
- 78/100
- Critics3 reviews
- 82/100
- Metacritic9 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 70/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.17/5
- Player reviews
- 91% positive137 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$7.99
Where to get it

2019 · Wide Right Interactive · Arcade · Horizontally scrolling shooter
Freedom Finger
Shoot 'em Up, Punch 'em Up, F$ 'em Up! Freedom Finger is a music driven, side-scrolling shooter that sends you blasting, punching, and smashing your way across 36 levels of bat$#!% crazy cartoon action. Starring Nolan North, John DiMaggio, Eric Bauza, and Sam Riegel!
- Released
- 27 September 2019
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- ArcadeHorizontally scrolling shooterIndieRhythmShooter
- Developers
- Wide Right Interactive
- Publishers
- Wide Right Interactive
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Age ratings
- ESRB MUSK 12CLASS_IND 14ACB MA 15+PEGI 16CERO B
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 4.5hmain story12hcompletionist
About
Freedom Finger is a 2019 horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Wide Right Interactive. The game was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, and was later ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and macOS.
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Gameplay
Freedom Finger is a shoot 'em up where players assume the role of a rookie space pilot, Gamma Ray, where they have to rescue a group of kidnapped scientists. Unlike most shmup games, there are options for melee combat. There's also an option to grab enemies and either use them as shield, or using their guns as power-ups.
Development
The game was announced for Microsoft Windows and macOS on March 4, 2019. On August 29, 2019, the game got its definitive release date and initial platforms, September 27, 2020, for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, replacing macOS. On March 10, 2020, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports were announced, for a March 24, 2020 release. On August 3, 2020, a macOS port was released. On December 3, 2020, Limited Run Games announced a physical PlayStation 4 physical release with a manual that includes the entire source code for the game, under the BSD-4-Clause license according to its programmer Mark Zorn.
The soundtrack for the game was completed by producer and artist Aesop Rock and was released digitally in 2020.
Reception
Freedom Finger for Nintendo Switch received "Mixed or Average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports received "generally favorable" reviews. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 77% of critics. Both Nintendo Life and Shacknews rated it 8/10.
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Collections1 collection
Years
- Games released in 2019List › July–September
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