Stopping Santa
Short description
Stopping Santa is a Jazzy top-down arena shooter where you play a mercenary fighting against Santa’s legions. Short play sessions, simple controls, instant action, and a global leaderboard for the Top 10. Inspired by classic arcade games.
- Developer
- Hephaestus Games
- Publisher
- Hephaestus Games
- Release
- Fri, Apr 11, 2025
- Price
- $1.99
- Reviews
- 12
- Positive
- 100%
- Followers
- 18
- Owners (estimated)
- 20K – 50K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Indie
- Tags
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History
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