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Rick Henderson

95% positive of 24 Steam reviews

Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, itch.io

Made by Fat Pug Studio.

About the game

Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.

Tagged by players

Perma Death
Shoot 'Em Up
Side Scroller
Action Roguelike
Procedural Generation
Roguelite
Space
Choices Matter
Conspiracy
Arcade
Sci-fi
Retro

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Positive

What players say

Not recommended
I don't feel as if this game should be sold on Steam. The game is almost a complete rip-off of 2015's Steredenn. The layout. The UI. The end-of-wave upgrade circle pixels. All stolen. Enemies that look like Steredenn enemies with a slight visual re-skin and have the same attacks as Steredenn enemies. Heck, even the font is stolen from Steredenn.
8 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Rick Henderson is a really beautiful retro-style 2D space shooter. The stunning pixel-based graphics and stellar soundtrack make it an awesome experience. The game is quite difficult, particularly the bosses (damn Devastator, hahaha), so there will be lots of restarts. However, every restart feels uniquely different with different settings (space-scapes), different enemies and different arrangements of enemies, and…
1.3 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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