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Trigger Witch

Trigger Witch is worth your cash no matter what platform you pick to play. It just depends on how you want to play.
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69%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
96% User Score Based on 23 reviews
Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

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About Trigger Witch

Trigger Witch is a single player and multiplayer open world shooter game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Rainbite Ltd and was released on June 11, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Trigger Witch is a 2D, twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world where magic is mundane, but firearms are the new unknown! You are Colette, and as you graduate from the Stock, a curious man invades your world...

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96%Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews
music8 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Fun and engaging top-down twin-stick shooter with a Zelda-like adventure vibe.
  • Excellent soundtrack with catchy tunes and unique metal covers during combat.
  • Well-balanced gameplay with light puzzles, multiple weapons, and enjoyable boss fights.
  • Story and lore are somewhat hollow, uninteresting, or fall flat by the end.
  • Backtracking and navigation in dungeons can be confusing and tedious.
  • Visual and enemy variety is limited, with repeated enemy types and simple character models.

  • music

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    47% positive mentions, 35% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its catchy melodies and effective metal covers that enhance combat intensity, creating a memorable and balanced audio experience. While transitions between overworld and combat tracks can feel jarring and some conversational music choices feel mismatched, overall the soundtrack is considered a standout aspect that significantly enriches the game's atmosphere.

    • “I will sing the praises of this game for its soundtrack alone.”
    • “The music is so wonderfully balanced with the cute/grim mix of the world and I would suggest you play the game just for that alone.”
    • “The music itself is super catchy and you'll find yourself humming it if you play the game long enough, but the real charm comes from all of the metal covers of each of the different songs for each area that begin to play during combat.”
    • “- A few more songs in the soundtrack for various conversation emotions would have been welcome, as sometimes the song doesn't really match the feeling of the conversation.”
    • “In some cases I would have preferred hearing the area theme over the conversation song that switches in.”
    • “- I can tell that considerable effort went into each area having two soundtracks, one for a general area theme and another metal variation of that theme for battles.”

  • story

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The story has a mixed reception: some find it charming, humorous, and engaging with a unique blend of fantasy and real-world elements, while others feel it relies on tropes and an uninteresting premise centered on western teenage witches using guns. Overall, it provides an enjoyable narrative experience for many, though it may not appeal to all.

    • “The story was pretty cool and kept me interested through the whole game.”
    • “Trigger Witch is such a charming game, it'll have you chuckling and laughing through its story!”
    • “The level design is good, there's little to no backtracking, arenas and bosses are balanced (and the difficulty setting is a good addition), the story is interesting, the guns feel nice and the soundtrack is good.”
    • “The story is not interesting and I don't know why the developers chose this setting (western teenage witches).”
    • “The story isn't interesting at all, it just seems like the developers wanted to tell jokes about how funny it would be for witches to use guns and kill cute things.”
    • “☐ no story”

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay is engaging with a fun, brutal challenge and unique ammo mechanics that encourage weapon variety, though some players feel the mechanics could benefit from a more rewarding system for weapon switching and an overall overhaul.

    • “Fantastic pixel art and brutal but fun gameplay.”
    • “The main ammo mechanic discourages players from using the same weapon, which keeps things interesting as you cycle through all your weapons.”
    • “This game needs a serious mechanics overhaul.”
    • “After about two hours of gameplay, you've got all of your basic skills down pat.”
    • “The main ammo mechanic discourages players from using the same weapon, and that does keep things interesting as you end up cycling through all your weapons, but I personally feel that a more fun way to approach this would have been to reward players for switching weapons instead.”

  • humor

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

    The humor in the game is generally well-received, with many finding it charming and genuinely funny, especially the story and the last boss. However, some feel the jokes about witches using guns and killing cute creatures are uninteresting and forced. Overall, the humor adds a lighthearted and amusing tone to the experience.

    • “Trigger Witch is such a charming game, it'll have you chuckling and laughing through its story!”
    • “Absolutely hilarious last boss too!”
    • “I think the explanation of why this world is the way it is is pretty funny and makes a lot of sense in the end.”

  • graphics

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

    The graphics effectively capture the 16-bit era style with distinct enemy types, but the overall aesthetic lacks variety across different areas, which would have enhanced the visual experience.

    • “The graphics are a good representation of the 16-bit era.”

  • grinding

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

    The game features extensive grinding that can be quite time-consuming, often requiring significant effort and patience to progress.

  • stability

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

    The game is generally stable with occasional reset glitches and some issues when using a Steam controller, but otherwise runs flawlessly.

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70%Critics’ scoreBased on 4 critic reviews
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Trigger Witch is a open world shooter game with fantasy theme. Common tags for Trigger Witch include indie, 2d, magic, pixel graphics, bullet hell and others.

Trigger Witch is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Trigger Witch was released on June 11, 2021.

Trigger Witch was developed by Rainbite Ltd.

Trigger Witch has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked Trigger Witch for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

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

Similar games include Minishoot' Adventures, Patch Quest, Death's Door, Colt Canyon, Sea of Stars and others.