Dan's Odyssey

Dan's Odyssey

Dan J Haynes · November 4, 2022 · Action, Casual, Top-Down, Shooter, Arcade

Dan's Odyssey is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

PC
7 user reviews86% · 7
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Dan's Odyssey price

Dan's Odyssey is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Dan's Odyssey

Dan's odyssey is an arcade like arena top down shooter.
you fight shapes in a futuristic setting with the objective
of completing the boss fights, upgrading your stats and
beating the high score

key features:

- satisfying gunplay and movement

- ability to slow down time or deploy your turret for a helping hand

- unlock upgrades points to upgrade
your deployable turret weapon and health

- classic arcade style beat the high score
- great sound track

Dan's Odyssey — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jul 22, 2025
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7 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 5, 2025
"Dan's Odyssey" is a very poorly made amateur 3D rendered 2D top down shooter. I don't think it's an asset flip because, well, the assets don't look good enough to have been created by a professional asset creator. So hey, at least this is genuinely and sincerely made. What do you do in the game? You do some top down twin stick style shooting in somewhat low quality 3D environments, there's a little upgrade/progression system... trust me when I say I've seen several thousand games on Steam that are much worse than this. But at the same time this is unpolished and it just doesn't reach out and grab attention. Or interest... twin stick shooting is a thing for console peasants, and such games never do well on Steam. The game revolves around score attack instead of narrative, and the godawful soundtrack is also a huge deterrent for gamers. And why are the enemies just "shapes"? The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and…
2 found this helpful

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