Minishoot' Adventures

It's a lot of fun. I always enjoy bullet hells in genres you wouldn't expect them to be! Lots of stuff to discover and an interesting world to explore!

I'm not typically a bullet-hell shooter enjoyer, but this game is just straight up fun to play. A super enjoyable main quest and some solid post-game content that I will be returning to. Highly recommended!

If you like metroidvanias and bullet hells this game is for you. The controls are easy to manage and the game looks really nice and unique. And most important, it is really FUN to play. The game overall takes 6-8h to complete but there's more content afterwards if you want a bigger challenge. I personally recommend playing on the highest difficulty because, after two 100% runs, I haven't noticed any difference and with that you'll get all the achievements with one run. But what I liked the most was how great this game is for your Steamdeck!

This is a very good game, full-stop. I'll write more, but honestly, especially for the price, this is worth it. i can think of so many positives, and almost no negatives. Let's get the very few negatives out of the way first: -It's very easy, until it's sort of hard all of a sudden (not in a frustrating way just a bit of a jump) -It's easy to get lost sometimes or wonder what to do next for a little while (just long enough to begin to feel annoying but never a real problem) -No maps in caves/dungeons (so far at least) Now for the positives: -Everything Jokes aside, as weird as this feels to say about a metroidvania, this has everything you like about Zelda in it. Secret areas, pots to break, items that give you new and interesting powers, cool dungeons, an interesting and pretty overworld, chill/good music, extra side activities like racing, weird little shops, etc. What I like most about it though is the levelling system. It has many great features, including (if need be), unlimited grinding since basic enemies respawn when you die (I haven't needed to grind but it's there if you want). Most importantly though, there's infinite re-spec built in, which is awesome. In most games, as upgrades become more expensive, you end up waiting to buy them, like "well I levelled up, so I have one upgrade point, but the next damage boost costs 3 points so I guess I get nothing this level". Not here! Since you can infinitely level things up and down, you end up in scenarios like this: "Well, I levelled up, so I have a point to spend. I want to put three points into a damage boost, but for now I'll put one point into a speed boost, next level I'll put one point into a crit chance, then next level I'll downgrade speed and crit to have three points total and get the damage boost". It basically means that you're always using your points somehow, even if you're using them for things that are less important to you, and then rebalancing in the direction of what you really want all the time, never feeling like a point is wasted. You can also just change your play-style whenever (need more range? Just take points from elsewhere and boost that). Really cool and I find myself tinkering with my build often, in a good way. Like I said, I have so many positives to say. So many different enemies with different bullet and movement patterns, cool hub area with different stores, lots of secrets (what are the golden bugs for? What will I get when I rescue all the spirits? How do I move the trees? I'm genuinely interested to find out). The map, as mentioned, can be a bit sprawling but generally I always find some new place I haven't been to yet and it turns out that's the way to progress the game, but also it looks great, and usually feels good to explore with lots of shortcuts to unlock. There's so many good things to say I feel like this review is too long so I'll just share a tiny bonus: I got a battery upgrade, basically letting me dash further, and I was wondering where I could see how far I dash, like is the meter longer, etc, but didn't see it on my HUD... then I realized: the glowing blue on my ship's wings WAS the meter, and it drains as I dash, then refills. What a great touch. Awesome game, buy it!

Seriously very fun and unique. Simple game but the exploration is absolutely perfect. Can be a bit frustrating early on, as is the case with most metroidvania-ish-likes, but man is it ever satisfying when you really get everything unlocked and start getting stronger in combat. Honestly one of my favorite games in recent memory. Short, but sweet. BRING ON MINISHOOT ADVENTURES TRILOGY!!!! 9/10 pew pews would minishoot again

Really fun game! Beat it on advanced, but used a lot of the accessibility options to help me through the brutal postgame (thank you for those features, devs <3) Not really planning to come back to this game.... Except it has wip Archipelago support so that's actually really exciting overall pretty fun metroidvania twin stick shooter

This game is really good. I think it has good exploration and alright boss fight and this game is worth it. (If you planned on playing the game start with the max difficulty and change later so you can finish all achievement in one run)

10/10. You can feel the soul/charm oozing from the game. A nice blend of OG legend of zelda top down perspective with dungeons, metroid style progression with upgrades and unlocking parts of the map, and some o'l fashion bullet hell fun. Perfect length for the price too. Get you money's worth, but doesn't overstay its welcome

Amazing game, loved the exploration and the action

What a fun game. The art style and cute music had me hooked from the very start. if you enjoy twin stick shooters and some fun exploration thrown in for good measure, this is the game for you

Fun little game that doesn't overstay its welcome. Kinda confused how the negative reviews mention getting lost, considering the game marks where you have to go next. Plus there's items/upgrades you can get that tell you where you're missing something. The game could use maps for interior spaces, but most of the interiors aren't too complex to remember.

10/10: An AMAZING game! Especially if you like Legend of Zelda, Metroidvania, and/or Twin Stick Shooter vibes

This game is a twin stick shooter mashed up with A Link to the Past. I truly enjoyed this game and it was my favorite title of 2024.

Hollow Knight if it was a top down shooter - lots of enemy rush rooms, four boss dungeons, collectibles, merchants, secrets, abilities, upgrades, everything to love. 5 stars. Please make a sequel!

Absolute hidden gem of a game and a really unique combination. This game should be so much more popular than it is.

Become tiny ship. shoot things. Save ship family. 10/10 game. Metroidvania, unlock abilities for new areas. Great soundtrack. Smooth controls.

Incredibly charming adventure game that reimagines classic Legend of Zelda gameplay as an accessible twin-stick shooter.

Very fun Zelda-like open-world bullet hell. The game plays like traditional 2D Zelda with pieces of heart and battery collectables. There are dungeons with items that unlock progression elseware. The game has solid accessability options to aid with "skill issue" problems. It's not the longest game and does have minor small-indie issues like the game chugs a little if you try to play a youtube video while playing. Be that as it may it's fun, reasonably balenced, not the easiest game in a good way but also fair enough that you don't get frustrated, good music, good art. Overall a great game 4.3/5

Minishoot is a Zelda-like bullet hell metroidvania, and it's damn near perfect. I'd been looking for a game like 'Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past' for a long time - Minishoot is exactly what I was looking for. The gameplay and the pacing is great, graphics and music are great too. The devs must've been fans of a Link to the past because the influences are numerous and obvious without being derivative at all. Excellent game, strongly recommend!

[b] TL;DR: This is a great little hidden gem of a twinstick shooter, extremely recommended. [/b] Minishoot' Adventures is a hybrid between an old-school style zelda adventure and a twinstick shooter, it never tries to do anything too crazy and wears its inspirations like a glove, but everything it does is very good and it shows: fun shooting, fun exploration, solid upgrades... I don't think I've found really that much to complain about. Difficulty wise, I found the game to be very approachable, easy to pick up and play even for a beginner of the genre. I played the game on Advanced difficulty, and although a couple of encounters gave me some trouble, it never got frustrating nor was I really walled by a sudden spike, even after the game took of the training wheels and decided to get serious. As for length, it took me around 12-13 hours to fully complete, including postgame, 100%ing everything, and even maxing out my levels (which is NOT required either for achievements or completion, I just decided to because I was having fun). It's a fun romp that does not overstay its welcome while still offering plenty to the players that want to explore every corner of the game's world. Overall, I'd give an 8/10 rating: not a masterpiece, but still a great game well worth the price.

I enjoyed the first two or so hours I played but then I got stuck. After two more hours of frustration I looked up a walkthrough and there was a path that should’ve opened up. Restarting didn’t change anything. I even took the time to make screenshots and submit to the dev with no reply for months. Bottom line is getting stuck this way in a Metroidvania is pretty much an experience ruiner because of the amount of time I sunk into looking for ways to progress and wonder what I was missing. I’m going to wait 5 years and play this game again and if I have a better experience I’ll update my review.

A link to the past meets twin stick shooter, great stuff

An excellent indie twin stick shooter in the style of Zelda. Hard recommend.

This game is so freaking fun. It does just about everything right.

Fun challenging and runs great on the deck

It's Legend of Zelda meets twin stick shooters... what more do you want? Polished, cute, challenging but fair (on advanced), and with great level design. If you like bullet heck, Zelda, and/or Metroid games, then this is an easy buy.

if you Llike bullet hell games and zelda likes. this is for you. incredible game

I had a great time playing through this and I will definitely play it again on Advanced mode.

This little game is so very inspiring Exactly the kind of thing we all want more of I think <3

This is such an amazing game that deserves so much more hype.

A perfect game, 10/10. Hoping for a sequel.

Still contains game ending bugs

Excellent game I couldn't stop playing!!!

very fun metrovenia. 9/10

Amazing game. 10/10 - can't recommend it enough

It's a Zelda metronidvania!

Extremely cute and very fun game!

great game

Great game

cutest thing

AWESOME COZY GAME

How did Link get a gun????????

It's perfect

Fun

Mini

naizu

[b][u]Absolutely stupendous.[/u][/b] Loved the metroidvania-like progression mixed with bullet hell. This is not a roguelite!