Minishoot' Adventures

Enjoyable, fun and well balanced from start to end. Hope to see a sequel or another game with the same gameplay loop found here.

If you mix a good twin-stick shooter with a good Zelda-like, you apparently get a shockingly great game. On the twin-stick side, if you're worried about difficulty being too high, don't. I haven't played a twin-stick shooter since Mutant Storm, so I was worried I would suffer torment in bullet hell. However, I both got powerful (through powerups) and got good (through fun practice and solid checkpointing, with no souls-like punishments for death). It's a great balance of mechanics. Overall nothing super innovative, but these kinds of mechanics don't need novelty to be fun. On the Zelda-like side, it's playing the hits. You can tell what powerups you're going to get - no Animal Well-esque surprise powerups. The exploring is fun but with the standard gates (locked doors, bombable blocks, currently-impassable terrain). One thing I will shout out is that the room-to-room enemy respawn mechanics are very well thought out (generally, they don't respawn until you die). The 'plot' is standar...

Loved it, it's one of the best metroidvania/Zelda type game I've ever played. Decent and charming art style, decent world building, but it's really about the gameplay. I'm not really into bullet hells tbh, but this game made it not frustrating with all of the upgrades and forgiving checkpoints. The upgrades and new areas are unlocked at a good cadence and I never became bored. the game did not outstay it's welcome at all. You already know if this your kind of game or not, consider it a great palette cleanser between the bigger games you might be into.

Wow, I did not expect to find such a gem in this game. I really hope they make a sequel for I was absolutely absorbed by it for the around 8 hours that it took me to 100% it. If you like bullet hells and metroidvania-like progression, you'll feel right at home here. The controls are extremely tight, the upgrades are fantastic, and the quality of the content was superb. Honestly, if it goes straight to my top 10 of 2025. My only complain was the lack of a true ending final boss and perhaps a slightly better soundtrack. 4.5/5 - a MUST.

Minishoot’ Adventures… a game that asks the important questions: How many bullets can one tiny hero carry, and how many explosions can fit in a pixelated forest before it collapses under its own chaos? You run, you jump, you shoot… and occasionally wonder why a mushroom is trying to murder you with a laser. The enemies are cute, terrifying, and inexplicably armed—like someone thought 'adorable' needed a side of 'death ray.' The controls are tight, the action is frantic, and the soundtrack makes you feel like you’re in a cartoon warzone where sanity politely took the day off. Every level is a whirlwind of bullets, dodges, and laughs, proving that small characters can cause enormous chaos.

Absolutely love this game! Well polished and addicting gameplay. I especially appreciate the different difficulty settings, without them I would not have gotten very far.

What a cool little game. Only a couple of blemishes: constant traversal stutters and [spoiler]a disappointing 4th dungeon[/spoiler]. Definitely not enough to sour the experience. Absolutely recommended.

Feels like coming home from school as a kid and spending your whole night binging a glossed up browser game

12/10 🔥 Lazy Review: SHMUP + Zelda + Metroidvania This game is INSANELY good, but reveals this quite slowly! Imagine a space shooter where 1st priority is exploration: find a gun! Unlock doors. This creates a veeeeery relaxed, comfortable & accessible starting point for all players. By endgame, you’ll be dodging your way through insane bullet hells & uncovering secrets upon secrets. Top tier art, gameplay & music. A masterpiece we didn’t know we needed. Great job guys! 👊🏻

Not optimized at all, many questionable design choices, unnecessary ending and post- content I kinda liked in the first half but everything after was a slog