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2012PEGI 7PC, PlayStation85 % positive9.99 €

A rhythm shoot-'em-up played in reverse: you dodge projectiles and un-fire your shots in time with the music, using a gamepad or guitar controller. An inventive concept with a retro-futuristic space flavor.

  • Strong soundtrack
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Shooting and gunplay

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Space Channel 5: Part 2

92 %Match

2002PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable88 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Retro/Grade: a strong soundtrack, a sci-fi setting and combat with precise timing.

As the groovy reporter Ulala, you match dance moves in rhythm against alien dancers to rescue captured people. A vividly colorful, quirky retro-futuristic rhythm game with an infectious soundtrack.

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Intake

Strong soundtrack

A neon retro-futuristic arcade shooter that blends Ikaruga-style color-matching shooting with Dr. Mario-like puzzle logic. You blast falling pills to a pulsing electronic soundtrack while chasing combos.

Stereo Aereo

Strong soundtrack

A rhythm-driven space arcade shooter with an 80s comic look: you blast enemies to the beat of the music while getting the band Stereo Aereo to its concert on time.

Space Channel 5

Strong soundtrack

As space reporter Ulala, you defeat alien invaders by copying their dance moves in perfect rhythm. Its vivid retro-futuristic style and groovy soundtrack make this rhythm game unforgettable.

Asteroids: Recharged

Strong soundtrack

A modernized take on the arcade classic: pilot a ship, dodge and blast asteroids, chase high scores and tackle challenge levels with new abilities, neon visuals and a fresh soundtrack.

Child of Eden

Strong soundtrack

A rhythm-driven rail shooter by Tetsuya Mizuguchi where music, light and color blend into a synesthetic trip. You lock on and fire in time with the beat at abstract enemies across psychedelic cyberspace worlds.

Curved Space

Strong soundtrack

Curved Space is an intense arcade shooter where you blast swarms of cosmic energy spiders in your spaceship. The battlefields loop and warp around themselves, so up and down quickly lose their meaning.

Beat Saber

Strong soundtrack

A VR rhythm game where you slash colored blocks in the right direction to the beat with two lightsabers. It feels like part dance, part workout, easy to pick up but demanding on higher difficulties.

Rez

Strong soundtrack

A rail shooter where every shot becomes part of the electronic soundtrack. Abstract neon visuals, rhythm and sound merge into a hypnotic trip through a computer network.

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