DESTRUCTURE: Among Debris

DESTRUCTURE is yet the ONLY cool and stylish Air Hockey computer game in existence! This little indie game was probably made by central/eastern European developers, most likely Polish. There is very little info online about them, probably a couple devs forming a short-term studio. Many like to compare this game to "Arkanoid (1986)" or "Breakout (1976)" for arcades, but I disagree with that. While yes, they share some DNA lineage, they are indeed from much different genres! DESTRUCTURE is a physics arena action with real-time skill-based control! Meanwhile Arkanoid/Breakout feel like vertical pinball. This game is quite challenging, especially the bullet hell parts in the later levels. 27 whole missions, each a multi-staged gauntlet of 5-7 unique levels. Once completed, the challenge option asks to replay the 27 missions but with some very unforgiving but fun difficulties. The upgrades are randomized which adds another roguelike layer to the game. My only tip: Choose the green neon ball, in the bullet hell chaos, it is easier to see for you. (of all colors, humans can see green the best, if you didn't know) This game is way too cheap for the amount it offers. Definitely worth …

This is one of the most innovative and well designed Breakout and overall arcade games I've ever played. I'm about 20 or so levels in (each level has like 5-6 sections to it) and there's just new stuff to challenge and engage with that I would never think to add or they do so well. The mix of training your eye on what's important but also avoiding the dangerous bullets or heat waves, or whatever else they throw at it is such a fun mixture along with just keeping the ball alive. The upgrade pathing between levels is great too in the choice of repairing yourself or picking something to help in further levels. It is currently on sale for less than 2 dollars but even full price is perfect for this game.

I love it! It's done really well. While I'm still relatively at the beginning of the game, the mechanics feel great! Speeding up to the ball so it hits the fortifications harder, trying to strategically lob it inside a tight corridor or behind the fortifications for it to wreck absolute havoc feels really good. Hitting the ball, getting hit by projectiles, causing explosions etc, all feel really good. The screen shakes, the effects sound impactful, and even the "tank" (paddle? mouse cursor?) gets pushed back with the impact. The game is structured in a way that stages are basically "level packs", with each stage consisting of 3-5 levels (for now atleast), with rewards being tied to high-score (some of which seem permanent, others not) in said level pack, and a store which offers random temporary buffs between levels in the pack, which feels somewhat micro-roguelite-y, I love it. Losing means restarting to the start of said level pack (at least on the "True" difficulty). I can easily imagine this game as a full roguelite which could be fantastic. Unfortunate that it seems to have gone mostly under the radar. Regardless, this is very much a hidden gem, recommended! The game does …

I'm still not fully through this game but I have currently over 20 hours put into it and can confidently say this is exactly what I was looking for. I'm a fan of brick breaker games but there is a drought of good ones. There are many of them on Steam, mainly because they are easy to program, even I did one when I was a child. But most of them are not very good, very boring levels, no interesting mechanics to make them stand out from eachother, so you have a flood of poorly done shovelware. "Destructure: Among Debris" does not disappoint however. In this game you play as the "Round Thingy of Destruction" (no joke, that's the official name) and use a large ball to destroy several structures in a post-apocalyptic world to collect a mysterious substance only known as the "blue stuff". Collecting this blue stuff allows you to purchase various upgrades for you at your mysterious benefactor. The game is divided into multiple stages and each stage is divided into multiple levels that you have to beat back to back. Losing one level means you have to do them all from the beginning (unless you play on casual difficulty). You don't have to beat all levels to advance, usually just half of the…

NOT RECOMMENDED - dull, random frame drops and weird mouse movement smoothening that makes doing accurate movements impossible. Overall feels barebones and difficulty-padded in lieu of having actual content worth playing the game for.

Really glad I stumbled upon this the other day... THIS IS REALLY FUN! ;-) No more words needed here :-)