Jamestown

" neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars." Can't give it anything other than a positive review when that's the opening blurb

3.5/5 Good graphics, surprisingly good music and sound design, just the right level of difficulty (hard but not frustrating).

decent shmup, but seriously, WHO MAKES A FINAL BOSS THAT SILENTLY ATTACKS? SERIOUS guys, sound. audio. ears. sound waves. speakers. heard of it? Use it.

Fun game to pick up quick.

Ah, Jamestown... I picked this up back in 2011--14 years ago. The joints in my fingers are crunching as I type that out. Jamestown is a top-down bullet hell set in a steampunk Martian colony—beautiful, chaotic, and surprisingly welcoming for genre newcomers like me. From what I could recall (and what my Steam achievements tell me) I didn't get too far: just a couple of feats and the first boss kill. Then I shelved it--my appetite sated. Three years later, in 2014, I came back and finally managed to take down the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th boss to claim their respective achievements. More heads to add on my Steam mantel. And finally, in 2025, I finally defeated the Conquistador. To salt the wound, I even grabbed the prize of 'Completed a level on Divine' achievement! In 14 years, I've put in 4.2 hours into this game. If it wasn't obvious I'm not really a shmup guy nor do I really chase high scores. But from the 2 hour marathon (... I'm serious, that's a huge time investment for a 35 year old) I put in over the past 2 days I had blast. My heart was pounding during that final fight with the Conquistador especially the lead up to the fight. Each death in those narrow corridors had me saying "just one more time" as I plotted my new optimal route to avoid the flood of bullets. I haven't felt my eyes dry out from not-blinking during a hectic game in quite sometime. It was fun. Really fun. It's one of those games you can pick up wherever or whenever you've left off. I already mentioned trying the game in Divine difficulty. Which isn't something I would normally do and for good reason. I couldn't get through the second boss and I probably won't--at least not now. Which is fine. Just something to look forward to in my 50's.

The greatest game ever made. If you don't like this game, ♥♥♥♥ you.

A solid shoot 'em up with great replayability. The harder difficulties really challenge you and the ships offer something for different play styles. Truly a gem of the genre.

Jamestown is a classic arcade-style shooter. The art style is cool and the music is decent, unfortunately the game is just boring. The enemy types don't really offer any meaningful variety and the different ships feel too similar to make the game feel interesting at all. While there's seemingly a decent amount of content in the game, in under an hour I feel like I've seen all the game has to offer and I have no desire to come back to it.

Excellent shooting game with beautiful, timeless pixel-art. Also very suitable for newcomers!

Great schmup with coop mode