Dualism

Dualism

Noah Judson · January 14, 2021 · Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Twin Stick Shooter, Difficult, Shoot 'Em Up

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Dualism price by region

Dualism costs $6.29 in Georgia (USD), £7.19 in the United Kingdom, €8.19 in Europe (EUR), $9.99 in the United States, CA$11.49 in Canada, NZ$12.39 in New Zealand, A$14.50 in Australia, R$20.69 in Brazil and zł35.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Dualism offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $6.29 $6.29 — 1
United Kingdom £7.19 £7.19 — 1
Europe (EUR) €8.19 €8.19 — 1
United Statesyour region $9.99 $9.99 — 1
Canada CA$11.49 CA$11.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$12.39 NZ$12.39 — 1
Australia A$14.50 A$14.50 — 1
Brazil R$20.69 R$20.69 — 1
Poland zł35.99 zł35.99 — 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 Dualism

✦ AI summary

Dualism is a wave-based shoot 'em up where you harness a white and black color mechanic to damage enemies of opposite colors while healing from matching ones. Tons of stackable upgrades and branching evolutionary paths ensure every playthrough feels fresh as you face off against brutally challenging bosses.


Dualism is a wave-based shoot 'em up with tons of upgrades that make every playthrough unique. There's a white/black mechanic where opposites damage and similar colors heal. Boss fights are intense and require you to git gud.

Dualism Key Features

  • Shoot your enemies
  • Smash your enemies (with your balls!)
  • Electrocute, bomb, blast, poison, slow, and screw your enemies
  • Absorb shots of the correct color and unleash a barrage of homing missiles
  • Choose new evolutionary paths each playthrough
  • Power-up with upgrades on those paths
  • Get insanely powerful with upgrades that stack exponentially
  • Take on bosses of crazy capability
  • Meditate on the meaning of existence and your upcoming death

What People Are Saying

  • "GOD IT WAS INTENSE"
  • "I found myself having to think really hard about my movement and the color changes, as well as RUNNING INTO ENEMY FIRE which goes against my gamer reflexes."

Dualism — 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 Apr 3, 2021
play it on stream, and love it. get some viewers interersted in it as well. awesome game my dude
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 28, 2021
You can unlock cheat codez by holding ALT and pressing "F4".
2 found this helpful
Recommended May 18, 2021
One Developers possession; the community's pride. A fascinating unique concept; beautiful art collide. Cohesion's bountiful; rife with rituals of war. A Fight not of the infested, or the abhorred.. Time, is endless in Dualism. Existence dances endlessly within dualism.. With out Dualism.. There is no Existence.. Within Dualism There is choice Choose Wisely Have a nice day.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 8, 2021
I think the game is good and better than I thought. The game is early in development, but the developer makes a new update every or almost every week. The game is already fun, kind of weird the way upgrades work, but you get used to it. The game is similar to Nova Drift, but with a leveling and upgrading somewhat similar but different, a Twin-Stick Shooter movement and shooting mechanic, a Side-Scrolling Shooter way to make enemies appear, the white and black shooting and absorbing mechanics of Ikaruga, and bugs instead of spaceships. It's not as polished as Nova Drift (that game is hyper polished) yet, but polished enough to sincerely have fun. I think the game is worthy of his full price. [b]Score:[/b] I will score it a 4 of 5 stars for now, until the game gets more polished, and more content is added. [b]Conclusion:[/b] It's a game to have fun and pretty much a hidden gem.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 7, 2021
Okay love this game. It's a chaotic mess and recruits feel like a mistake since they make it very hard to find your way around BUT it's my mess and I'll have it no other way.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 3, 2026
[i]Dualism[/i] is an abandoned, early access shoot 'em up wherein players play as a dragon fly that has to balance their yin and yang, or darkness and light, to defeat dozens of enemies that swiftly fill up the screen. Because it is a bullet hell game, you would expect basic quality-of-life mechanics, such as enemies being easily defined by an outline or a less distracting background, but none of these are implemented, as light enemies can easily glide across the edge of the screen, becoming nearly invisible and invincible, to reach the player, and the player cannot do the same without the necessary mutation. Also, you begin with a huge hitbox at the beginning of a run, and this becomes less than entertaining when enemies that can slow down players with webs or mess up their controls with special projectiles begin appearing in bulk, becoming an instant death sentence if players do not have a specific, strong healing or insect fodder build. The biggest selling point, from what I have gathered, is the variety of builds available to the player before a run begins. Due to the stated issues, once you have completed your first playthrough, anything else after that is a chore with little …

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