Brother Wings

About Brother Wings

Brother Wings is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game. It was developed by Brogames and was released on January 10, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

Brother Wings is a shoot up jet fighter game with vertical scrolling. In this game the player can choose between controlling Marko or Guida, brothers and pilots. The game has two forms, infinity and time attack, both with several ships and types of villains to face.

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60%Audience ScoreBased on 67 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

monetization4 negative mentions

Simple, accessible arcade-style vertical shoot 'em up gameplay with responsive controls.
Charming retro-inspired visual style and energetic rock music providing nostalgic atmosphere.
Two distinct game modes (Time Attack and Infinite) and two playable characters offering some variety.

Severe lack of content variety leading to repetitive gameplay: only two enemy types, limited bosses, and a single map.
Numerous bugs including broken Time Attack mode timer and non-functional leaderboards, plus missing basic features like pause and customizable controls.
Audio is repetitive with a single looping track, no music volume control, and visuals feel very basic and partially unfinished.

gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions
The gameplay is straightforward, accessible, and reminiscent of classic shoot ’em ups like Galaga, offering a fast-paced and colorful experience with familiar mechanics and minor twists. However, it suffers from repetition, limited enemy variety, and a lack of meaningful progression or evolving features, which hampers long-term engagement. While competent and enjoyable for both casual and hardcore players, the gameplay lacks depth and distinctive identity to stand out in its genre.
- “The core gameplay loop is straightforward and easy to grasp, making it accessible even to players who are new to shoot ’em ups.”
- “Gameplay-wise, it has this mix of familiar elements and small twists that keep things from feeling stale.”
- “If you’re looking for something that balances comfort with challenge, familiar mechanics with fresh touches, and a world that’s just fun to be in, then I genuinely think this one is worth giving a shot.”
- “❌ Lack of levels and progression (one map, one gameplay loop).”
- “The lack of meaningful progression systems or evolving mechanics makes it difficult for the game to sustain long-term engagement.”
- “It’s fast and colorful, but the gameplay is extremely repetitive, and enemy variety is basically nonexistent.”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The graphics feature a charming, simple, and retro pixel art style that supports gameplay but rarely impresses or enhances the experience. While the visuals are clear and functional, they feel basic and outdated, with limited customization options and some poorly designed elements like the player ship. Overall, the aesthetic creates a modest but immersive atmosphere without pushing any graphical boundaries.
- “The geometrical art style is quite charming.”
- “Every part of the game — the visuals, the sound, the pacing — kind of blends into this feeling that you’re actually inside its world, even if you’re just casually playing.”
- “With its simple yet clean graphics and variety of soundtracks to listen to while ducking and dodging the enemy fire, you'll find yourself immersed, if only for a few moments, in this very basic shooter.”
- “Music is really basic and boring, as are all the visuals.”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The game's music is generally repetitive and basic, with many users finding it grating or poorly fitting, while a few appreciate its energetic or relaxing qualities. However, the lack of audio options and variation diminishes the overall audio experience, preventing the music from effectively enhancing gameplay tension or immersion.
- “Good, energetic music.”
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “With its simple yet clean graphics and variety of soundtracks to listen to while ducking and dodging the enemy fire, you'll find yourself immersed, if only for a few moments, in this very basic shooter.”
- “The same music repeating over and over becomes grating.”
- “As is to be expected, the music is an annoying repetitive guitar loop. This would be fine except the only audio option is music on or off, and every game you play the music turns back on. So if you want to play with your own music and not just turn your volume all the way down, you better not forget that, especially since there is no way back to the menu once a game starts other than killing yourself, which takes a while due to invulnerability frames after taking a hit.”
- “There are no audio sliders, only a button to turn the music, but not the sound effects off.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
The game lacks a meaningful story or narrative progression, offering only basic survival and ship destruction gameplay with no level advancement or upgrades. Users express a desire for a more developed story mode and unique upgrades to enhance engagement and provide a sense of accomplishment.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “I would love to see the game progress, perhaps adding in a few original and unique upgrades or a simple, even shallow story.”
- “A story mode, even if rudimentary, could do this game wonders.”
- “Other than this, there's no story, no level progression, no ship upgrade abilities, no weapon upgrade abilities (just the 3 different modes of missiles)... I think I covered it all.”
- “Nothing... there is no storyline to enjoy, no unique powerups to enjoy and no feeling of accomplishment for gaining the extremely easy achievements.”
- “Samoliotik-like, but with no story instead or any levels at all.”
monetization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Monetization is widely criticized for relying on copying premade templates and asset flipping, resulting in low-effort, cash-grab games often seen as shovelware or scams rather than polished, original products.
- “These guys do nothing but copy premade game templates and game tutorials, fill out a few things/stamp out basic levels using the construction kit templates, slap on an asset-flipped set of sprites/assets, and dump them on Steam and into cheap nasty shovelware game bundles as cash grabs.”
- “Trying to get paid for someone else's game templates and assets... at best, this is shovelware; at worst, it's a scam/cash grab.”
- “Gamemaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The atmosphere in Brother Wings is noted for its quiet and subdued personality, which contrasts with the typically dynamic soundscapes expected in the genre. This leads to a less immersive or momentum-building experience for some players.
- “In a genre where sound can play a crucial role in building momentum and atmosphere, Brother Wings feels noticeably quiet in personality.”
- “The first thing I noticed is the atmosphere.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game is well-optimized, running smoothly on most systems with fast load times, and offers good performance overall. Its affordable price also adds to its accessibility.
- “It runs smoothly on almost any system, loads quickly, and is often priced low enough to make it an easy impulse purchase.”
- “Performance has been mostly fine.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is fairly tedious due to limited enemy variety and repetitive tasks, making the experience monotonous despite its low price and decent soundtrack.