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Howard Phillips Lovecar

76% positive of 46 Steam reviews

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Released
2018
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by The Secret Pie. Published by The Secret Pie, Kurki.games.

About the game

A top-down driving shooter. It's like Devil Daggers + GTA1 (Kill Frenzy!). Stop The Great Old Ones - or die trying!

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Arena Shooter
  • Driving
  • Top-Down Shooter
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Bullet Hell
  • Arcade
  • Hand-drawn
  • Shooter
  • Top-Down
  • Minimalist
  • Dark Fantasy

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Howard Phillips Lovecar is an indie arcade title that thrives on its sheer absurdity. Developed by The Secret Pie and published by The Secret Pie alongside Kurki.games, the game takes the themes of cosmic horror and filters them through an energetic top-down shooter centered around a heavily armed car. Rather than focusing on narrative or atmospheric exploration, it throws players directly into a hostile wasteland…

    11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    As of June 2017, Howard Phillips Lovecar is woefully underbaked; at this point it doesn't even feel like a proof-of-concept demo. Where to begin - I'll just make a list of things: No controller support, and its just the keyboard arrow keys which doesn't feel good. Takes *forever* for the real enemies to actually spawn. The artwork is not really interesting the color palette leaves something to be desired. …

    8 min played when written. 35 found it helpful.

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