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Cosmic Bounty is a metroidvania style action platformer. You play as Jekt, A Bounty Hunter commissioned with hunting down a rebel General named Volgat. Explore areas to gain new abilities and increase your stats so you can defeat powerful enemies.

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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

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61%

Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews

atmosphere1 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

The game captures the essence of classic Metroidvania gameplay with rewarding exploration and gradual upgrades to movement and combat abilities.
Despite its low budget, the game offers a fun experience with decent level design and a variety of colorful tile sets.
For its price, the game provides a satisfying short experience that can be completed in a few hours, making it a good value for fans of the genre.

The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including game-breaking glitches that can prevent progress and issues with disappearing key items.
Level design is often basic and lacks variety, with many rooms feeling empty and underutilized, leading to tedious backtracking.
The graphics and overall production quality are low, with outdated visuals and a confusing map system that can hinder navigation.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
25%
38%
The graphics of the game are characterized by outdated retro pixel art that lacks depth and detail, with limited options for improvement beyond basic resolution scaling. While some players appreciate the nostalgic aesthetic and find it charming, many criticize the visuals as simplistic and lackluster, detracting from the overall experience. Despite these shortcomings, the game's fun gameplay and engaging story somewhat compensate for the graphical limitations.
- “Graphics are a little more detailed and objectives and upgrades are shown on the map. (Tip: If the objective isn't showing up on the map, pause the game and you can view all maps that way).”
- “Overall: fun game, retro graphics, story that is better than it needs to be, solid gameplay.”
- “I like the aesthetic, and the funky music beats.”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- “Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lackluster 2D visuals.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game's story is considered decent and features engaging world-building, though it primarily serves as a backdrop to the action and exploration. Players appreciate the campy tone and retro graphics, noting that the narrative is more developed than expected, even if it takes a secondary role to gameplay. However, some reviewers feel unable to fully assess the story due to uncertainty about the game's ending.
- “Overall: fun game, retro graphics, story that is better than it needs to be, solid gameplay.”
- “I actually enjoy the campy story and the general feel of the game.”
- “The story takes a back seat as it's all about the action and a scavenger hunt throughout a subterranean space base.”
- “There's a fair amount of world-building and story behind it, or at least it feels like there is.”
- “But, I cannot comment on the game's ending for judging its story.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some finding it silly and overly loud, though it can be adjusted or muted. Others appreciate its catchy and funky beats, noting that while the overall presentation is simple, it adds to the fun and aesthetic of the gameplay.
- “I like the aesthetic and the funky music beats.”
- “The music was pretty silly.”
- “Music is still terrible and far too loud, but thankfully you can lower or turn it off.”
- “It's simple, graphically, musically, and in gameplay, but it's inexpensive, kind of catchy, and fun to play.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The gameplay features solid jumping mechanics and fast character movement, particularly after acquiring the unlimited sprint upgrade, which keeps exploration engaging. However, the level design is basic and repetitive, lacking unique areas and relying on similar mechanics and enemies throughout. It may appeal to players seeking a break from conventional gameplay experiences.
- “I would recommend it to players who are tired of the same old gameplay and need a break for a while.”
- “The game is a little rough around the edges, and the level design is very basic, but it does the jumping mechanics right, and the character moves quickly enough (after getting the unlimited sprint upgrade early in the game) that exploring never feels tiresome.”
- “No area feels unique since they all use the same mechanics like fans to propel you upward and the same enemies.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is plagued by severe stability issues, with numerous bugs rendering it nearly unplayable. Reviewers criticize the developer's poor execution, suggesting a lack of attention to quality in the game's development.
- “It's a very buggy (to the point of being unplayable) 2D retro pixel side-scrolling 'metroidvania' platformer slapped together with GameMaker Studio, so the developer chose pretty much every way one could fail at game development and ran into them headfirst.”
- “Buggy mess.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviews indicate that Gamemaker Studio is often associated with the creation of low-effort, retro-style games that are perceived as cash grabs, suggesting a negative view of its monetization practices.
- “Gamemaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere in Metroid is highly praised for its immersive quality, emphasizing exploration and creating a captivating environment that enhances the overall gaming experience.
- “To me, Metroid is all about atmosphere and exploration.”