Nanoplanet Survivors

Big fan of the Sci-Fi shoot em up. developer also seems committed to sending out hotfixes to fix any small issues that come up. For a few dollars, would definitely recommend

Nanoplanet is really fun. Took me a moment to get it but just keep collecting those coins for the shop and you will progress just fine.

This game is incredibly fun, though it can be challenging at first—until you start unlocking new characters and weapons. So far, Pascal is my absolute favorite, especially since he starts with a pistol, which gives him a great edge early on. I’ve also purchased some of the extra projectiles from the shop, and they’ve been a game-changer, helping me survive much longer than when I first started. Initially, I thought the lightning wizards were the toughest enemies. Then came the drone swarms, and they were even worse. But now, I’ve met my match with the fireball dragons—they roast me every single time! But mark my words, I will conquer you, dragons!

NanoPlanet Survivors is exactly as the game describes. Bullet Hell! I've enjoyed progressing my survival time as I level up and gain new abilities. The struggle is real but well worth it to see new waves of enemies and unlock new skins and weapons. Music is dope, the main menu art style is cool, and player progression keeps you locked in. 10/10 The best kind of struggle! *Side note* I laughed harder then I should at Romilly's hairline.

Fun little indie game, worth the few bucks!

Updated Review (1/11) It's still really hard but no longer feels impossible after the recent patch. Thanks to the dev for being responsive to feedback. ----- Original review (1/10) The trailers look pretty fun but I don't know how much time is required to get to that point. The early game feels glacial. Your only "weapon" at the start is your cat. You don't have a gun yourself. Even when you get one you have to stop and face the horde, but doing that you're so slow that doing so is suicidal. The horde is significant from the start. This is the first five seconds of the game: https://i.imgur.com/qzI3wW0.png That's at least 50 Aliens coming at you with your cat chipping away at them one-by-one. (It takes the cat three hits to kill one.) Even with effort and playing it safe I find it a struggle to last longer than five minutes. This wouldn't be a big deal if there was some sort of meta progression to aide you through this early game and make you feel like your runs were contributing to something but after thirty minutes of playing I have one coin and all of the upgrades start at five coins each. So I have to jump in and try this struggle of a gameplay loop with the hopes of getting to the crazy fun that's shown off in the trailers. I'm not having fun. It's possible (and likely) that I'm bad and I need to git gud. It's possible that the developer wanted to create a hardcore experience and maybe they thought Vampire Survivors is for babies, but I question whether the developer has tested his game from a blank slate with no perks starting from scratch. Is this what he wanted new players to experience? I feel bad giving this a thumbs down because the developer seems like a good dude and has documented everything on their YouTube channel. I hope they can tweak it so more people can enjoy all their hard work. Once you get some movement speed, extra projectiles and a car it looks like whole lot of fun though.

simple yet addicting gameplay. music that you dont mute, YOU TURN IT UP. and i love the the main menu art n design. and a progression system that makes every run feel like a win that has you coming in stronger the next attempt. plays great on the steam deck! well worth the price!!