twin-stick shooter

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

Dust & Neon is a twin-stick shooting rogue-lite that comes to us from Swedish software developer David Marquardt Studios, their (or indeed his) debut effort. It’s all of the most popular indie tropes placed in a futuristic-themed Wild West setting and it’s out now on PSN. After a little bit of […]

Dust & Neon – PS5 Review

August 17, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged country / dust & neon / rogue-lite / this one's for my pa / twin-stick shooter by Richie

If there’s one thing we’d change about this generation of gaming, it’s the influences on game design that have come from F2P and mobile games. The sort of baffling complexity that got introduced during the PS4-era that creates such bad first impressions whenever we fire up a new game. Now, […]

Killsquad – PS4 Review

July 24, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged co-op / killsquad / loot / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

Formerly known, on Steam, as Chernobyl: Road of Death, the recently renamed Road of Death, is a twin-stick shoot ’em up game with survival elements. It’s a Ratalaika joint, so enjoy your quick Platinum, and developed by Diedemor Studio. The post-nuclear setting means that you’ll be facing off against irradiated foes using […]

Road of Death – PS5 Review

July 20, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged mutants / ratalaika / road of death / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

We’ve seen this game before, back in 2018, but Riddled Corpses EX has just had a PS5 release. This game, from French devs Cowcat, is an isometric/top-down twin-stick shooter that places equal emphasis on blasting zombies and upgrading your firepower. Set just after some sort of demonic apocalypse, the game has […]

Riddled Corpses EX – PS5 Review

July 13, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged Pixel art / riddled corpses ex / twin-stick shooter / zombies by Richie

Wildcat Gun Machine is a twin-stick shooter and is the debut title from Australian coders Chunkybox Games. The game uses an isometric viewpoint and cartoony art style (similar to Hades or Bastion) but has a direct, action-packed gameplay focus that honestly isn’t a million miles away from something like Doom. Well, with a little imagination. […]

Wildcat Gun Machine – PS4 Review

May 16, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arcade / chunkybox games / isometric / shooter / twin-stick shooter / wildcat gun machine by Richie

Metal Tales: Overkill is a heavy metal themed twin-stick shooter with roguelite elements and it comes to us from Madrid-based coders/publishers Zerouno Games. As the name suggests, this game puts the music front and centre, placing you (and some offline co-op buddies) as a guitarist looking to reclaim the world […]

Metal Tales: Overkill – PS4 Review

May 9, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged guitar / Metal / music / roguelite / twin-stick shooter by Richie

The Ascent is a top-down, twin-stick action RPG from Swedish software house Neon Giant. It’s their first game but members of Neon Giant were involved in Gears of War, Doom, Wolfenstein and PSC favourite Bulletstorm. With its top-down perspective and ‘dungeon-crawling’ mission structure, a lot of people seem to think of The Ascent as […]

The Ascent – PS5 Review

March 28, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged cyberpunk / the ascent / top down / twin-stick shooter by Richie

We reviewed Stellatum back in October 2019. This mix of the vertical-scrolling and twin-stick shooting sub-genres was a stylish and addictive shoot ’em up which felt different to the usual arcade-inspired titles on PSN. The developer, Sometimes You, went on to make I, AI a year later but now Stellatum is back sporting a […]

Stellatum – PS5 Review

April 14, 2021 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / shoot em up / stellatum / twin-stick shooter / vertically scrolling by Richie

SturmFront is a top down, twin-stick shooter from German developers Andrade Games and while this genre is heavily represented on PSN, this game more so than many others feels like a direct homage to some of the ’80s arcade titles that popularised this style of game. You play as Siegfried […]

SturmFront: The Mutant War – PS4 Review

April 6, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged alien syndrome / arcade / retro / smash tv / sturmfront / total carnage / twin-stick shooter by Richie

We’re self-confessed fans of 10Tons Ltd and their range of twin-stick shoot ’em ups and have been covering their reappearance as PS5 titles happily. It started with Jydge which got a surprising re-release as a PS5 launch title and since then we’ve given positive reviews to Undead Horde and their new joint Tesla […]

Tesla vs Lovecraft – PS5 Review

December 30, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd. tesla vs lovecraft / action / arcade / retro / twin-stick shooter / upgrades by Richie

We’ve made no secret of our love for 10Tons Ltd and their range of top down shooters. Follow us on Twitter and you’ll regularly see us going on about Jydge which we recently reviewed again when it showed up as part of the PS5’s launch line-up. As soon as we […]

Tesla Force – PS5 Review

November 28, 2020 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 10tonsltd / arcade / neonchrome / rogue-like / tesla force / twin-stick shooter by Richie