Player reviews: 90% positive96 reviews
Steam Deck: Verified
Runs on: Windows, Mac, Linux
Price: US$7.99

Where to get it

2023 · Adventure · Arcade

Roto Force

Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions to protect the Rotoverse. Roto Force is a twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.

Released: 18 July 2023
Platforms: Android Linux Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Adventure Arcade Indie Shooter Twin-stick shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: PID Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Languages: Chinese (Traditional), English, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish
Time to beat: 5hmain story6hcompletionist

About

Roto Force is a twin-stick shooter video game developed by Accidently Awesome. PID Games and East2West published it for mobile devices and personal computers in 2023.

›Story

Step into the shoes of the newest recruit of the Roto Force, and take on missions nobody else has the time for. Venture into dangerous deserts, joyful jungles, and slimy sewers, and make them a safer place.

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Gameplay

Players progress through levels that consist of small, enclosed spaces in which they are restricted to staying within the edges. Players can attack their enemies using twin-stick shooter controls and must avoid enemy waves of enemy attacks, as in bullet hell games. To avoid attacks, players can dash around the level, essentially teleporting to the opposite side. New weapons are unlocked on each level, and dying returns players to a checkpoint.

Development

Austrian developer Anton Klinger initially made Roto Force as an entry in a game jam for Game Boy-style games. PID Games and East2West Games released it for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS on Jul 18, 2023.

Reception

Eurogamer praised its gameplay, which they said make it feel "new and weird" in a good way. TouchArcade called it one of the polished games on iOS and praised the "slick controls, excellent haptics, [...] amazing gameplay [...] and memorable writing". TechRadar included it in their list of the best Android games, calling it "claustrophobic and intense".

Roto Force won the jury award for best mobile game at the 2022 Game Development World Championship.