Desperate Times

Desperate Times

Yokcos · September 30, 2016 · Indie, Action, Bullet Hell

Buy Desperate Times from Steam at $4.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $3.99
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Desperate Times price by region

Desperate Times costs £3.99 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, €4.99 in Europe (EUR), $4.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$5.49 in Canada, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, A$7.50 in Australia, R$10.49 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Desperate Times offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.99 £3.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €4.99 €4.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Canada CA$5.49 CA$5.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Australia A$7.50 A$7.50 — 1
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

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 Desperate Times

The videogame to bring you a gun that shoots a sword that shoots hammers that explode into lightning.

DESPERATE TIMES is a spectacular shmup in which when you run out of ammo, you transform into another ship. The enemies are plentiful, the weapons absurd.
Blast and dodge your way through five levels of challenging waves, each wave being hand-crafted but chosen at random. You don't know what's coming next but you know it'll be good.
Desperate Times is not a game that is easy in the least. Even though you can and probably will receive apocalyptic weapons, you will still have to pay attention and use great skill in order to win.

41 base weapons are available at the time of writing. But there's more:
Each weapon can be received with any number of weapon mods. Instead of a Hypercannon, you could get a Giant Hypercannon, a Triple Hypercannon or even something along the lines of a Giant Triple Penetrating Explosive Hyper Hypercannon!
With that taken into account, the number of available weapons is over 2,000!

Every adversary in every wave is tweaked to make the wave present a unique challenge, or serve some specific purpose.
Some enemies will appear shielded, some will shoot far more aggressively than usual, some will move in an elaborate dance around the screen before buggering off back to wherever they came from.
Which wave you'll see next is random, and so the game is replayable.

What are you doing in this game? You're destroying things. Literally thousands of enemy ships will attack you. Annihilate a bunch of them and pass through without perishing and you will be allowed to fight The Boss. Upon the timely demise of the boss at your hands, you'll progress to the next level. Complete five levels and you win.
Takes about fifteen minutes if you happen to complete the entire game.
About 0% of rounds end in victory.

Desperate Times — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
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.

Recommended Aug 4, 2019
This game really goes heavy on the RNG, for better or worse. And it gets ridiculous in a good way. Worth a shot if you are into shmups.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 7, 2017
It's a really fun game that's also really funny. My problem is, the 3rd boss as Octagon crashed my game.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 28, 2017
Awesome game! Smooth sprites, epic and extensive weaponary, vintage 8-bit sound design, and a tasteful soundtrack fill this classic throwback side scroller.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 11, 2017
This game is pretty great for when you only have a few minutes to play. It's kind of challenging and the weapons are all pretty neat.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 8, 2018
Quite good! I wish the developer would put some more work into this game. Really fun little timewaster IMHO.
Not recommended Oct 21, 2016
game is too easy developer please make hard mode

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