ESTEN (2021)

Developer: Discade Project
Genres: Action, Indie
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 10 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.1 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A frantic, experimental bullet hell game where you fight at close range in non-auto-scrolling horizontal combat.

fast-pacedintenseexperimentalclose-range combatbullet hellstylizedscore attacksingleplayer

What players say

Players find ESTEN a fast and flashy bullet hell for a low price, though the difficulty jumps quickly and some criticize the visual flashes and sparse explanations.

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