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Irradiant

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58%Game Brain Score
emotional, music
gameplay
88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

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Irradiant is a single player action game. It was developed by Ev and was released on March 31, 2023. It received positive reviews from players.

Silence the shrine. Irradiant is a small score-attack action game by a solo developer, where you're faced with destroying mischievous spirits bewitching a shrine as fast as possible.

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88%
Audience ScoreBased on 17 reviews
emotional1 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions

  • The game is fun, addictive, and challenging, offering satisfying combo mechanics and requiring strategic decision-making.
  • It features fast-paced, fluid gameplay with nice pixel art and sprite animations.
  • The game has good potential with an engaging high-score chase and a detailed enemy design encouraging repeated play.
  • The difficulty level and some achievements are considered excessively hard, which can frustrate many players.
  • Hitboxes are reportedly inaccurate and unforgiving, causing unfair deaths.
  • Input lag and poor default controls hinder the fast-paced gameplay experience.
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is characterized by precise, deterministic mechanics that demand quick decision-making and encourage combo-based flow, fitting well within the hyper-demonic arcade genre. While challenging and engaging, mastering boss patterns remains difficult even after extensive playtime.

    • “The game plays totally different from Hyper Demon obviously but I'd place it in the hyper-demonic genre of focused arcade games with airtight, deterministic mechanics leading to non black-and-white split second decisions, comboing, and flow state.”
    • “Despite being top 1 leaderboard after 11 hours of gameplay, I barely met the boss 3 times, instantly got wrecked and still have to figure its pattern out.”
    • “Now, I could go on for multiple paragraphs on the small issues I've noticed in the gameplay, but I'll stick to the major ones.”
    • “The game plays totally different from Hyper Demon obviously, but I'd place it in the hyper-demonic genre of focused arcade games with airtight, deterministic mechanics leading to non black-and-white split second decisions, comboing, and flow state.”
    • “Despite being top 1 on the leaderboard after 11 hours of gameplay, I barely met the boss 3 times, instantly got rekt, and still have to figure out its pattern.”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users express frustration with the emotional experience, highlighting frequent deaths without engaging enemies as a major issue that detracts from the game's enjoyment.

  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is noted for its catchy and fitting style, enhancing the playful and energetic atmosphere of the game.

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11h Median play time
11h Average play time
11-11h Spent by most gamers
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Irradiant is a action game.

Irradiant is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 11 hours playing Irradiant.

Irradiant was released on March 31, 2023.

Irradiant was developed by Ev.

Irradiant has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its emotional but disliked it for its gameplay.

Irradiant is a single player game.

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