Gigantes Ex Machina

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Gigantes Ex Machina is a single player arcade shooter game with anime and science fiction themes. It was developed by AcrylByte and was released on August 5, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Fast paced Top-down shooter! Smartly use IRCM to evade the constant barrage of bullets and missiles and destroy everything that stands in your way.

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93%

Audience ScoreBased on 71 reviews

story6 positive mentions

grinding6 negative mentions

Engaging and smooth combat with unique mech playstyles and weapon upgrades that significantly affect gameplay.
Visually appealing with detailed graphics and impressive sound design enhancing the mech and battle experience.
Developers are responsive and actively improve the game with updates, adding features such as keybindings and new missions.

Currently limited content with only a few hours of gameplay and few available mechs, leaving players wanting more.
Some interface and control issues, including problems with auto-aim, lack of comprehensive keybinding (improved recently), and UI elements overlapping on small screens.
Game difficulty can feel unbalanced or overly challenging at times, with some grind-heavy progression and bugs affecting gameplay and upgrades.

story
51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
12%
82%
6%
The story mode currently offers a short but engaging narrative reminiscent of sci-fi and JRPG tropes, providing enough intrigue to motivate players despite its brevity and limited missions. Many reviewers appreciate the game's presentation and unique storytelling elements tied to mech customization, though the overall plot is seen as underdeveloped and somewhat hard to follow in parts. Players are generally excited for the full story release and hope for expanded content and deeper narrative in future updates.
- “Also comes with a pretty good storyline and dialogue.”
- “Kinda cliché story if you are familiar with JRPG or sci-fi anime, but still piques interest enough to make me want to see what happens next.”
- “Pretty good, like Vampire Survivor, it has pretty much the same gameplay and collecting money to unlock passives, but this game has extra customization and stuff to unlock like weapons, stats for your mech etc., plus it also has a story mode which is usually absent in this kind of game.”
- “The story is... there... not really much to it, especially with so little available.”
- “Story as of writing is quite short, as expected of early access.”
- “It's a bit hard to follow the story as the communications come in at times where I'm too busy to read them.”
gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
54%
23%
23%
The gameplay is fast-paced, fluid, and engaging, blending challenging mech maneuvering with strategic terrain and enemy interactions. It offers a refreshing roguelike experience with meaningful progression, customization, and a story mode, avoiding repetitive level design common in the genre. Overall, the mechanics are addictive, well-balanced, and promising for the mech-focused gameplay niche.
- “The game offers challenging mech maneuvering, requiring understanding of terrain and enemy units, with good graphics and exciting gameplay.”
- “It's one of the few roguelites that respects your time, avoiding excessively long levels just to extend gameplay.”
- “Snappy gameplay with a solid roguelike system implemented well in early access.”
- “It also hides the first ability and the last secondary weapon during gameplay.”
- “Pretty good, like Vampire Survivor, it has pretty much the same gameplay and collecting money to unlock passive skills, but this game has extra customization and stuff to unlock like weapons, stats for your mech, etc., plus it also has a story mode which is usually absent in this kind of game.”
- “It's built around the roguelike Vampire Survivor style framework, but instead of playing the same level over and over, they take the mechanic of building your mech as the round progresses and attach it to a story.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
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The game's graphics are widely praised for their quality, impressive visual effects, and smooth performance, contributing to an enjoyable and visually engaging experience. Some users appreciate the detailed mech designs and consistent frame rates, though there are minor requests to optimize certain effects like water and fire for lower settings. Overall, the visuals greatly enhance the gameplay without being overwhelming.
- “The graphics and visual effects are amazing and the performance is butter smooth.”
- “It's fun, the graphics are great, frame rates consistent (13900k/4090 PC), and it's not bogged down with overwhelming mech controls.”
- “Great graphics and quick controls.”
- “If possible, I hope the water and fire textures can be further reduced for low graphics settings.”
grinding
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is supported through modes like arcade for resource farming and offers rewards that help progress, notably with tutorial boss fights providing valuable currency. While some meta upgrades don't carry over from older versions, the post-story content adds extra grinding opportunities that many find enjoyable despite the grind. Overall, grinding is considered a necessary but engaging part of the experience.
- “This made farming meta upgrades from older versions not carried over to the latest versions because you cannot receive rewards when playing the latest version using older version save files.”
- “There are also already 2 modes: arcade mode for grinding resources and campaign.”
- “But I'm on (updated: 42.5 hours as of 17 Aug 25) grinding out the extra stuff (which they totally didn't need to include), but just to completely tickle the Armored Core pickle it would seem, they put stuff to do after you finish the story.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game's graphics and visual effects are impressive, but optimization is lacking, causing poor performance even on medium settings for some PCs.
- “The graphics and visual effects are amazing and the performance is butter smooth.”
- “Optimization is a bit lacking, and even at medium settings, my PC runs like hell.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the game highly replayable due to the variety of mechs available and the ability to customize their stats, offering diverse gameplay options.
- “Extremely replayable due to the variety of mechs available and the ability to customize their stats.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users highlight the emotional aspect as empowering, making them feel like a badass, complemented by smooth combat and excellent sound design that enhances the overall experience.
- “Actually made me feel like a badass not to mention the combat is really smooth and the sound design is top notch”

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Gigantes Ex Machina is a arcade shooter game with anime and science fiction themes.

Gigantes Ex Machina is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Gigantes Ex Machina.

Gigantes Ex Machina was released on August 5, 2025.

Gigantes Ex Machina was developed by AcrylByte.

Gigantes Ex Machina has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Gigantes Ex Machina for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Gigantes Ex Machina is a single player game.

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