Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jan 19, 2022

  Rundown: a limitlessly-replayable asteroids-meets-bionic-commando-meets-bullet-hell action roguelite, in which your attention and reflexes are repaid with sweet, sweet explosions. Not an early-access title, game is already feature-complete, but the dev also has a reliable track record for content and bugfix updates which address player feedback--see Hyperspace Dogfights. If the game looks a little visually complicated, there's settings for that, and more than most games get for toning things down. If the game looks a little complicated to play, there's also more settings than most games get for *that*, too. Definitely worth the price. Here's hoping enough people get the hype out so this dev can keep making great games.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 19, 2022

  Really fun and unique game! I played a few hours of the playtest and was drawn in immediately. This is no doubt a difficult and punishing game, but it is so rewarding and satisfying to get the movement figured out and zip through huge fleets. I beat the first boss today in 1.0 after probably 3-4 hours total game time (including the playtest). And I can see it will be much more challenging from here on. I'm really excited to unlock and try out the other ships and upgrades. It seems some of the unlock conditions may be a bit too difficult, but I can't say for certain yet. I really like the fast paced puzzle aspect of this game. I feel this aspect of it can be taken even further with different modes too. I'm even more excited to hear about Sleeper Games' future plans for Red Tether. I see a lot of potential here with different abilities and equipment being added, and maybe something akin to a map like FTL had where you choose risk/reward. I initially felt the price was a bit too high, and thought $10 would be a bit better. But after seeing more of what the mid- and late-game content looks like, how much work has and polish has gone into this, and the possibility of future updates and content, I definitely think the price is justified. Definitely recommend this game, and please keep up the great work Sleeper Games!
• gamedeal user

  Jan 20, 2022

  *Enemy fleet: Check. *Ship Weapons: ERROR *Space Bungee cord: Check. "We can work with this." Now for the more serious part: Red Tether is a wonderful take on a rogue-lite shmup-style game focusing on one mechanic and making it work in a variety of ways for you. That "space bungee" will be your offense and your defense so better get good with it. Other than that, you'll get the usual rogue-lite elements such as randomized enemies, a variety of items to find and some permanent stuff to unlock. What's not to like right? For those familiar with the other work from Sleeper Games, you'll find some similarities between Red Tether and Hyperspace Dogfights but due to the mechanic of the tether, feels more slow paced and more "puzzle-y" compared to the chaotic (yet fun) mayhem that was HD. Don't be fooled though, stopping is still a bad idea. And the action just keeps coming. And if Sleeper Games' earlier work is something to go by, it's safe to say the community will still have a good impact in the future shape of this game with regular updates. And to end things on a lighter note; here are some fun things to do in this game: *Pull the missile launcher of a ship, hit the ship with it. *Give the ship that shot a missile at you his missile back. *Hit a ship, with your own ship. Become the missile! *Hit a ship, with another ship. *Hit a ship, with the debris of his friend...ship. *Use a ship, to fling yourself into another ship. Yeah, you'll be hitting a lot of things with a lot of other things. It's great.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2022

  "Hyperspace Shipwrecker" would be a rather apt description of this game. Satisfying action from swinging around to making things blow up in a multitude of ways, coupled with great aesthetics and Hyperspace universe lore. An impressive Sleeper Games title!
• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2022

  Tugboat receives advanced rope, kills entire enemy fleet. A steady-paced combat puzzle roguelite where you drag asteroids into warships in space with a really cool and unique art style and very, very red color palette (roll credits)
• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2022

  If you like physics based game as much as I do, there is no way in this planet that you'll not love this game. (Yes my playtime is low but MY EYES MELT by playing it's demo)
• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2022

  Dark souls, but in space. And your sword broke so now you have to fling space junk at the enemy. And you have to fling yourself so you don't die to random shit like turrets, missiles and SUS Mistakes are punishable by death. No reinforcements expected. All communications jammed. Nanoforge corrupted, weapon fabrication impossible. You cannot stop the fleet. There is no hope. no salvation, not even the peace of death. Valhalla is not for the wicked. only you, your 'rebel' retrofitted ram-tug, and a tether fab. fling and ram, until it's done. godspeed, pilot. The future of mankind is in our hands. [Pilot recovered by Splatter_Cat]
• gamedeal user

  Feb 2, 2022

  its just plain fun, your fast or as slow as you want, ships are difficult but then you rip through the bigger ones like butter and then you realize that this run you have unlocked so much and you have so much more to go. its simply a good space game with great atmospheric music and simply fun mechanics. have fun figuring it out and ripping them apart
• R4V3-0N

  Nov 16, 2022

  A unique and creative game that takes ideas and concepts usually never found within the same genre in a marriage. The UI can get a little to get used too but once you are well adjusted it is an utter blast!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 2, 2022

  if spiderman owned a spaceship