

A twin-stick style arcade shooter.
ShooterIndieArcadeActionScience fictionsteamsteam achievementsdigital distributionLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- SNK
- Publisher
- SNK
- Released
- June 11, 2014
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 8.7/10 from 2 ratings.
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