twin-stick shooter

Survivor clones have really got their hooks into me. There’s a couple of notable big shots in the genre but I’m aware there’s more filling the space. Step forth Vinebound: Tangled Together from Riftpoint Entertainment. It aims to deliver a co-op twist to the glorified slot machine. It presents its […]

Vinebound: Tangled Together – PS5 Review

May 4, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bullet heaven / Fruit / gardens / local co-op / riftpoint entertainment / roguelite / sauces / survivors clone / twin-stick shooter / vegetables / vinebound tangled together by Mike

ANNIE:Last Hope (their grammar, not ours) is a twin-stick shooter/zombie survival game from the mysterious developers Pixel Rice. And by mysterious we mean they haven’t got any kind of online presence that we could find. Originally released in 2020 on Steam, the game has been ported over to PSN and […]

ANNIE:Last Hope – PS5 Review

May 4, 2025 in PS5 tagged annie / last hope / pixel rice / top down / twin-stick shooter / zombie by Richie

SlavicPunk: Oldtimer is an action-shooter adventure game from Polish developers Red Square Games and it’s based on a series of books by Michał Gołkowski. It released on PC back in the Summer of 2023 but now its time for us PSN folk to see what we’ve been missing out on. […]

SlavicPunk: Oldtimer – PS5 Review

November 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged dystopian / oldtimer / polish / red square games / slavicpunk / the ascent / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Skautfold‘s been a weird series with something of an identity crisis. Each of Pugware’s games so far have settled in a different genre whilst trying to push forward a narrative about the occult, eldritch horror and colonial conflict. Whilst it does propel an air of mystery about the series, the […]

Skautfold: Into the Fray – PS5 Review

November 3, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 2d aesthetic / american war for independence / lovecraft / melee combat / Pixel art / pugware / rituals / skautfold into the fray / twin-stick shooter by Mike

I’ll be honest, anything on itch.io is a mystery to me. It’s one of the PC storefronts I tend to ignore when looking for new games to try. GoobnBalloons originally saw the light of day there for free. Now an updated version has arrived with more content, improved visuals and […]

GoobnBalloonsDX – PS4 Review

October 5, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / Balloons / campaign mode / goobnballoonsdx / iconicarts / local multiplayer / Pang / score attack / twin-stick shooter by Mike

Go Mecha Ball is a twin-stick shooter from Swedish studio Whale Peak Games. But, unlike the glut of twin-stick shooters on PSN, that description only tells part of the story as this game combines some pinball style mechanics to really craft something unique in a genre that doesn’t usually offer […]

Go Mecha Ball – PS5 Review

September 24, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged go mecha ball / isometric / pinball / twin-stick shooter / whale peak games by Richie

Road Defense: Outsiders is a hybrid twin-stick shooter/tower defense game from Brazilian-based studio Minicactus Games. It’s set in a futuristic wild west where you’ve got to safely escort vehicles across ten waves of action while an absolute horde of enemy cowboys try to destroy the cars and you. You’ve got five […]

Road Defense: Outsiders – PS4 Review

September 16, 2024 in PS4 / Reviews tagged minicactus / road defense: outsiders / tower defense / twin-stick shooter / western by Richie

Twin-stick shooters with a bit of a Vampire Survivors theme has become a bit of a niche genre for Brazilian-based studio Afil Games. Unfortunately, the two efforts we’ve reviewed so far – Stickman’s Arena and Mighty Mage – were both absolutely terrible. But here is Afil Games, specifically Antonio Filipe, with […]

Primal Survivors – PS5 Review

June 22, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged afil games / primal survivors / survivors-like / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Doug’s Nightmare is a twin-stick shooter/brawler from Brazilian-based coding crew Undev Games that combines some fairly standard combat and exploration with a curious plot. The story here is that Doug, a banana, is having some trouble with his sleep. He’s an anxious mess of a.. er… banana and his nightmares are […]

Doug’s Nightmare – PS5 Review

May 30, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged bananas / doug's nightmare / eastasiasoft / nightmares / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Fans of zombies and aliens don’t tend to find much media that involves both of those things but Zombies, Aliens and Guns is here to change all that. It’s a top-down twin-stick shooter from Sergio Poverony that sees you playing as a lone soldier who needs to take on the alien threat […]

Zombies, Aliens and Guns – PS5 Review

April 27, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged ratalaika / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Starward Rogue is a top-down, twin-stick shooting rogue-like from state-side developers Arcen games. It’s a bit of a strange one this, as the game came out for PC back in 2015 albeit to a rather unsuccessful launch which was apparently so bad that it caused the studio to shed three employees […]

Starward Rogue – PS5 Review

January 29, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcen games / rogue-like / starward rogue / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Mystic Gate is a twin-stick shooter from Zoo Corporation that has a rogue-like structure and a dungeon-crawling setting. It’s been around since February on PC but has now made its way over to PSN thanks to the ever-prolific publishers eastasiasoft (their lack of capitalisation, not ours). The game’s thin plot involves […]

Mystic Gate – PS5 Review

September 25, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged eastasiasoft / mystic gate / Pixel art / rogue-like / twin-stick shooter by Richie