

Harbinger
Dobrx · October 3, 2024 · Action Roguelike, Arena Shooter, Boomer Shooter, FPS, Shoot 'Em Up
Harbinger is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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About Harbinger
Harbinger is a retro-inspired boomer shooter where you blast through waves of monsters in brutal arenas, then return to the tavern to upgrade your arsenal and chat with locals. Its diverse weapon roster and playstyle variety deliver '90s-style combat with modern design sensibilities.
Shred through your enemies!
Fight waves of monsters and utilize a diverse arsenal of weapons. Every weapon provides a different playstyle, choose whichever you prefer!Come back to the tavern to unlock new weapons and abilities
After fighting in a combat arena, come back to the tavern to talk to the local townsfolk, upgrade your gear, or just hang out.Harbinger — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Harbinger is a free arena shooter that players praise for its solid combat loop, great movement mechanics, phenomenal soundtrack, and continuously expanding hub with new characters and upgrades. The main criticisms center on hit detection issues, insufficient weapon damage against enemy hordes, and a difficulty spike at the Harbinger boss that some players find frustrating, though most agree it's an excellent value for a free game and would recommend it to boomer shooter fans.
Great game that is lots of fun. Non-stop action and honestly just really enjoyable for a free game1 found this helpful
its a quality arena shooter.... for free.
Let me be clear this game is built on a wonderful foundation for a arena shooter, the main hub is awesome and continuously opens up in terms of characters and upgrades. The combat loop works as well. great movement and a phenomenal soundtrack. Now the bad, hit detection much less the weapons don't seem to have a good enough damage output to properly defend yourself against growing hordes of enemies, they also are the crowd you till you die variety and the fov whether you modify it or not can't save you in this situation. The game more or less encourages you to die and die often to increase your money to spend on upgrades and better weapons which is fine and great till you get to the Harbinger boss fight which you have to beat to progress which in all honesty i couldn't do with the boss due to its second phase of him charging/crowding you almost impossible to counter, I understand this is probably a case of the "I suck at this game" but after beating cryptis a phenomenal 45 minute long Painkiller homage, i truly struggle with recommending this one even if the presentation has more going on with it Score- 6.5 out of 10
an absolute gem that I was not expecting to find and would recommend to any boomer shooter fans
SHORT BUT GOOD
Would've got triple platinum for 2016 commentary youtubers Can't believe this games free, banger 10/10
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