Shmups Skill Test

Shmups Skill Test

TRIANGLE SERVICE · June 10, 2016 · Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Arcade

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Shmups Skill Test price by region

Shmups Skill Test costs £1.99 in the United Kingdom, $2.49 in the United States, €2.49 in Europe (EUR), $2.49 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.55 in Canada, A$3.58 in Australia, NZ$4.46 in New Zealand, zł10.93 in Poland and R$12.43 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Shmups Skill Test offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.99 −50% £1.99 £3.50 4
United Statesyour region $2.49 −50% $2.49 — 3
Europe (EUR) €2.49 −50% €2.49 €3.99 4
Georgia (USD) $2.49 −50% $2.49 — 2
Canada CA$3.55 −50% CA$3.55 — 3
Australia A$3.58 −50% A$3.58 — 3
New Zealand NZ$4.46 −50% NZ$4.46 — 2
Poland zł10.93 −50% zł10.93 zł22.07 3
Brazil R$12.43 −50% R$12.43 — 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Shmups Skill Test


Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness. When it’s over, you’ll be given a score and gamer age. The younger your gamer age, the better! Bring up to three friends along for the ride and feel young (or old) again together.

Features:

  • Keep on your toes with quick-hitting skill challenges
  • Practice individual challenges or go for the randomized test
  • Receive a strict score and “gamer age” based on shooting, dodging, judgement ability and more
  • 1-4 local player support
  • Replay support
  • Rockin’ soundtrack sometimes bordering on the bizarre
  • Includes Steam Achievements, Leaderboards, and Cloud saves

Are you ready to know your gamer age?

A Historical Shmup


Crafted so that anyone can pick it up and enjoy it, Shmups Skill Test features Triangle Service CEO Toshiaki Fujino's nihilistic and surreal humour and parodies guaranteed to put a smile on the face of any fan of the shmup genre. The Steam version is based on the Shmups Skill Test included in the arcade game Shooting Love 2007.

The arcade version is a long running hit, still to be found in arcades across Japan, despite many of its peers from the same time (2007) having been long removed. Its arcade sequel, included in Game Center Love. ~Plus Pengo!~, is also still going strong.

Furthermore, despite having been developed as an “examination” or “training” game, the versus play proved exciting enough to create the demand for competitions being held, something of a rarity for a shooting game. The Steam version takes this one step further, adding new tests (games) and the ability to play with up to 4 players. You can also focus on practice with the newly added ability to choose specific tests.

Of course, no shooting game would be complete without music. “Mr. Shooting Love Sound”, NAOTO returns but he's not alone. With him, we have two guests in the form of Go Sato (of Raiden series fame) and WASi303 (from the Psyvariar series).

Shmups Skill Test — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jun 28, 2023
I kind of feel like I was tricked in getting this. Shmups Skill Test is definitely a bait title for a game. Shmups Skill Test consists of a number of mini games all involving shoot 'em up game play. You play these mini games, get graded on your performance, and at the end, are given your 'shmup age'. With younger meaning you're a better shmup player. Though, I don't know if this is a simple ranking system or does something interesting when you start to get to children ages. I couldn't get below 40 years. Additionally, it also offers a breakdown of how well you did the mini games compared to other players. Which I found a little more interesting, but I also don't know what sort of pool of players I'm being compared to, either. I mean, I know I'm not very good a shmups... I've played them and my progress, or lack there of let's me know all too well. Where I think this game could have been good, is if it aided in developing a player's shmup skills. Something like Gunvein's tutorial. But without something like that, Radiant Silversword's Cardinal Sins game mode does a much better job of testing a player's shmup skills with a better presentation. And Radiant Silversword c…
12 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 30, 2024
This is a surprisingly addictive shmup that will more than likely hold your attention for a few nights if you're interested in the "Brain Age" angle. My first major complaint is no actual tate/portrait mode support. You CAN rotate the display, but it has no actual vertical monitor support, so people with a secondary monitor for tate gaming are out of luck. Who rotates their main monitor without changing from landscape to portrait just to play a game in that awkward way anymore? Really wish there were portrait mode resolutions supported. There were 2 minigames I didn't like that I wanted to bring attention to (I don't know the names so bear with my descriptions while I wing it): -Dodge Everything! This one shoots out a very predictable checkerboard pattern shot, vertical then horizontal. This one will either be a very easy one that you get without trying 19 times out of 20 for an easy 10,000pts, or a frustrating miss where you can't predict the horizontal shot depending on your skill level. As someone who falls in the former category, I say this minigame is a total detriment and it's removal would only make Shmups Skill Test slightly better. -Grab the scores! This one consists of…
3 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 29, 2024
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2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 25, 2025
It is full of cheaters except for the can game
Recommended Mar 11, 2023
It's time to level up!
Recommended Jun 28, 2022
I don't expect it like warioware hahaha.It's so fun, i really enjoy it. Worth to buy if you like shmups game ________$$$$ _______$$__$ _______$___$$ _______$___$$ _______$$___$$ ________$____$$ ________$$____$$$ _________$$_____$$ _________$$______$$ __________$_______$$ ____$$$$$$$________$$ __$$$_______________$$$$$$ _$$____$$$$____________$$$ _$___$$$__$$$____________$$ _$$________$$$____________$ __$$____$$$$$$____________$ __$$$$$$$____$$___________$ __$$_______$$$$___________$ ___$$$$$$$$$__$$_________$$ ____$________$$$$_____$$$$ ____$$____$$$$$$____$$$$$$ _____$$$$$$____$$__$$ _______$_____$$$_$$$ ________$$$$$$$$$$

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