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Cyberpulse

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76%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
97% User Score Based on 30 reviews

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Cyberpulse is a single player and multiplayer arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Scherzo Games and was released on May 21, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Forget bullets. In Cyberpulse, your weapon is physics. Grab viruses with cyberkinetic forces. Slam them into each other. Fling them into molten firewalls. Yank an incoming enemy and use its momentum against the next wave. Every enemy on screen is a projectile waiting to happen — if you're fast enough to see it. Cyberpulse is a twin-stick arcade shooter that inverts the genre's core rule: instead…

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97%Audience ScoreBased on 30 reviews
music5 positive mentions
replayability2 negative mentions
  • Unique and inventive twist on the twin-stick shooter genre with satisfying gravity-based mechanics.
  • Highly polished with tight, responsive controls, excellent visuals, and an outstanding synthwave soundtrack.
  • Extensive and varied campaign with challenging, multi-phase boss fights and rewarding replayability.
  • Multiplayer has limited replay value and lacks offline modes or AI opponents.
  • Some players find the game overly fast-paced and difficult, with a steep learning curve.
  • Occasional bugs and lack of optimization can affect performance, especially on less powerful hardware.

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    56% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's music is widely praised for its immaculate, synthwave-inspired soundtrack that perfectly captures the cyberpunk vibe and enhances immersion. Users highlight the soundtrack as highly replayable, dynamic, and well-matched with the game's intense battles, contributing significantly to the overall exciting and engaging experience.

    • “The OST for this game is one of the best synthwave soundtracks I have ever heard.”
    • “As someone who loves the cyberpunk and synthwave aesthetic, the music truly captures the vibe of the game and genre.”
    • “The game has an amazingly fun soundtrack and audio mix as well; I don't think I've ever heard an arcade game that sounds as good. Highly immersive, it just sucks you right into the action!”

  • gameplay

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

    The gameplay offers a unique twist on classic arcade twin-stick shooters with innovative mechanics like gravity-based enemy control, combining polished movement and responsiveness. While some players miss traditional mechanics, the game stands out as a spiritual successor to Geometry Wars, featuring non-linear objectives, varied maps, and a rewarding progression system that enhances pacing and replayability.

    • “Also, the mechanic of having a kind of gravity circle to push enemies into walls instead of normal weapons is quite unique.”
    • “Personally, I didn't enjoy the arcade style of it, but the underlying mechanics are fantastic along with the polish on the core mechanics, movement, and responsiveness.”
    • “If you were a big fan of Geometry Wars during the Xbox 360 era, this is basically the spiritual successor to those games but with new mechanics to differentiate itself.”
    • “This game could be the best arcade twin-stick shooter on Steam if the developer implemented classic mechanics instead of the 'cyberkinetic forces' gimmick.”
    • “While the core gameplay is just 'outlast your buddies,' it comes with a great number of settings and a reasonable number of maps to pick through.”
    • “I think what's on offer here is truly unique in that I haven't played an arcade game before that plays in a non-linear fashion and allows me to pursue the objectives I find most interesting first, and I also really enjoyed the pacing of the campaign so far, unlocking new abilities and gameplay styles over time and with completed challenges.”

  • graphics

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

    The graphics are praised for their bright, colorful, and stylish art design that effectively conveys information without overwhelming the player. While generally high quality and full of personality, some specific stages can occasionally be visually confusing. Overall, the visuals complement the game's aesthetic and contribute positively to the experience.

    • “The controls and gameplay are very tight and highly responsive, the graphics are bright, colorful, filled with personality and style, and yet manage to relay information quickly and efficiently while rarely being overwhelming.”
    • “The controls are tight and feel great to use, the levels are really well designed, and the aesthetic is absolutely oozing with style.”
    • “The bosses in particular are a lot of fun, and the visuals are great (although occasionally it's sometimes difficult to track what's going on with some specific stages).”

  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    Replayability is praised for its exceptional game design, immersive style, and music, making the overall experience highly engaging. However, some users note limited replay value beyond the campaign, particularly in multiplayer modes, despite its strong potential.

    • “The style is immaculate, the music is so good, everything is so replayable, the game design is something that rarely gets this good in any video game, and that announcer's voice is just so perfect for this game.”
    • “My first issue is the lacking replay value outside of the campaign when the potential is nearly infinite.”
    • “Slightly limited replay value for multiplayer.”

  • optimization

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

    The game offers solid performance with no major issues for some users, featuring smooth controls and quality visuals. However, it is not well optimized overall, often requiring high power consumption to maintain consistent frame rates.

    • “Controls well, satisfying challenge, solid soundtrack, quality visuals/art design, and I've had zero performance issues.”
    • “The game is not optimized very well, so expect to use high TDP to hit consistent FPS.”

  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is minimal, limited primarily to improving scores rather than repetitive tasks or resource farming.

  • story

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

    Users generally praise the story for its appealing idea and style, finding it visually and thematically impressive.

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Cyberpulse is a arcade shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Cyberpulse include indie, score attack, bullet hell, physics, roguelike and others.

Cyberpulse is available on PC, Mac OS, Steam Deck, Windows and others.

Cyberpulse was released on May 21, 2024.

Cyberpulse was developed by Scherzo Games.

Cyberpulse has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Cyberpulse for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

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

Similar games include Assault Android Cactus, Chippy, Nova Drift, Steredenn, Galactic Glitch and others.