Rusty Gun (2020)

Developer: HugePixel
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 39 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 56 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tough retro side-scroller where you blast through alien hordes as a determined farmer with an old rusty gun.

retropixel graphicsdifficultactionside scrollerarcadeexplorationviolent

What players say

Players describe it as a hardcore retro platformer with unrebindable, sometimes clunky controls and a frustrating lack of diagonal aiming. The campaign is short with 17 levels and 5 bosses, and the single gun gains alternate ammo types, though players are split on whether the difficulty feels fair or broken.

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