Solar Wind
Games like Solar Wind

Games like Solar Wind

A fast-paced side-scrolling shoot 'em up set across space, asteroid belts, and moons, offering upgrade-driven blasting with a challenging-but-accessible difficulty and a pick-up-and-play arcade feel.

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A fast-paced side-scrolling shmup in a nightmarish alien world, praised for its graphics and sound but lacking a pause feature, with a short median reviewer playtime of about an hour.
2019-10-04
- Shooter
- Action

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Solar Wind
Games like Solar Wind

Games like Solar Wind

A fast-paced side-scrolling shoot 'em up set across space, asteroid belts, and moons, offering upgrade-driven blasting with a challenging-but-accessible difficulty and a pick-up-and-play arcade feel.

REMOTE LIFE
A fast-paced side-scrolling shmup in a nightmarish alien world, praised for its graphics and sound but lacking a pause feature, with a short median reviewer playtime of about an hour.
2019-10-04
- Shooter
- Action

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Survival
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Shooter
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Strategy
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Action
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Action
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Action
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Action
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Shooter
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