Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $15.99. It has been as low as $11.19.
- Audio: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 118 sampled reviews
Based on 835 player reviews · updated 2 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 118 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Tight controls, excellent gameplay, good soundtrack and great graphics make this one a keeper.
This game has some of the greatest 2D graphics I have ever seen, vibrant saturated colors, a great mix of detailed sprites with a chunky look, pseudo-3D effects for enemies and projectiles entering the screen perpendicularly to your ship, lots of layered effects to simulate lighting, warp speed and smoke effects (especially on the first, third and final stage), it's just a treat to behold and the presentation never overstays its welcome or bores the player in between gameplay.
Awesome soundtrack, wicked explosions, screen filling bosses, perfect difficulty, and a decent unlock and progression system that gives you some fun extra content to purchase and unlock (and of course you can buy extra credits if you're like me and suck at these games).
Awesome soundtrack, wicked explosions, screen filling bosses, perfect difficulty, and a decent unlock and progression system that gives you some fun extra content to purchase and unlock (and of course you can buy extra credits if you're like me and suck at these games).
Enemy encounters, boss fights, even the ending, and credits were handled with style, creativity and care.
There's a lot of extra menu artwork, concept art, sound test items in the shop, and you can buy continues here if you wish.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $15.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.19.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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