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Astro Duel

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98%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
98% User Score Based on 59 reviews

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About Astro Duel

Astro Duel is a single player and multiplayer arcade shooter game with comedy and violence themes. It was developed by Rusty Moyher and was released on February 22, 2016. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends using asteroid-style ships. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.

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98%Audience ScoreBased on 59 reviews
humor3 positive mentions
  • Excellent local multiplayer party game, perfect for 2-4 players and great for social gatherings.
  • Simple to pick up but offers depth and variety with different game modes, power-ups, and arenas, keeping gameplay fresh and exciting.
  • Tight and responsive controls with nostalgic pixel art and sound design, delivering a fun, fast-paced, and competitive arcade experience.
  • No official online multiplayer mode, limiting play to local or workarounds like remote play or third-party software.
  • Lack of control customization and inability to rebind keys; gamepad support is good but some controller inputs have minor issues.
  • Occasional crashes reported and relatively minimal settings and content compared to similar games; game could benefit from more maps, power-ups, and mod support.

  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is a mix of hilarious moments and frustration-induced outbursts, offering an entertaining experience for those who can master its controls. Players often find themselves laughing out loud or reacting strongly, adding to the overall fun.

    • “This game is funny and fun if you know how to control.”
    • “One of those games that makes you burst out laughing or burst into obscenities.”

  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its excellent mechanics, strong replayability, and detailed features like precise hitboxes and freeze frames. However, some users have experienced occasional crashes during play.

    • “I think that it has the best mechanics and replay-ability of any arcade game I have ever played. I love the attention to hitboxes and freeze frames especially.”

  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music features a thumping soundtrack with meaty sound effects that complement the tight controls and pixel art, and it can be turned off if players prefer their own tunes.

    • “Music can be turned off so it won't interfere if you're playing your own.”
    • “Tight controls, nice pixel art, meaty sound effects and thumping soundtrack.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is well-optimized for mobile devices but lacks customization options such as control adjustments and mod support. Additionally, the PC version is missing features like triple power-ups, and overall settings are limited.

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5h Median play time
5h Average play time
5-5h Spent by most gamers
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Astro Duel is a arcade shooter game with comedy and violence themes. Common tags for Astro Duel include indie, trading, 2d, fast-paced, pixel graphics and others.

Astro Duel is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Mac OS and others.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing Astro Duel.

Astro Duel was released on February 22, 2016.

Astro Duel was developed by Rusty Moyher.

Astro Duel has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Astro Duel for its humor but disliked it for its optimization.

Astro Duel is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Astro Duel 2, Duck Game, Nidhogg, Crawl, Invisigun Reloaded and others.