
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
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Dive into the microscopic world, radiating with bioluminescent life and unspeakable horrors. Genome Guardian is a deeply-complex shooter that's easy to pick up but hard to master. Research permanent upgrades to survive a variety of microbes across 6 game modes, each with multiple "depths".
Pair DNA nucleotides Adenine (rapidfire), Cytosine (precision), Guanine (spread), Thymine (explosive) to discover wild hybrid bioweapons!
Bomb + Shotgun combines explosives with spread to create Blast Shotgun!
Bomb + Bomb doubles down on explosive power to make Bazooka!
Blast Shotgun + Shotgun forms the all-powerful Flak Cannon!

49 Turrets with unique strengths and functions
96 Perks to mix and match that drastically change how you play
75 Weapon & Turret Mods that can turn shots into sticky laser mines or bouncing fireballs
64 Mutations alter the challenges you face each run

20-minute Runs that can be continued in Endless Mode
75 Bassy Electronic Tunes that adapt to the current mood & intensity
Cosmetics like spider legs and tank tread
Accessibility Settings for colourblindness, motion sickness, and even arachnophobia!
100 Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Cloud Save
Plays great on Steam Deck!!!

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Languages: English
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
Glitch that ruined my run in second to last wave aside, it's been just meh. wouldn't've bought the game if I didn't like the idea of unlocking all the different weapon combinations and filling out the meta progression, but it turned out disappointingly dull. I did like trying the combinations and filling out the weapon arsenal at first, but even that gets old real fast tbh, the meta progression is easily maxed out in a couple of hours and all that's left are the same monotonous runs, there are barely any roguelike factors that can make your run schizo fun. Even when you demolish everything on your screen, the amount of waves you have to sit through for some of the achievements is way too high and takes long while being unfun even if you want something to afk in while enjoying podcasts/music.
10/10 Unlike most games with simple art styles, Genome Guardian is just perfect. Everything you would want in a game is in this one. It is fast-paced with infinite combo potential, can be replayed basically forever, has meaningful progression between runs, and actually has a story. I'm blown away, and the low price makes it all the more worth the buy.
Extremely fun game, Highly recommend
good
its godd, i guess
Not only has a staggering amount of content (I'm only now reaching the "main" difficulty level after 20 hours and have many turrets, perks, and weapons not yet unlocked), but very clearly has a lot of attention to detail in the presentation, options, and general UX. Notably, this is the first game of this general type where I haven't yet felt the need to consult a wiki or messageboards or discord etc. to check how something works or what the effects of something are, as nearly everything is communicated very simply & clearly to the player so you can make well informed choices at each step.
pretty good idk, mostly a cute and simple game with a lot of options.
this game is just amazing.
I'm not fully done with this game but I've loved how the game works and how creative you can get with these builds.
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