Wildcat Gun Machine

Wildcat Gun Machine is an addictive and incredibly difficult shooter. The vast variety of weapons and the exploratory element keep it interesting. If you’re looking for a challenge, you’ll certainly find it here.

70%Game Brain Score

music, graphics

gameplay, story

84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 7 reviews

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Wildcat Gun Machine is a single player arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Chunkybox Games and was released on May 4, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.

Wildcat Gun Machine is a bullet hell dungeon crawler where you take on hordes of disgusting flesh beasts with a wide variety of guns, giant mech robots, and cute kittens.

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Audience ScoreBased on 37 reviews

music5 positive mentions

story2 negative mentions

The game features buttery smooth controls and a satisfying gunplay experience with a good variety of weapons.
The art style and animation are top-notch, with unique enemy designs and an impressive soundtrack that enhances the gameplay.
Wildcat Gun Machine offers a fun and challenging experience, especially for fans of twin-stick shooters and bullet hell games.

Hitbox detection can be clunky, leading to frustrating moments during gameplay, especially when interacting with walls or objects.
The game lacks replayability and can feel repetitive, with weapons quickly becoming obsolete and no upgrade system to keep older guns relevant.
There is minimal narrative context, which may leave players feeling disconnected from the game world and its characters.

music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
42%
25%
33%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players praising its intensity and dynamic quality, especially towards the end, while others find it repetitive and annoying. Overall, the soundtrack is noted for enhancing the gameplay experience, despite some criticisms regarding its fit with the game's repetitive mechanics.
- “Music is sick and goes hard especially towards the end of the game.”
- “I like the style and the music.”
- “The general bullet hell moment-to-moment gameplay works well, propelled by its excellent soundtrack and memorable enemy and weapon designs.”
- “The music is awful.”
- “You just run through tube levels, kill the same enemies with the same guns over and over again to annoying music.”
- “You just run through tube levels, kill the same enemies with the same guns over and over again to annoying music.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
56%
44%
The graphics of the game are highly praised for their fantastic and eye-catching art style, which enhances the overall gameplay experience. Players note that the visuals shine particularly during intense boss battles and combat scenarios, contributing to a satisfying and lag-free experience.
- “The art style is eye-catching and gameplay is satisfying.”
- “Good game, great graphics, and no lag whatsoever.”
- “The areas where this game really shines are in the art style and the boss fights.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
The gameplay is visually appealing and satisfying, particularly in its bullet hell mechanics, enhanced by a strong soundtrack and unique enemy designs. However, restrictive weapon carry limits and a lack of new gameplay mechanics or narrative context lead to a repetitive and grind-heavy experience.
- “The art style is eye-catching and gameplay is satisfying.”
- “The general bullet hell moment-to-moment gameplay works well, propelled by its excellent soundtrack and memorable enemy and weapon designs.”
- “Unfortunately, the restrictive weapon carry limits and lack of incentives like new gameplay mechanics or plot progression turn the game into a grind before long.”
- “The stingy weapon carry limit makes fights slow-paced and monotonous; the gameplay loop becomes repetitive before long, and the lack of any sort of narrative context makes it hard to become invested.”
- “The gun machine mode is too limited to feel useful.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The story aspect of "Wildcat Gun Machine" is criticized for its complete absence of narrative elements, such as dialogue or plot, leaving players without context or motivation. This lack of storytelling, combined with restrictive gameplay mechanics, leads to a repetitive and grind-heavy experience.
- “There is no explanation, no dialogue, no story behind Wildcat Gun Machine.”
- “Unfortunately, the restrictive weapon carry limits and lack of incentives like new gameplay mechanics or plot progression turn the game into a grind before long.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Reviews indicate that the game lacks significant replayability, with players expressing a consensus that there is little incentive to revisit it after completing the initial playthrough.
- “From my time with the game, there didn't seem to be much in terms of replayability.”

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Wildcat Gun Machine is a arcade shooter game with science fiction theme.

Wildcat Gun Machine is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 4 and others.

Wildcat Gun Machine was released on May 4, 2022.

Wildcat Gun Machine was developed by Chunkybox Games.

Wildcat Gun Machine has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

Wildcat Gun Machine is a single player game.

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