Underplayed Gems

Star Horizon (2014)

Star Horizon cover
Developer
Orbital Knight
Publisher
Orbital Knight, No Gravity Games
Platforms
Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Shooter, Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Rating
2.0 of 5, 1 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A breakneck arcade space shooter where you blitz through spectacular explosions and cheeky AI banter while barely dodging enemy fire.

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About

Experience fast action, thrilling levels, spectacular explosions and lots of pew-pew-pew. Star Horizon is a reboot for the on-rails space shooter genre. You are John, a private in the service of the Federation who doesn’t fight to rack up kills or for honour and pride, he just fights to survive and get the whole thing over with. His ship is controlled by Ellie, an Artificial Intelligence which is programmed to help pilots stay mentally strong throughout the war and which can not kill human beings When her Mothership is destroyed Ellie puts John into hibernation for 1000 years. Now he will have to discover what really happened and maybe, but just maybe, save the galaxy.

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