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Absolute Blue

71% positive of 57 Steam reviews

Released: 2018
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Jochen Heizmann, Emmanuel Henné, Intermediaware. Published by Asylum Square.

About the game

Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).

Tagged by players

Shoot 'Em Up
Side Scroller
Bullet Hell
1980s
Soundtrack
1990's
Old School
Psychedelic
Space
Shooter
Arcade
Linear

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Mixed

What players say

Not recommended
Slow-moving, monotonous and super easy shoot 'em up. The mid-90's-ish pre-rendered graphics have some charm, and the music is decent, but the gameplay just bored me. There's only a small variety of enemies, and they're few and far between. The few times you're actually faced by a decent amount of enemies you can barely see what's going on due to all the particle effects. Most of the time is spent collecting bonus…
1.4 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Not bad a game but I reached a point where I could not finish it. It's an area were you get 4 speed tokens just before you go through tunnels at high speed. I just couldn't get through it no matter how many times I tried. Then when I had to restart; it put me back a considerable distance just to get nailed by the tunnels again and again. Other then that it was fun to play but...
1.9 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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