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[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Other comments said it but I think bullet heaven is perfect

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MOBA - massive onslaught bullet arena

[–] VivianRixia@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FPS- Frantic Progression Survivor

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

RPG - Running, Progressively Gaining

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let's just stick with survivor, or survivor-like. It works fine for roguelikes and soulslikes. No need to force a genre name.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Survival games are already a thing, though.

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So? SurvivAL is not the same as survivOR.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Vampvore

roots in voreaphilia

Vampier

Survivor

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Digital crack

Dragon chaser

Freebase gaming

Addiction "simulator"

[–] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

passive swarm shooter

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Swarm shooter, reverse bullet hell, or enemy hell

[–] falidorn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yea it’s always been reverse bullet hell.

[–] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Which is why it's always been bullet heaven

[–] mad_kamikaze_man@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Attack-Evader

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I always thought of it as a Hord game

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Pew Pew Woosh.
Epilepsy-vania
GPU Fryer.
S3: Survive and Shoot the Swarm.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Walking Death Simulator

[–] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago

I've always heard Arena Survival

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I thought it was a survivor-like?

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Haha, it is very similar, but I think robotron is a twin-stick shooter since you control movement and the shooting.

Its one of my favorite games though, my grandfather had the actual arcade cabinet.

[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Isn't it already Arena?

[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The genre is ASS games. Can't go wrong with that.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's a horde survival shooter with upgrades

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

I call them circle spawners. The enemies spawn in a rough circle around you and close in. I think you can modify that with other terms depending on the specifics of what the game adds in.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I've just been calling them exactly that: vampire survivors like. It's a mouthful, so I'm open to the alternatives.

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