Korean developed rail shooter just released on Steam. Very After Burner Climax feeling, heavy focus on speed and homing weapons but your forward gun is useful for big enemies and bosses. Tons on enemies to lock on to, good stage variety, and great rave-tastic soundtrack. Some of the glowy effects get in the way and I have trouble getting past Stage 3, but this one is pretty good! Also supports VR and some motion telemetry systems.
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Flying Girl Striker
A Japanese indie shooter where you play a military themed girl riding on the hoverboard from Space Harrier II. Alas it gets kinda bland and your forward shot isn’t useful, relying instead on homing missiles…but it’s not terrible. Apparently originally released on iPhone/Android, now on Switch.
Tube Panic
A tube and flat-plane based rail shooter from Nichibutsu…
…and yes I haven’t updated the site in years. Time to fix that.
Xenocider (WIP)
Okay so I haven’t updated in a while but crazy news! A new rail-shooter is in development for PC/Linux/Dreamcast/3DS called Xenocider. There’s a demo available now if you want to try it out. Very Sin & Punishment-esque and while I don’t see it toppling any of the big names in the genre, it’s always good to see another competent rail-shooter.
The Kickstarter is here:
At the very least I’m gonna get a physical copy.
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