Category: Twin-stick shooter

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Heck Deck is a brilliant fusion of bullet-hell and a card game

By Liam Dawe, Jan 13, 2022

What do you get when you cross a twin-stick bullet-hell with a card-game? Heck Deck. It's not a particularly long game but the idea is excellent.

REVO is a neon-soaked twin-stick bullet-hell dream out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 25, 2021

With a great soundtrack and action that won't let your attention leave it, REVO is a fresh twin-stick bullet-hell that will make you sweat and it's great.

satryn is a free twin-stick infinite shooter that deserves to be played

By Liam Dawe, May 3, 2021

Free Game Monday! How about checking out satryn, a completely free infinite twin-stick shooter and it's absolutely awesome once you get a few levels in.

Free Game Wednesday: take a look at the great twin-stick Cecconoid

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2021

Cecconoid, a fantastic twin-stick shooter with small cramped environments where the screen flicks between each section actually released the source code and now you can play free.

Cyberpunk looter-shooter Danger Scavenger is out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 30, 2021

Danger Scavenger is a flashy run and gun looter-shooter from developer Star Drifters, it just recently left Early Access and with that came full Linux support.

Rogue Star Rescue is a fun mix of twin-stick bullet-hell and tower defence out now

By Liam Dawe, Feb 5, 2021

Released out of Early Access as a full game on February 4, Rogue Star Rescue blends together a furiously good mix of twin-stick bullet-hell action with tower defence.

Gravity Ace is an excellent take on classic twin-stick cave-flying and it feels awesome

By Liam Dawe, Oct 26, 2020

Cave-flying is a genre that was big a very long time ago, now though not so much but Gravity Ace from John Watson entered Early Access recently and it's absolutely brilliant.

Trailer Trashers is a perfect couch multiplayer twin-stick party game out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 28, 2020

Trailer Trashers is a twin-stick local multiplayer shooter from Sakari Games that released this week, it's their first Linux game and it turns out it's the perfect amount of ridiculous.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is like a wild sci-fi Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, Mar 16, 2020

Desert Strike, oh hell yes, that's a game I put tons of hours into on the Sega Mega Drive. Now Pizza Bear Games have taken that same helicopter action and put a wild sci-fi spin on it with Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess.

If you think you know pain you haven't played Devader - check out their new trailer

By Liam Dawe, Mar 13, 2020

Devader is one of my favourites released last year that flew under the radar of most. A twin-stick shooter with action that takes place in a single map, with enemies so varied it will make your head spin.

Police Stories gives you more chances to practice your tactics with custom missions

By Liam Dawe, Jan 3, 2020

Mighty Morgan keep improving their tactical top-down shooter Police Stories, with an update landing last month adding in a Custom Mission mode.

Monolith: Relics of the Past extends the excellent shooter with a ridiculous amount of extra content

By Liam Dawe, Dec 30, 2019

Monolith's twin-stick rogue-lite room to room shooting is practically perfection, it didn't need an expansion but I'm glad Relics of the Past exists so I can sit and play a huge amount more.

Colourful action RPG shooter 'Space Robinson' released for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Dec 23, 2019

After a very promising demo release back in august, the fast-paced action RPG shooter Space Robinson is now available on Linux.

Colourful ghost-busting twin-stick shooter Dead End Job is out now

By Liam Dawe, Dec 16, 2019

Set in a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world, Dead End Job is a crazy twin-stick shooter where you're sucking up ghosts.

Dead End Job, a twin-stick ghost-sucking shooter releases December 13

By Liam Dawe, Oct 22, 2019

Ant Workshop and publisher Headup have announced the madcap mash-up of Ren & Stimpy meets Ghostbusters, Dead End Job, is releasing on December 13.

8-bit inspired, flip-screen, twin-stick-shooter 'Cecconoid' is out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 9, 2019

Triple Eh? Ltd yesterday released Cecconoid, an 8-bit inspired twin-stick shooter with a flip-screen mechanic where you go through a series of rooms and blow everything up.

Some thoughts on Police Stories, the recently released slower tactical top-down shooter

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3, 2019

Released earlier this month, Police Stories attempts to slow down the top-down shooter genre with a more tactical approach and most of the time it works quite well.

Devader, possibly the most insane twin-stick shooter I've ever played is out now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 2, 2019

You think you know bullet-hell? Devader will challenge that thought. Released today with Linux support from developer Falkenbrew, Devader is one twin-stick not to be missed.

The surprisingly good and challenging rogue-lite Gerty is now "Content Complete"

By Liam Dawe, Aug 30, 2019

Gerty from developer Spawn Point OSK was a huge surprise when I initially tried it out in December last year. An absolutely action packed rogue-lite with ruthless aliens and destructible terrain.