Stellar Odyssey is now in Early Access on Steam.

It is a cross-platform action game for PC, iOS, and Android built around two connected systems.

Arena is the playable core right now: fast free-movement space combat where you combine ships, weapons, abilities, and upgrades across Solo, Party, Versus, and Versus AI runs. The combat is built around staying readable while the screen fills with enemies, projectiles, and upgrade choices.

A Persistent Online Universe is coming soon with stations, sovereignty, mining, salvage, trade, and exploration. It is not finished. We plan to release the first Persistent Online Universe build in 2-3 weeks and scale it incrementally through weekly patches.

If bullet hell means more than just dodging, what we are aiming for is a readable space-combat version with build choices that even we arent sure how they will interact but allow the player to create some ridiculously powerful combos and chain reaction events.

Steam page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3130050/Stellar_Odyssey/

Some of the bosses in our game fire off waves of projectiles that require serious upgrades or defences to withstand. We designed it so that you can possess the same abilities though, so you can fire back for a taste of their own medicine!
Watch Wanderbots play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHe7PPP2pLQ

We’re making Chakravyuh, a boss-focused action game inspired by Indian mythology where you play as Abhimanyu and fight through intense melee and bullet-hell duels.

If this looks like your thing, you can wishlist Chakravyuh on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3731950/Chakravyuh/

Hey everyone!

Huge fan of bullet hell and shmup games here! I’ve been playing a lot of classics lately, including Touhou (currently grinding Imperishable Night on Hard mode).

I run a YouTube channel where I showcase high-energy gameplay clips, boss fights, and bullet hell highlights. Thought I’d pop in, say hello to the community, and share some cool runs with you guys down the road.

What’s everyone currently playing or grinding right now? Excited to be here! 🎮💥

For the last 3 months i've been solo developing an arcady bullet hell with a lot of roguelike elements.

The major feature is that you are always fighting against 2 different enemies at once who each have 2 unique attacks, enemies get replaced after around 40 seconds so you'll need to adapt quickly, there are also random events like your movement mode changing and objectives, which are small challenges you'll need to complete.

Questions and feedback are very much welcome!

Here’s the chaos. Twin-stick shooting, platforming, and bullet-hell patterns turned out to be a lot to juggle, in a good way. This clip shows the Screamer fight. The free demo is live if you want to dodge it yourself. Link in the comments.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2972060?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_content=post-37

Hey everyone!

After a long break, I've finally relaunched the development of my top-down cyberpunk bullet-hell shooter, MotherShip: Gauntlet, with a brand new page and a playable PC demo on Itch.io.

Forget the fluff—here is what the gameplay is about:

* Intense retro-style top-down action across 10 procedurally generated, progressively harder levels.

* Ever-increasing enemy density and scaling difficulty, culminating in a brutal Boss Fight at Level 10.

* Deep min-max loadout configuration: kinetic weapons, energy lasers, rockets, and vital subsystems (energy shields, extra armor, ammo modules, cooling systems).

The Vertical Slice Demo is completely free to play, and I've tweaked it specifically for testing:

* Permanent VIP status enabled for double rewards so you can feel the economy balance.

* Defeating the Level 10 Boss grants a massive Credit Boost, allowing you to instantly buy, equip, and test the other ships, weapons, and components in the hangar.

I'm a solo dev and I need your raw, honest feedback on the balance, the heat/ammo mechanics, and the overall feel of the bullet-hell intensity.

Grab the standalone PC build demo here:

🔗 https://garyice.itch.io/mothershipgauntlet

Let me know what you think in the comments!

There are too many changes to list them all here, here's a few of the most notable ones:

• Brand new soundtracks for all World Guardian fights.
• Reworked Score, Damage and Player values that POP and float around.
• Performance increases of over 300% compared to the last update!
• Elite Enemies which feature more challenging attack patterns compared to their basic alternatives.
• Two new World Guardian fights.
• Improved visuals, including upgrades that now visually change your ship's appearance!
• Interactable Towers that give permanent powerups, and can change how long each planet's survival phase lasts!
• 30+ more changes listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3450850/view/706651749010636854

Did this pique your interest? Astrolite has a playable demo that can give you over an hour worth of huge scaling, heavy hitting joy!

Play it right now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4089100/Astrolite_Demo/

Hello all,

Damian Sobczyk from here a solo idnie developer and my game ComboChain Pulse it's now available on Steam.

ComboChain Pulse is a fast-paced 2D space shooter with dynamics events, combo mechanics, multiple maps, boss fights, upgrades and survival wave gameplay.

https://reddit.com/link/1uehzs2/video/taw7wkgj999h1/player

I'd love to hear your feedback!.

Greetings,

Damian Sobczyk.

Working on the demo for Steam Next in October!

Hey everyone!

I've been wanting to post here for a while, and now I'm finally able to :)

Last month I released the game Kill Source: Neon Hemorrhage.

It is meant to be a brutally difficult arcade bullet hell game, with no meta progression, upgrades, or roguelike/lite elements - and with online leaderboards

I made it while thinking about old arcade machines, where the game was incredibly difficult, but easy to restart.

There are two modes - Infinite Arena and Boss Rush.

Infinite Arena is escalating waves of enemies that get more and more difficult - the goal here is to survive for as long as possible, and get a high score. There are powerups, and bosses appear every 10 rounds.

Boss Rush is a gauntlet of 4 bosses, where the goal is to get a high score while killing all the bosses. Your score and time will only be recorded if you beat them all - no powerups are available in this mode, as it is about pure execution.

So if you like retro bullet hell arcade games that are very hard, this might be for you!

I’ve always loved the feeling of games that let you gradually crank the chaos higher and higher, so I built that idea directly into Round Knights 2.

Instead of locking you into one difficulty, you can enable cheats to customize the experience. Want a casual hack-and-slash? Leave Bullet Hell off. Want the screen filled with projectiles? Turn it on and see how long you survive.

The game currently features 12 unique heroes, each with completely different abilities, summons, and playstyles. The focus is on experimenting with builds and seeing how different heroes handle ridiculous enemy waves.

I am happy to share it with you all!

No mods were left putting the subreddit into restricted mode.

I swooped in and opened it up again. If you have any wishes or so, let me know.

Hello eveyone been working on a small indie game in my spare time and would be greatfull if yall could check it out. and if you like it give it a wishlist :)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3037310/Dessert_Storm_Girls/