Rick Henderson

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Rick Henderson

Short description

Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.

Developer
Fat Pug Studio
Publisher
Fat Pug Studio
Release
Wed, Aug 04, 2021
Price
$4.99
Reviews
24
Positive
96%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards
Tags
Action Roguelike Side Scroller Shoot 'Em Up Rogue-lite Perma Death Arcade 2D Choices Matter Procedural Generation Action Pixel Graphics Sci-fi Space Retro Singleplayer Bullet Hell Immersive Sim Conspiracy Indie Early Access
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$5ksomewhere between $2k and $250k · roughly 480–50K copies

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History

Tracking started Sep 4, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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±?? Action Roguelike + Side Scroller + Shoot 'Em Up

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