Pentasma

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Pentasma

Short description

Pentasma is a side-scrolling arcade shooter inspired by Williams Electronics' 1981 classic 'Defender'. Protect The terraforming Humanoids from the deadly Aliens and raid the Alien planets to keep the galaxy peaceful!

Developer
Hijong Park
Publisher
PsychoFlux Entertainment
Release
Fri, Jan 31, 2020
Price
$0.99
Reviews
26
Positive
100%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Partial Controller Support, Steam Leaderboards
Tags
Indie Action Free to Play Retro Arcade Cult Classic Old School Fast-Paced Classic Space Shooter Side Scroller 2D Pixel Graphics Difficult Bullet Hell Controller 1980s GameMaker Shoot 'Em Up
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$1ksomewhere between $515 and $2k · roughly 520–2K copies

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History

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$0.49
90%
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UBERMOSH:WRAITH UBERMOSH:WRAITH Walter Machado 22 titles 4 − Free to Play − Cult Classic + Fast-Paced + Pixel Graphics $4.99
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90%
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