Behold the Horde

Fast-paced but shallow, this auto-shooter offers tense dodging and challenges, yet lacks progression and long-term depth, making it repetitive after only a few runs. As is standard in games like this, your first choice is which character to play. Five are available right away, each differing in four core stats: damage, health, fire rate, and range. You then spawn in the main hub, where you choose one of four arenas. The arena itself doesn’t matter much—the objective is the same in all of them—but it differs from a typical survival game. Your goal is to defeat two thousand enemies before the timer runs out. You can extend the timer by completing challenges. At any given moment, you choose one of three randomly offered challenges, each with its own time limit and rewards, including bonus time and experience. Challenges last from 30 seconds to over a minute, and the longer they are, the better the reward. Objectives range from taking no damage, to increased enemy damage, to inverted movement, and a few others. There aren’t many variations, so you’ll repeat several of them during a run, though you can stick to the simpler ones if you prefer. Failing a challenge has no penalty—you si…