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Steam
Players
2
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Ikaruga currently has 2 concurrent Steam players, with player count down 4 compared to the same time last week.

About

In this vertical scrolling spaceship shooter, you control a ship that can change its polarity at will. As blue/white, the ship can easily destroy red/black enemies, and visa versa. Bullets of your polarity can be collected to fuel your missile gauge, but those opposite will kill you. Destroying an enemy ship will make them drop points for you to pick up, but they are polarized, too. Different difficulties exist to change exactly how you interact with polarized points, or how they appear. Ikaruga is a balls-hard shmup with lots of difficulty even at the easiest level, and lots of replay value for those willing to face the challenge.

Genres
ShooterArcade
Platforms
ArcadePlayStation 4Nintendo GameCubeAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)Xbox 360Nintendo SwitchDreamcast
Developer
Treasure
Publisher
Nicalis, Inc., Entertainment Software Publishing Inc., Treasure, Atari, Inc.
Release Date
September 5, 2002
Game Modes
Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionScience fiction