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HyperParasite

83% positive of 100 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, itch.io, Amazon

Made by Troglobytes Games. Published by Nicalis, Inc., Hound Picked Games.

About the game

A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

Tagged by players

Twin Stick Shooter
Perma Death
Dungeon Crawler
Loot
Difficult
Procedural Generation
1980s
Roguelite
Local Co-Op
Old School
Roguelike
Shooter

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Positive

What players say

Recommended
At start it seemed to me like an ordinary boring roguelike, first 40 minutes was monotonous and grindy. I noted music (track of the first location actually) and good visual style. The game revealed itself after i beat first boss (which is actually not so spectacular from point of experience and gameplay) but then you got access to new areas with a new style and challenges. Suddenly the game gains its true colors and…
2.3 h played when written. 24 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I don't often buy Early Access game, but I had a chance to try HyperParasite in London at Rezzed the last weekend, and yes, i had to buy it. First of all, the game is thousand times more polished that what i do usually expect from EA games. I died like 20 times before the tutorial was over, but that is only pushing me to play more. The devs at the booth were awesome and friendly, it's refreshing to meet people that…
1.2 h played when written. 21 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
good concept but definitely not enough content and the playtime is made up by ridiculous grinding. Most times you get to the shop it feels like the special item is the same amount of gold as all the money on the map after youve gone through and destroyed everything. Everytime you get to a new area you just die cause you can't unlock the characters on the map, and it takes about 10 games to be able to do anything in…
26 h played when written. 9 found it helpful.
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