Purple Pistol was a recreation developed by a duo from Brazil and printed by Indie.io. I assumed it seemed cool, downloaded it to my Steam Deck and it crashed. I emailed the devs about it, they usually launched one other patch, which made the deck not discover the executable file. I despatched the builders the screenshot they usually discovered what was unsuitable. Now it really works on the Steam Deck. It’s good, however I don’t really feel its a Should Play. It’s an entire, effectively made recreation, however a little bit tough across the edges I believe. Purple Pistol is a western twin stick shooter the place you combat zombies and bullet-hell bosses. There are 4 biomes, together with a city and a vampire fortress. You undergo procedural-generated ranges to search out the boss and beat them. Simpler stated than completed.

Afterward on this combat, he’ll fill the display screen with bullets.

In Purple Pistol, each enemy will drop a ability crystal. Achieve sufficient, and also you’ll degree up. Then you definately’ll have a selection of one in all 4 expertise to reinforce. These vary from further bullets to inflicting enemies to bleed. There may be additionally a bounty system, which matches up the higher you do. The higher you do, the more durable the enemies. Additionally you’ll run right into a bounty-hunter mini-boss. Sadly, whereas there’s a tutorial, it isn’t defined in any respect. Like your bounty impacts what weapons you need to use.

Purple Pistol has a great catchy soundtrack, and good pixelated graphics. Sadly, on Steam Deck, the bottom decision didn’t match on the display screen, and better resolutions made textual content impossibly small to learn. Additionally the well being bar ought to be within the HUD, not a tiny bar above your character. Nonetheless, I preferred Purple Pistol, I’ll give it a advisable with an eight rating. It’s strong and enjoyable, however I didn’t really feel it was a fully wonderful Should Play. Nonetheless, that is an incredible begin, and I can’t wait to see what comes subsequent for the studio.

Total: Purple Pistol is a enjoyable twin stick shooters combining rogue-like and bullet-hell to nice impact. Sadly, its tough across the edges.

Verdict: Really useful

Rating: 8

Steam Web page

Launch Date 7/15/25
Price $7.99
Developer Ace Horizon Studio
Writer Indie.Io

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