XELAN FORCE

XELAN FORCE

PIXEL CO., LTD · 2024 · Pixel Graphics, Action, Shooter, Retro, 2D Platformer

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About XELAN FORCE

8BIT style vertical scrolling shooting game Zelan Force.
We developed this product with the idea that we want people to remember the excitement of those days and to pass it on to the next generation.
It is a retro-style game that has the same sound as the actual FC machine, limited the number of colors, and eliminates the expressions of modern games as much as possible.

Equipped with P・L・S (Pilot Level Score) system! The difficulty level changes depending on the player's skill. As the difficulty level increases, the score increase rate also increases!
Challenge your high score in caravan mode!
We aimed to create a game that you can enjoy over and over again, such as the feeling of play that changes between offensive and defensive types, and the ability to search for hidden items.

story
A galaxy far, far away.
The inhabitants of the planet Zelan, which was on the verge of extinction due to resource depletion and climate change, were proceeding with plans to develop and colonize other planets in search of a new world.

Meanwhile, an incident occurs in which ships departing from Zeran go missing one after another.

From the communication records, it is revealed that the series of events was caused by an invasion by Alien Muldark.
Eventually, Moldark's forces take control of Zelan's satellite base.
Most of the regular army Zeran Force, which was supposed to protect Zeran, had left Zeran to protect the pioneer fleet, so the remaining army faced off against Muldark's army, but suffered a devastating blow.

Pilot Levi Kuzier, who was injured and away from his mission, boards the under-development aircraft ``Riserion'' and flies off into space alone in order to take back the occupied satellite base.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Apr 25, 2024
XELAN FORCEはまるでNES/FCのライブラリから出てきたみたいで、気に入ってる。 新しいことは何もしていないけど、まるでブラックコーヒーのようにしっかり作り込まれている。
7 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 25, 2024
It feels like a solid tribute to Compile games like Zanac and Aleste. Great presentation and action heavy gameplay. It's a cool and fun game but it would be even cooler with leaderboards and maybe some achievements to push replay value.
7 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 17, 2024
It's a cool Famicom style shmup. I haven't played through the entire game as of writing this, but it's worth the 8.99 from what I've seen. I'm not familiar with compile's games but apparently this game is influenced by their works.
5 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 7, 2024
Good game + whatever everyone else said.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 26, 2025
It's kind of like an old NES game, but not really. It has a few different weapon pickups and over time you will find some of the weapons work better than others for certain bosses and certain situations. Sometimes you will accidentally pick up a weapon that you wish you didn't have, but that is just part of the game. Sometimes you will find it is damn near impossible until you get a chance to pick up another weapon. That's retro shmups for you! I have never found an official way to exit the game, so I always use Alt-F4 to close it.
Recommended Mar 30, 2025
To the Devs. I cant tell yall how much I appreciate this game. NES perfection. Clearly inspired by obvious titles without biting. A mixed bag of just about everything. You keep pushin out NES games like this, and Ill keep buyin your product.

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