You’re a witch living in the middle of a poisonous swamp, minding your own business making dubious potions. When a group of bandits raids your home and steals your most precious jewel, what do you do? If your answer is “jump on your broom and chase the bandits down, blasting …
Godstrike lands on Switch and PC on April 15, letting players take on celestial beasts in a bullet-hell twin-stick shooter where “time is your greatest asset and most dreaded enemy”. Godstrike takes place in a chaotic world where the divided remnants of an old divine power wage constant war through …
Progear. There’s a lot to like about Capcom Arcade Stadium, and I’ll get to those in a moment, but first we need to talk about Progear. Originally released for arcades in 2001, this game is an important part of the legacy of the danmaku masters at Cave. It was their …
There’s no shortage of great shoot-’em-ups on Switch, but few compare to Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion. Originally released in 2011 (with a couple of revisions since then), this indie gem has rightfully earned a spot at the same table as the DoDonPachis and Ikarugas of this world: bullet hells are …
Indie publisher Digirati has announced Rangok Skies, a bright and colourful bullet hell shoot-’em-up inspired by classics like DoDonPachi and Gunbird. It’s coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime around the end of this year or early 2021. Rangok Skies is the creation of one-man studio Samurai Games. …
If you were asked to imagine a spiritual sequel to Castle of Shikigami, Sisters Royale: Five Sisters Under Fire probably wouldn’t be what comes to mind. One is a dark urban fantasy about a paranormal investigation into a series of grisly murders; the other is a comical tale of five …
Orange Juice’s bullet hell shoot-’em-up Flying Red Barrel – The Diary of a Little Aviator is finally coming to Steam and in a remastered form on June 19, publisher Fruitbat Factory announced today. Flying Red Barrel takes place in an world where planes have only recently been invented. Outlaws and …
Iwate Mountain Dance, a boss rush bullet hell platformer from the people behind RAIN Project, is now available on Steam. Iwate Mountain Dance pits players against 15 multi-stage bosses, each with their own attacks for players to figure out to deal with and unique twists on the game’s mechanics. In …
ITTA, a game that uses bullet hell design to explore themes of loss and grief, will launch for Switch and PC on April 22. ITTA casts players as a young girl who finds herself in a strange landscape, armed with her father’s revolver and guided by the ghost of her …
Seoul-based developer and publisher Intragames has announced a “bullet-hell fusion” shoot-em up called Grand Brix Shooter, which is due for release on Switch and PC later this month. The trailer shows all the hallmarks of a bullet-hell game: complex mazes of bullets that require precision and strategy to navigate safely, …
