with each song's rhythm and intensity shaping the enemy waves and visual effects.

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A vertical arcade shoot 'em up with frantic bullet-dodging action, where you upgrade your plane between missions and replay stages to hit every objective and earn all the stars.

Crimzon Clover: World Ignition

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A fast arcade bullet-hell shooter with three ships and multiple modes ranging from beginner-friendly to brutal. The Break Meter for bombs and power-ups rewards aggressive, risky play.

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