Return Ace

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Return Ace

Short description

Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.

Developer
NEROTA
Publisher
NEROTA
Release
Fri, Mar 25, 2022
Price
$4.99
Reviews
1
Positive
0%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards
Tags
Action Shoot 'Em Up Bullet Hell Shooter Arcade 2D Pixel Graphics Top-Down 1980s Sci-fi Old School Dark Retro Controller Linear Procedural Generation Singleplayer Indie
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$225somewhere between $100 and $399 · roughly 20–80 copies

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History

Tracking started Aug 12, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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How full the niche around Return Ace is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Action + Shoot 'Em Up + Bullet Hell

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Revolution Ace Revolution Ace Laser Guided Games, LLC 3 titles 5 − 2D + Indie $4.99 1,476 71% Wed, Mar 19, 2014 $193k
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Syder Arcade Syder Arcade Studio Evil 7 titles 5 − 2D + Indie $9.99 451 85% Thu, Oct 24, 2013 $179k
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