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---Red---Tether-->

95% positive of 73 Steam reviews

Released: 2022
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Sleeper Games.

About the game

---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.

Tagged by players

Destruction
Top-Down Shooter
Action Roguelike
Difficult
Sci-fi
Physics
Tactical
Top-Down
Puzzle
Space
Procedural Generation
Pixel Graphics

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Very Positive

What players say

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Rundown: a limitlessly-replayable asteroids-meets-bionic-commando-meets-bullet-hell action roguelite, in which your attention and reflexes are repaid with sweet, sweet explosions. Not an early-access title, game is already feature-complete, but the dev also has a reliable track record for content and bugfix updates which address player feedback--see Hyperspace Dogfights. If the game looks a little visually…
9 min played when written. 25 found it helpful.
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Recommended
*Enemy fleet: Check. *Ship Weapons: ERROR *Space Bungee cord: Check. "We can work with this." Now for the more serious part: Red Tether is a wonderful take on a rogue-lite shmup-style game focusing on one mechanic and making it work in a variety of ways for you. That "space bungee" will be your offense and your defense so better get good with it. Other than that, you'll get the usual rogue-lite elements such as…
14 min played when written. 15 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Very stylish game, but the mechanics are clumsy in a way intentionally meant to draw out the game. It promises kinetic bashing but it plays more like chess that hammers your fingers after every move.
9.8 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 0 found it helpful.
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