Underplayed Gems

Blazing Trail (2025)

Blazing Trail cover
Developer
Gamenergy studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Indie
Rating
4.0 of 5, 72 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A chaotic, old-school top-down shoot-'em-up where you blast through enemies in a hijacked combat vehicle with pixelated action and local co-op.

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What players say

Players compare it to classic arcade shooters like Jackal, with praise for its retro pixel art and co-op action. But many find the controls frustrating: the machine gun fires only upward, there is no mouse aiming, and the game turns into a bullet hell at the first boss. It runs poorly on Steam Deck.

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