XenoRaptor

XenoRaptor is a frenetic, customization-heavy twin-stick shooter that embraces the chaos and momentum of the genre while adding a layer of depth through modular ship-building. Developed by Peter Cleary, the game channels the spirit of classic arcade shooters but expands it with modern sensibilities—persistent upgrades, flexible loadouts, escalating enemy types, and optional co-op play. Rather than presenting itself as a simple wave shooter, XenoRaptor positions you as a lone cyber-dragon fighting through increasingly hostile reaches of space, stitching together improvements from scavenged technology while learning the quirks of weapons and support systems. It aims to satisfy players who crave adrenaline, spectacle, and mechanical tinkering in equal measure. The game’s core loop is immediately accessible: you maneuver your agile, dragon-shaped craft through asteroid fields and cosmic debris while firing in all directions using twin-stick controls. XenoRaptor excels here, offering smooth movement, tight input response, and a sense of speed that keeps combat energetic. What elevates the moment-to-moment gameplay is the sheer density of visual and mechanical feedback. Explosions bloom…

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH super difficult but insanely fun when you get in a flow, i just wish progression was clearer as sometimes i dont know if im even fighting for a reward

3/10 Askin' the wrong guy. Bullet Hells are not for me and I don't understand the joy that is gained from forcing your eyes to water from straining and stressing over and over with ostensibly arbitrary rules on what is or isn't OK to do in a game that seemingly revels in sadism. I was forced into this game and, of course, my completionist self is all, "Hey you GOTTA do 100%, especially since you managed to do 90%! Just ONE more, man." But the last achievement is what really makes this game terrible for me. The goal of getting 1million points is virtually impossible because a lot of the ways to get it (certain bosses and long-winded endless runs) are either extremely difficult for the reason mentioned above or will crash because of poor programming. And since this game is no longer supported, the chances of you earning this final achievement is much more difficult. Sound design is relatively poor as well. It has what I feel like Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 did: try to soyboy the sounds so that it's just a bunch of soft pewwwwwwwwws and booooops so that the destruction of your enemies feels like an afterthought and have powerful weapons just feels like your thum…

Pretty fun top-down shooter. No idea how co-op works, but as a single player it was fun.

Cool game. Was looking forward to seeing what it would become. Still a cool game.👍

online co-op does not work