Stray Shot

The first ever Push Your Luck SHMUP!! Like with other Punkcake games you’ve got a mashup of mechanics that turns the familiar into the unfamiliar. Stray Shot is an arena shooter where your worst enemy… is you. In Stray Shot you won’t be collecting points that are dropped from defeated enemies and enemies don’t have a fixed point value for being defeated. Instead, each Arena has 5 enemy ranks that indicate both their rarity (think common to legendary) and their multiplier. A blue enemy is the most common and worth N(1) points. N being the population of enemies in the arena. If that blue enemy is the only one in the arena it’s worth 1 point. If there are a hundred enemies in the arena that same enemy is now worth 100 points! With every shot you fire at the arena wall being converted into a new enemy, you’ll have to balance being super accurate while intentionally adding in enemies to keep the population high so you can score more points. Since you are both the person shooting, dodging, and adding enemies you’ll only have yourself to blame when the game over lights flash. Good Luck, you’ll need it

good game, but I'm playing on PC with keyboard and menu is rather inconvenient to use. "Press any key" not working, "Enter" key ignored, etc. Hoping that updated versions (today is may 2026) will improve in this matter.

Rétro trankil

It's an amazing take at arcade shmups. The only issue I've seen is the seemingly inconsistent hitbox of the player-controlled tank. Sometimes it extends beyond the wheels. A hitbox like in the bullet hells would make it more constant: attach the hitbox to he turret and make the turret round so it's easy to predict

Only 28 reviews for a game this good is criminal. Basically a perfect arcade game.

Very cool, very original idea. If you like twin stick shooters and experimental projects, this one will be a treat for you!

Smart concept, even better execution. The art direction is enough to allow for some fun enemies that are both immediately recognizable and great for making the player aware. Feedback is so important in a game like this, the information that lets you know what’s happening. Getting to see where each enemy spawns, the little pause so the player has a chance to know what hit their tank, the differences in sound design for each enemy type’s death, the option to turn on population and health bars for each enemy, this kind of stuff is crucial. The extra modes like doing contracts are nice, too. Overall the only issue I have is the lack of a rebinding option, it would have been nice for moving around. Still struggling with the chaos that is Storm, it gave me an appreciation for how unique the enemies could be when I was already impressed with Bayou.

It's just a well-designed arcade game. It has high-intensity second-to-second moments while at the same time, each arena has an optimal strategy that feels great to discover. I may have only played for a little bit, but I've done multiple arenas and contracts, getting 4/4 rank on the first arena. I think from that I can understand what to expect from the rest of the game, and I like what I'm expecting. I might update this as I put more time into the game though.