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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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2015PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable77 % positive19.99 €

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A punchy 2D space shooter with physics-driven flight, roguelike structure and a look inspired by 80s mecha anime. Intense dogfights demand quick reflexes and smart resource management.

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A pixel-art Western rogue-lite shooter where you blast through randomly generated canyons to rescue your kidnapped partner. Scarce ammo, tough bandits and permadeath keep the tension high, with co-op support.

Beacon

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Beacon is a top-down sci-fi shooter where you fight through a randomly generated hostile planet to find your distress beacon. Each death lets you recombine DNA harvested from enemies, so every run makes your next attempt stronger.

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A brutally hard arcade first-person shooter with permadeath where you fight as a Marine through dark, monster-infested spaceships. Each run is an intense fight for survival as you grab data and upgrades.

Sky Rogue

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In Sky Rogue you fly through an endless chain of procedurally generated islands, dogfighting enemy aces and assaulting giant carriers. Death is permanent, so every sortie feels tense and arcadey.

Void Bastards

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A comic-styled first-person shooter with a roguelike structure: you raid procedurally generated derelict ships, plan routes through the nebula and juggle scarce resources. The look is like a living comic book, with dry, dark humor.

Beat Hazard 3

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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.

Empty Shell

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A top-down survival horror roguelite set in a secret facility on a Japanese island. Scarce resources, a grim industrial mood and randomized runs keep the tension high.

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