
“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
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Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.29/day in the week to Jul 30 → 0.29/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!
Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
・ARCADE:
Choose a character and go on your mission solo in “Lonely Wolf” mode, or form a team of three soldiers from the eight mercenary characters available, and try to rescue Dr. George and his granddaughter who have been kidnapped.
The route you choose at the beginning will affect the progress of the game, allowing you to enjoy an original gameplay experience time after time.
・MULTIPLAYER:
Connect to Steam and clear missions with a brother-in-arms far away via the Online Co-Op Play feature.
Engage with a fellow countryman or foreign ally, and try to put an end to the evil plans of the terrorist group called the “Bloody Scorpions”!
・LEADERBOARDS:
Check your current rank & score in “SHOCK TROOPERS” at any time, as well as those of your friends and other top troopers!
・SETTINGS:
Configure your language, video and language display, and adjust sound volume settings to your preference for the most pleasant “SHOCK TROOPERS” experience ever.
** WILL NOT RUN ON Windows XP **
Genres
Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $7.99 | 286reviews | 83% | — | $54.3K |
| $5.99 | 71ratings | 82% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
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Reviews
원래 이게임은 SET 1, 2 기판이 두개가 있고 그 중에 SET1은 프로토타입의 구식버전입니다. 중요한건 SET 2가 SET 1에 비해 난이도 측면에서 합리적이고(팀플레이,솔로플레이 모든 측면에서죠) 쉽게 말하면 팀이든 솔로플레이든 SET1은 목숨이 하나입니다. SET2는 목숨이 3개죠. 어떤게 난이도 측면에서 합리적일지는 안봐도 뻔하죠 SET2버전입니다. 그런데 닷에뮤가 스팀으로 내놓은건 SET1판입니다. SET2가 없죠. 이식을 하려면 SET2도 선택할수있게 이식을하던가 아니면 SET2를 이식했어야 했습니다. 결론적으로 닷에뮤가 이식을 개판으로 했습니다. 게다가 이 게임은 불합리한 측면이 많습니다. 근접전(칼질,주먹질 등) 점수,무기,폭탄 심지어는 체력회복아이템까지 다 나옵니다 확률적으로요 그런데 문제는 근접전은 위험하죠. 가까이 붙을수록 내가 맞을 확률이 높다는 뜻이니까요. 총으로 죽이면 아이템? 1도없습니다. 이런 차별적인 게임은 처음보네요. 37시간을 했지만 원코인 딱 한번했네요. 이게임은 너무 불합리한 게임이고 이식도 쓰레기버전만 했습니다. 만약 사실분들은 이런 점을 아시길 바라고 메탈슬러그나 사는걸 추천합니다.
I actually encountered no issues regarding the emulator. No annoying slow down on explosions etc. Game is fun.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
Hours played at review time, across 53 reviews with recorded playtime.
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It is essentially a souped-up Commando clone with a tiny bit of Gunsmoke three-direction shooting in it. Heavily inspired by old Capcom arcade games. It is a decent late soft remaster of the first Shock Troopers game. Of the Dotemu ports, this one seems to have got extra polish with the custom menus and no Dotemu launcher with wrong controls info pages in sight. While not as flashy or polished as the second game Shock Troopers 2nd Squad, it does have more characters and possibly more levels. You can beat the game in less than an hour easy. It is the perfect length for a simple yet flashy coin-op game like this one. If you have to choose between this one or the 2nd Squad sequel, pick the sequel. The control scheme makes that one easier and more satisfying to play. I'd say get them both for cheap.
Platinado
I never played the Shock Troopers games, despite my love of SNK & NEO•GEO. I really missed out, brother! This game (and I'm assuming the sequel, which I will play as well) play like Ikari Warriors on steroids AND cocaine! I guess it's very similar to MERCs, but even better than that with its large cast of playable characters (like a fighting game), and its options - like multiple paths to play and a team battle option, which gives you three fighters at your disposal. This is an insane, action-packed, big gun shooting bonanza of the most epic of proportions! I absolutely love this!
Lanzado en 1997 por Saurus para Neo Geo, Shock Troopers es un frenético juego de disparos y acción (run and gun) de perspectiva cenital. Destaca por su alta velocidad, la opción de elegir entre ocho personajes, rutas múltiples y un apartado técnico lleno de gráficos detallados.
Bom jogo shoot'em'up top down, com gameplay bastante fluido e satisfatório! A variedade de personagens, rotas alternativas e dificuldades junto do multiplayer oferece um bom fator replay. É possível escolher entre utilizar apenas um personagem ou escolher 3 e poder alternar entre eles nas fases. A mecânica da esquiva é bem fácil de usar, porém bastante satisfatória. Os personagens e os cenários possuem animações expressivas, e as cenas da história são bem desenhadas. A trilha sonora não é necessariamente super marcante, mas cumpre seu papel em complementar a atmosfera durante as fases e lutas contra chefes. É como jogar um filme do Rambo com algumas cenas de anime da década de 90 gravadas por cima - e falo isso como algo positivo! Ótimo game curto para jogar "a sério" ou descompromissadamente com amigos.
닷에뮤 전통의 나사 어딘가 세 개 가량 빠진 이식률 빼면 게임 자체는 준수함 내가 본 건 생각 해 보니 트루퍼스 2 더라 이 게임의 특징은 근접 처치를 해야지만 템이 나온다는건데 이게 여간 에바라 생각함. 스코어링을 위해 근접전을 해야 되는게 아니라 라이프 부터 무기 까지 죄다 근접 공격으로 푹찍을 해야 나오기에 그냥 남 하는거 보는게 가장 좋은 게임
+ Excellente jouabilité nerveuse + Plusieurs choix de parcours et personnages pour varier les replay + L'un des meilleurs shooter sur Neo Geo - La musique de gland - Résolution par défaut étrange 8/10 Insert coin
Shock Troopers é bom, mas esse port é péssimo. Ele trava bastante e de vez em quando crasha, tornando frustrante tentar o 1CC aqui. Até dá pra jogar, mas tá longe de ser um port ok e não vale preço cheio. Dito isso, se pegar na promoção de 85% off, acho que vale pra ter na biblioteca.
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