[h1]Maybe not very deep but definitely a solid retro-style shoot 'em up[/h1] In [i]Deep Space Shooter[/i] there's not much story to speak of. Enemy (alien?) spacecraft fly in from all cardinal directions and you shoot them while dodging their attacks. There's lots of different enemies with various weapons like basic shooty shoots, missiles, and lasers. In story's later stages and in the endless mode it can get crowded if you're not careful. In the story mode there's 12 big bosses to fight too. Game auto-saves in the beginning of each stage. I found it a bit on the easy side for shoot 'em ups. I died 6 times: once in an early boss, thrice in the worm boss (which was delightfully challenging), and twice in the last boss (again, a fine one). I liked all bosses though, even if most weren't that difficult. I think none of them were unfair or too easy either. I enjoyed the set of marvellous retro tracks that play in the background a lot. [h1]What's special: Weapon upgrade mods[/h1] Ene...

The horizontal lanes-based movement is a pain, and it is not consistent with the other game actors. If this were trying to simulate an old electronic LED or LCD game, I might be able to relate, but I'm not a fan of this mutation of the genre.

Deep Space Shooter is a very run of the mill console (Switch) ported 2D retro pixel vertical scrolling shoot 'em up that looks like it was copy + pasted from a basic template from Yoyogames for the craptastic GameMaker Studio blight on gaming construction kit. The only differentiator here is that you're locked into 5 lanes horizontally (but you're free to move up and down as much as you want, not that that makes a difference). This is a very bland, very poorly done shoot 'em up with no real merit or value for serious PC gamers, and compares poorly to older shoot 'em ups like Galaga, which you can play for free. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. There'...

This is a really solid space shooter game, just what I was looking for, the first four levels basically serve as a tutorial, sadly there doesn't seem to be control support but it is well playable on the keyboard, be careful not to break your space bar! :DD There is also an infinite mode that seems to be always different, which is awesome, the game is on the easy side of the genre, but you will get blasted to space several times. This game really needs to be more known, if you like the genre, you will enjoy this entry. If you're new to space shooters this is a great place to start, a lot of love was obviously put into making this game. Update 29 of May 2022 So, I started playing this game again, and it took me 3h to beat it, all the 24 levels, a couple of bosses are hard, but keep at it, and you can do it. A fantastic casual shooter, fun yet challenging, on the plus side there is an infinite mode, you can play with WASD or arrow keys

I didn't notice this when I initially watched the videos, but you can only be in one of 5 "lanes", which I am not a fan of. I can't say much more than that, since I've only played for ~5 minutes. In my mind the vertical space shooter genera is all about fast movement, and I don't think this game does it well.

Obviously a rip off of deep space wafuis u can tell by the title. 10/10 would wank to again :)

This game is a lot o fun!

Hey this is not bad at all if you enjoy 1980's Atari/Com64/Amiga fan. The graphics are simple like they were then. The challenge is there. And I enjoyed playing this. It is worth the price requested which at this review time is 57 Cents . Id pay a Buck . There are a few problems though.. I wish it used the gamepad/controller . Also the shooting is odd, you move with the arrow keys but it pauses goes pauses goes then you shoot. That delay is annoying at first but you get used to it .. Also there is not a scoreboard or a score points tracker at all. There are no points . So my final thoughts are . For a small short little 80s arcade shooter its worth a buck ,

Bought it for 0,77€. Classical bullet hell arcade verical space shooter we know and love. + sound effects + music + very cheap - short (but this isnt really a downside since its appropriate for its price) - no UI (you dont know how much HP you have) - bad controls (vertically its fine, but strafing left and right is done by tapping keyboards, you cant just hold them - its not smooth) - no autoshoot (i had to put my mobile down to put weight on my space key so it would keep shooting ...) - apart from few bosses, they are kinda boring - very few upgrades (laser, enhanced basic, scatter) - and you can only have 2 upgrades at a time, which leaves you with only 6 combination options I only recommend this game if you want something to play during waiting for something for brief amounts of time. Its basically free to play, so ...

Great time killer. Space shooter on the ship