- June 7, 2026
- whelp
Maku
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About Maku
Maku is a single player survival shooter game with horror, fantasy and anime themes. It was developed by whelp and was released on June 7, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
Battle and survive through endless swarms of monsters! Idle Maku is a casual survival game where you power-up your character with weapons and upgrades to defeat increasingly stronger enemies that await you!
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Reviews
- Enjoyable bullet-hell gameplay with unique fusion of bullet-hell and reverse bullet-hell mechanics.
- Appealing retro pixel art style and nostalgic music that fits the genre well.
- Good early access foundation with fun gameplay and a promising concept that many players found engaging.
- Game is unfinished with a low variety of skills, weapons, and stages, leading to lack of depth and replayability.
- Balance issues with some abilities being overpowered while others are ineffective; upgrade system can be frustrating and luck-dependent.
- Technical problems including bugs, limited control customization, poor polish, and lack of developer updates or communication, leading to an impression of abandonment.
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe game's graphics feature a deliberate retro pixel art style that may feel outdated to some, with limited options to enhance visual quality beyond scaling. While simple and cute aesthetics are appreciated by many players, the overall 2D visuals are seen as lackluster and not particularly polished. Nonetheless, the charming art style contributes to a fun and enjoyable experience for those who appreciate minimalist design.
“Luv the art style, music, and gameplay!”
“Cute aesthetics, solid early access foundation, successfully executing the easy to obsess over formula aka most important of all: fun”
“Great visuals, fun items, feels good to play”
“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 lacklustre 2D visuals.”
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Maku is a survival shooter game with horror, fantasy and anime themes. Common tags for Maku include gothic, indie, roguelite, 2d, auto battler and others.
Maku is available on PC and Windows.
Maku was released on June 7, 2026.
Maku was developed by whelp.
Maku has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Maku for its music but disliked it for its graphics.
Maku is a single player game.
Similar games include Hunchback's Dungeon, X Invader, Escape The Kreegan, Pixel Survivors: Roguelike, Nomad Survival and others.