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Promethium

65% positive of 20 Steam reviews

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Released
2017
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Xiotex Studios Ltd. Published by Thalamus Digital.

About the game

Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!

Tagged by players

  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Side Scroller
  • Shooter
  • Difficult
  • Action
  • Retro
  • Arcade
  • Sci-fi

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Whoa. Nice indie shooter. The operative word here is succinct. The vertical and horizontal bounds of the play-field are limited and your ship is able to traverse both left and right. The background is the Promethium armada ships in which your objective is to blow up each ships shield generator. The operative component, of course not explained anywhere, is the pick-ups dropped on enemy kill, essentially currency and…

    7.4 h played when written. 22 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Bought this hoping for a modern take on Uridium. Unfortunately this isn't it. - Glitchy - moving to the top or bottom of the screen whilst holding UP or DOWN respectively causing the screen to stop scrolling until you release the movement direction. - Controls - default controls are terrible layout compared to other scrollers (have to fire with analog triggers ratehr than digital buttons, which interfers with ROF),…

    7 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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