B.I.O.T.A.
small bros · 2022 · 2D Platformer, Aliens, Retro, Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller
PC
Very Positive86% · 206
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About B.I.O.T.A.
Pick your retro style and enjoy this ultimate run and gun throwback!
You vs. monsters
B.I.O.T.A. is an intense 2D action-platformer, in which you command a team of mercenaries and investigate a mining colony infected by an alien plague. Explore a pixel art world packed with mutant monsters and deadly traps. Try to survive using a multitude of guns and various crafts, including a mech, a sub, and a starship.The best of both worlds
B.I.O.T.A. mixes the charm of retro games (including two-pixel breathing animations) with the modern-day convenience of full controller support, quick saves, customizing the visuals at any time, and a soundtrack so chippy that you'll want to record a cassette mixtape and listen to it on your Walkman.Pick your retro
Craving for some old-school Game Boy esthetics? Looking for a neon-infused arcade style? B.I.O.T.A. has 54 unique 4-color palettes to unlock. Swap them anytime during your play to completely change the game’s 8-bit visuals.Uncover corporate secrets
Take command of a team of 8 veteran mercenaries and switch between them to utilize their unique skills and weapons. Investigate the mining colony overrun by an alien plague and face 40+ horrific monsters that mutated out of the miners. Rescue the scientists, and uncover the truth about V-corp’s illegal activities.KEY FEATURES
- 54 unique 4-color palettes to swap
- 8 playable characters to unlock and upgrade
- Story campaign with two endings
- Arcade levels where you control a submarine, destroy enemies in a powerful mech and chase starships in outer space
- Additional time trials and target shooting game modes
- Retro fun with modern-day convenience
- 4 controller presets and 6 keyboard control presets to choose from
- Energizing chiptune-synthwave soundtrack
DLC & expansions
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Base game + 0 of 1 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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B.I.O.T.A. is an 8-bit 2D Action Platformer with metroidvania elements about a squad called GEMINI II and their trip to Front Horizon where they need to find the source of corruption. The game offers an interconnected world with different biomes each with their secrets, upgrades and platforming sections to overcome. There are shops in the game where you can buy ammo upgrades, Max HP increase and many more. There are over 40 different color palettes to choose from and can switch anytime from the pause screen. Each adding their unique and distinctive colors and you pick whatever goes your way and what makes the game more fun to you. The controls and character movement were pretty tight along with 8 different characters (Both Unlockable & Purchasable) to choose from each with their own distinctive weapon and sub weapons. The OST and music were a bit nostalgic to the old 8-bit era and childhood days, really fun to listen to while pushing your way through the game. The boss fights were fun to tackle with some requiring certain strategies to beat and some with direct head to head battles. It will put your reaction timings and dodging skills to the test. It's really recommended espe…1 found this helpful
Short-ish but quite fun platformer shooter with a few gimmick sections, most of which are great, one rather annoying one. Visuals work very nicely, good amount of color options once you unlock them though I do wish there was a dropdown menu instead of having to scroll through every one of them to find the new ones you unlock. Music is EXCELLENT and a definite highlight of the game. I'd give it a good 8/10 and a recommendation for fans of 8-bit style action games.
Unknown code awakens Bodies shift through alien labs Truth hides in fragments
Super fun exploratory run-and-gun platformer. Gorgeous pixel art and a great soundtrack as well. Really looking forward to this teams next game!
It's a cheap and fun little metroidvania. Would be cool if achievements were more doable and content based though.
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