Underplayed Gems

ThrustLander (2021)

ThrustLander cover
Developer
Improbable Pixel
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Casual, Indie
Rating
5.0 of 5, 9 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A focused, precision-based cave-flying experience that balances tense movement control with retro nostalgia and progressive difficulty.

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What players say

Players praise ThrustLander as a faithful revival of 80s gravity shooters like Thrust and Gravitar. The controls are fluid and responsive, especially with mouse-only input, but the game gets quite hard later. Some wish for multiplayer and time-to-complete leaderboards.

Screenshots

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