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Pilot Mae through five bullet-filled stages, dodging enemy fire, fighting bosses, and using special weapons to survive and score.
Released 11 Oct 2016
Turn Chains Into Score
Break Boss Parts
Practice 25 Missions
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Developed by danbo, woof · Published by Stellar Circle
Mae is a rabbit-eared programmer who can manipulate reality, but the environmental group Blue Revolver has turned against her. Take control of her counterattack across five stages of enemies, hazards, and boss fights.
This vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up centers on weaving through dense bullet patterns while attacking with regular fire and powerful special weapons. Choose from three playable characters and 12 special weapons, each offering different ways to handle enemies and combat.
Build a chain by defeating enemies with regular shots, then use a special weapon to cash it in for multiplied score. Breakable enemy and boss parts offer additional scoring opportunities, while score milestones and combat resources tie score chasing to survival. Adaptive difficulty, alternate difficulty modes, 25 single-stage missions, and XP-Mode offer different ways to play and improve.
Players often praise the satisfying score-and-resource systems, energetic soundtrack, and varied ships and weapons. Many describe the missions, practice options, and adjustable difficulty as helpful ways for newcomers to learn while still offering demanding challenges. Some players instead find the difficulty punishing, and a smaller number criticize bullet visibility, visual style, or stage pacing.
Ever feel like the world doesn't understand your talents? Mae is a rabbit-eared genius programmer, able to manipulate reality with a few keystrokes or - the more fun option - blow up large swathes of reality in one of her custom-built Devices. However, genius is never understood in its own time, and she's provoked a severe response from the environmental group "Blue Revolver". Command her defiant counter-attack over 5 stages of manic struggle, blast through hordes of enemies and go face-to-face with fearsome bosses.
DOUBLE ACTION OK! - After a long time in development, our much-awaited DOUBLE ACTION update has been released and is available to all players!
5 stages of heart-pounding struggle. Snowy mountains, hectic dockyards, nightmare bases and more...
Three playable characters, and 12 special weapons to choose from! Blocking bullets, clearing crowds, carving up bosses or milking points - the choice is yours.
Adaptive difficulty system - the game tailors its difficulty on the fly to your skill level. Or if you're weird, pick Parallel mode for a glimpse of the most the game can throw at you, including a "nice" surprise at the end.
Missions mode - 25 single-stage challenges allow you to build up your skills before going for the full clear! Take on strict survival and scoring challenges, or deal with slightly stranger things - experimental weapons, annoying giant bullets, remixed bosses and more.
XP-Mode - Score to level up! Unlock and master a set of oddball superweapons!
Flourish for high scores! Build up short chains and finish them off with the special weapon for big points. Score BREAK bonuses by picking apart bosses and big enemies in difficult ways.
Full original soundtrack by Qygen and Novaturtle - and tons of usable remix tracks by Exemia, Hyphen, MadDrift, Terranaut, Mitomoro, Blue Phoenix, ikaruga_nex and Aghast.
Full new DOUBLE ACTION soundtrack by Exemia and Hagane.
Online leaderboards and replays! Aim for heaven!
Unlock gallery art, remix tracks and other goodies as you play.
Screen scaling options (including portrait mode), rebindable controls, "kiosk mode" for parties or events.
All-new legibility options! Customize bullet colours, item transparency, background brightness/saturation to exactly your liking.
Play in super-smooth 120Hz mode!
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 41 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
