
- 76/100
- Players11 ratings
- 90/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic4 critic reviews
- 84/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 81/100
- GameFAQsUnforgiving
- 3.95/5
- Player reviews
- 95% positive2,206 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$9.99
Where to get it

2002 · Port · Treasure · Shooter · Arcade
Ikaruga
Port
In this vertical scrolling spaceship shooter, you control a ship that can change its polarity at will. As blue/white, the ship can easily destroy red/black enemies, and visa versa. Bullets of your polarity can be collected to fuel your missile gauge, but those opposite will kill you. Destroying an enemy ship will make them drop points for you to pick up, but they are polarized, too. Different difficulties exist to change exactly how you interact with polarized points, or how they appear.
- Released
- 5 September 2002
- Platforms
- ArcadePlayStation 4GameCubeAndroidWindowsXbox 360Nintendo SwitchDreamcast
- Genres
- ShooterArcade
- Developers
- Treasure
- Publishers
- Nicalis, Inc.Entertainment Software Publishing Inc.TreasureAtari, Inc.
- Modes
- Local multiplayerMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third personBird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Age ratings
- GRAC ALLCERO AESRB E10+PEGI 3USK 6
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Features
- Family SharingFull controller supportMulti-playerRemote Play TogetherRemote Play on TVShared/split-screenSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievementsSteam leaderboardsSteam trading cards
- Time to beat
- 1.5hmain story192hcompletionist
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Editions and related releases
- Part of
- Ikaruga
- Port of
- Ikaruga
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