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Assault Suit Leynos
Developer Dracue Software
Assault Suit Leynos is a side-scrolling run and gun video game and a remake of the eponymous 1990 game, formerly called Target Earth in North America. It is part of the Assault Suit series. Developed by Dracue, it was published by EXTREME Co., Ltd in Japan and Rising Star Games elsewhere. It was released on December 23, 2015, in Japan and July 14, 2016, in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4, with its Steam… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
182 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
61
Fresh
88 positive · 56 negative
95% range 53–69%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 88 | 56 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 14 | 2 | 20 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
93 of 153 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
62% recommend · 90 yes, 56 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 146 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (163 of 260 positive).
Players praise the faithful remake of the classic Genesis game, with updated graphics and music. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game is short and recommend buying it on sale. [4][5][6] Several players criticize the controls and bugs, especially with controllers and save data. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
The game itself is good, but the gamepad functionality was mishandled by whoever did the porting. One controller resets the game with the press of a thumbstick, the other one does the same if I configure that gamepad to my preferred layout. Should the other games of the franchise make it onto Steam, I will ignore them based on how this game was handled thus far. Fix this, if you want my money for future games.
- [17]
At the price of $20 USD, this...this is bad. TLDR The graphics and sounds ARE better than the sega genesis (but cheap looking), there is a level select, there are a few bonus content type things, and voice acting, but that's about it. Menus are buggy as hell, it HATES full screen, and the menus are weird before you set it to controller. The game makes me think of something on newgrounds or some browser based flash …
- [1]
Hello, First off this is a dream come true to see the first VG. i ever played revived. This is a great remaster, i love the way the shield works similair to Valken (Cybernator) The redone music is pretty good, And you can unlock the classic music for arcade mode which is cool. The 3 Documents you can look through in the extras are also pretty sweet. For someone like me who loves every bit of info i can get about …
- [3]
A remake of Sega Mega Drive classic Assault Suit Leynos (Target Earth on the US Genesis), the first game in the underrated Assault Suits series best known for Assault Suits Valken (censored and released as Cybernator in the US). With both a fun, if a little easy, main arcade mode that re-imagines the game and adds references to Valken and a more hardcore classic mode that plays closer to the original game. The 2D …
- [2]
If you loved the Genesis/Mega Drive game you'll love this! For those not in the know, Assault Suit Leynos here is a remake of a classic side-scrolling mecha action game for the Sega Mega Drive, known in the US on the Genesis as "Target Earth." There's some really great content here. Not only do you get a newly remastered "Arcade Mode" with voice acted dialogue, expanded missions, and brand-new bosses, but the game …
Summarised from 34 of the 184 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Assault Suit Leynos talk about faithful remake with great nostalgia for fans of the original; those who didn't talk about bad controls, not customizable, awkward for PC. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game's PS4 version received an aggregate score of 67/100 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Jeremy Peeples of Hardcore Gamer rated the game 4/5 points, saying that "it takes everything that worked about the original and improves upon it with modern flourishes". Expressing surprise that the original game was even playable without a modern stick setup, he called the remake more forgiving, yet still challenging. He praised the new graphics as a "huge upgrade", but criticized the explosions as too large. He also called the soundtrack unexciting. Ramón Nafria of Vandal rated the game 7.5/10, calling it "difficult, intense and epic", but said that it would most appeal to…
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Reactions
60 of 182 · most liked firstHello, First off this is a dream come true to see the first VG. i ever played revived. This is a great remaster, i love the way the shield works similair to Valken (Cybernator) The redone music is pretty good, And you can unlock the classic music for arcade mode which is cool. The 3 Documents you can look through in the extras are also pretty sweet. For someone like me who loves every bit of info i can get about this series it helps alot. Their are however a few glitches that need to get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⚖️ Grade = B. Worth a buy, if you enjoy playing with controller. However, if you're looking for a full PC port, it isn't EXPECTATION CHECKLIST: ✔️ Exciting gunplay ✔️ Loadout management ✔️ Variety of mission ✔️ Blocking ability ✔️ High difficulty ❌ No reload reward ❌ Unlock Infinite ammo ❌ Coop mission ❌ Score/Time Attack for replay value GRADE MATCHED WORTH BUYING? DISCOUNT? COMMUNITY REVIEWER A+ 5…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had the pleasure of working on the English loc for Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute! It was a dream come true to officially localize a Saturn game, and a blast to get to play in the AS universe fresh off the excellent Valken rerelease and Leynos 1 remake. It’s out on Steam and Xbox today!
positive · AI labelView post →The game itself is good, but the gamepad functionality was mishandled by whoever did the porting. One controller resets the game with the press of a thumbstick, the other one does the same if I configure that gamepad to my preferred layout. Should the other games of the franchise make it onto Steam, I will ignore them based on how this game was handled thus far. Fix this, if you want my money for future games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Assault Suit Leynos is a mecha platformer, similar to Assault Suits Valken (a.k.a. Cybernator for the SNES). It is designed as an arcade game that can be finished in two hours casually, or much faster if you practice speedrunning it. The story is a pretty basic Gundam (Universal Century 0078) derivative, so its main strength is in the gameplay. Standard mode on easy difficulty is very casual-friendly, with regenerating health and plenty of opportunities to tradeoff weapon variety for more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you loved the Genesis/Mega Drive game you'll love this! For those not in the know, Assault Suit Leynos here is a remake of a classic side-scrolling mecha action game for the Sega Mega Drive, known in the US on the Genesis as "Target Earth." There's some really great content here. Not only do you get a newly remastered "Arcade Mode" with voice acted dialogue, expanded missions, and brand-new bosses, but the game also includes a "Classic Mode" that keeps things remarkably faithful to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's cool to play, the mecha is full of weight, which is much better than other mecha game in which the mecha is more like a person with mecha skin. But the designer of your last level is the brain disability, the length of the level is 4 times longer than normal level. AND the most important thing is that this game got no pause. How ridiculous!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Target Earth? Assault Suit Leynos? Genesis? Windows? It doesn't matter what you call it or what you play it on, which version you pick up or whether it's one with checkpoints or limited lives. Assault Suit Leynos is an underrated Masaya gem that you should play.
positive · AI labelView post →Cannot recommend it as a PC game. While the art is okay even with some updated assets the style is very much showing it's age. Controls are not customize-able & are hard coded to a very awkward scheme. With out mouse aiming it still plays very much like trying to run a Playstation game on PC... things are just messy. The menu to quit the game is a VERY un-intuative P button... well away from any other controls & the game does not respond to the enter key... even when it says "push button".…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the price of $20 USD, this...this is bad. TLDR The graphics and sounds ARE better than the sega genesis (but cheap looking), there is a level select, there are a few bonus content type things, and voice acting, but that's about it. Menus are buggy as hell, it HATES full screen, and the menus are weird before you set it to controller. The game makes me think of something on newgrounds or some browser based flash or java type game, nothing wrong with that out right but...for 20 bucks I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Personal Game Score: 5 / 10 + Good game graphics and design + Good game sounds - Bad game controls - Deletes my save files occasionally. - Bugs (Moderate level) - Chaotic game - Not worth the original price. Better buy the game during sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No. Terrible controls require quite a lot of effort to get into. Meanwhile go for GIGANTIC ARMY and STEEL STRIDER if you are looking for a mech game that looks & plays like this but it is not hamstrung by controls. I get that the controls are learnable. Yes i managed to finally do the tutorial 1 under 60 seconds and all but man does it take effort. And when it takes effort like that just to not die by pressing the wrong button the fun goes out the window since you are now vulnerable to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like trying to play an early 90s PC DOS in window10, sure there may be work arounds, but the game isnt fun enough to even want to put in the time. As far as HD goes, looks like 640x480 at best, lasttime I checked HD is 720P and above. I think if you are into hardcore oldschool mech games its fine, but for a modern gamer its a pass....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →idk (or care) what opinion on these games is now but they got middling reviews at the time & I bought them anyway as I wanted to play them Assault Suit Leynos - MD Hokuto No Ken - MD Psycho Dream - SFC Ushio & Tora - SFC 1st DBZ fighting game - SFC I'd have bought Run Saber if it had released in Jp
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is badly bugged as it sometimes doesn't register your controller and deletes any save data you have even if you close the game normally.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Partial controller support? Not sure if this is what they are referencing :). But pressing anything on my xbox controller crashes the game to the main menu.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like to make serious reviews but this game is ayuss. The third stage literally has you standing in one place mashing the punch button as an endless conga line of 1 enemy type runs straight into your fist and dies. Then, after a certain amount of tedium, the game teleports you to the center of the level to fight a boss without killing off any of the remaining conga line. This means that if you weren't past the middle of the stage, all of the conga line runs straight into the base you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Target Earth, Cybernator, and many other games from my childhood all come from the Assault suit Leynos franchise, and they helped shape my Mecha/anime fanaticism. Imagine my joy when I discovered that a PC remake was released in August! A Faithful recreation of Target earth with some nifty changes, amazing graphics and familiar gameplay? SIGN. ME. UP! So I plunk down my 20$ because most reviews are pretty positive, and saddle up to beat the game in 2 hours or less. I turn on the game...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chicks dig giant robots. EDF! EDF! EDF!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A remake of Sega Mega Drive classic Assault Suit Leynos (Target Earth on the US Genesis), the first game in the underrated Assault Suits series best known for Assault Suits Valken (censored and released as Cybernator in the US). With both a fun, if a little easy, main arcade mode that re-imagines the game and adds references to Valken and a more hardcore classic mode that plays closer to the original game. The 2D anime graphics are fantastic and there's something here for both casual and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genesis / Mega Drive Mech Classic 'Assault Suit Leynos' Gets Retranslation Patch Which Also Removes Censorship | Time Extension.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another must-play mecha game for the SNES is Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken. It's stunning how much visual detail they packed in. And the soundtrack is great! (Its sister game, Target Earth / Assault Suit Leynos is on the Genesis/MD, but not quite as polished) #gaming #retrogames #videogames
positive · AI labelView post →This game is a rusty old mobile suit you found in an abandoned hanger. If you're technical enough, or just obsessed enough, you can jump through all of the hoops needed to get it running. If you're the right kind of person, this game will be special enough to warrant that effort. Leynos is a short, but technical game that lets you fly around like a maniac putting your robotic fist through the windshields of enemy pilots, and has some of the best zero-gravity combat in any game ever. Want to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nice remake of a classic. games like this show you can make games hard without 1hit death's. i just wish recent dev's would learn something here but i fear it's done out of laziness and lack of ability. anyway there are 2 modes the new or classic versions of the game and you can take 6 items on each of the 8 mission with and without gravity. the items you can use range from weapons, jets, shield (blocks shots), and/or more armor and you'll unlock more as you play. i never played this before…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is great. It is also very short and has no multiplayer. Get it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately I would not recommend this game. The controls are really rough. They need remapping. I could hardly figure out how to even start the game. Game play experience was major a impact on this title.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR - A buggy mess with bad design. I recommend Gigantic Army instead. Right off the bat, input does not work correctly. The game launches and starts an intro/attract mode and you cannot get out of it. Enter, spacebar, gamepad buttons, nothing. Pressing escape instantly quits the game. You have to press 'z' to go to the menu and then turn gamepad on. In game, double tapping the shoot button reloads your gun and this is not configurable. So when you shoot an enemy, stop, then shoot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What this game looks like it should be based on the videos and screenshots would be pretty cool, unfortunately the controls, menus, and general game design does not live up to it. -You get to customize your loadout every story mission, but in the first mission you don't have anything to switch out so it's just a waste of time as you try and re-try as the difficulty is ridiculous. This also adds frustration as you can't just hit a "confirm" button to continue, you have to scroll down to a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If the controls were a lot better in this then it could be a good game but since they are not it's a no from me. I tried but there is just so much more out there that plays so much better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a janky game. The bosses feel clumsy and the mech suit has no weight or feel to it. Really disappointed I went in hearing this was like cybernator (assault suits valken). While some of the mechanics are there it definitely is not it. Apparently its a remake of Assault Suit Leynos for the Sega Genesis? I kind of wish they would have modernized the mechanics. Came back to try and beat this game. Got to the final boss. Accidentally looked away to see how the hell people beat the bullet…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ZERO controller support! ("Partial Controller Support" is a lie.)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How on earth can you ruin a SHMUP this badly? Before I begin, I have to adress the elephant in the room, the controls, particularly the lack of the right analog stick's use. You have to aim and move with the left analog stick which is a nightmare. The game itself starts off fine and all until you get to the first boss... suddenly a time limit appears, it took me a while to figure out that there even was a time limit because the UI isn't very clear to the player. Basically you have to kill this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rMb... this person is a known simpleton (proof = he follows me🤔) Ignore his terrible opinion & learn this game as it's awesome. Anything you ever hear people attribute to Assault Suit Leynos or Valken was done here 1st
positive · AI labelView post →My latest pickups. Shinobi is in excellent condition and Assault Suit Leynos 2 is a fun little game on the Saturn though can be a bit too tough for its own good at times! The release has the usual helpful modern bells and whistles such as rewinding and saving but otherwise is just an emulated port.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game IS NOT CYBERNATOR for the SNES! if you want that one just wait or sail around. i still OWN my OG copy of my snes and love it to this day! 1 This game has nice music 3 out a 5 2 Game play is ok sadly ammo for most weapons is limited 1 out a 5 3 Collecting new weapons sucks! 1 out a 5 4 Story is ok but i prefer Cybernator SNES 2 out a 5 5 Art is good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forget about the complex space war story and saving Earth.. In this remake of the Sega Genesis classic you're really on a quest to impress 'n bang a blue haired woman ! And you're inside a cool Mech Suit ! Quality old school 2D Mech Shoot 'Em Up right here. Enjoy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I grew up playing Target Earth. This is as true to the original as it can get, and I like it. I'm really glad I picked it up, it's a lot of feel good nostalgia. Says a lot, as I don't normally like games like this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice graphics, but some of the worst levels and bosses I've experienced in a long time. Not a horrible game, just amateurish and unfun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah...this negative review makes me a little bit sad. I have fond memories of this game from back when I owned a megadrive, and the thought of a tasty modern upgrade was quite appealing. It perhaps isn't a game packed with sexy setpieces (I can't recall) but it was quite punchy in the action. When it was recently bundled it seemed like a surefire recipe for happiness........and then I played it. Civilisation didn't collapse, my dog wasn't run over in the street, nor did I, or a dearly loved…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wasn't as good as I expected it to be. This game feels really lazy. It's like they just took what they had from GunHound EX, created leynos graphics, added voice acting, but did not have enough time to make the game. Stage bosses are terrible especially in the later stages. They just repeat one attack that reminds you of a bullethell game. This also makes it feel like they have way too much HP. If you launched the game for the first time with a gamepad plugged in and notice that no buttons…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only one scratch on "Cybernator" for SNES. -: Why is this game being sold if you can't play it either with keyboard nor PS - controller? +: Possible solution for PS - controller: https://steamcommunity.com/app/441350/discussions/0/3046104862453530252/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old school mecha destruction!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor port Really bad optimization, game runs in slow motion very often. Left thumbstick mapped to resetting the game, in a freaking shoot 'em up!! Zero patch since release despite early promise of bug fixes from developers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a remake of the Sega Genesis classic "Target Earth" that was hard as balls and rad as ♥♥♥♥. While it's a lot less difficult, and the sometimes sketchy translation blunts the coolness, I still greatly enjoyed playing and 100%ing it! It's a difficult title to recommend at its current pricepoint, mostly because of its fairly arcade-game length. It suffers problems in respects to bugs (a lot of having to do things over with achievements), and I have a number of nit-picks about how the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, I haven't heard much good about any of the Saturn Tribute games. I guess they all have horrible input lag and are generally a mess, which sucks because I kinda want Assault Suit Leynos 2. I have Sterdenn, and thoroughly enjoy it for what it is. I think it qualifies as a shmup, and I'm curious why you disqualify it? If the IREM Collections are bad... that sucks. I've got all three on my wishlist. I'll have to look into the consensus on those. Is Akai Satan's Shin a victim to the same…
negative · AI labelView post →Keyboard controls are A shoot S Punch Z jump arrow keys movement. Not sure how this rubbish ended up on my steam account, Hope I didn't waste any money on it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before my first post on the next kit I have a recommendation. Check out the Assault Suit Leynos remake, it's a pretty tough yet very enjoyable short game. Sadly, it seems like it isn't available on the Playstation store anymore, but thankfully it's on Steam. #AssaultSuitLeynos #重装機兵レイノス
positive · AI labelView post →This is a remake of the classic Assault Suit Leynos It's a great old-school side-scrolling mecha game, remade and updated with new graphics that still retain the spirit of the original game. It even has voice acting and art gallery if you're a fan of the original game. Although it is a bit short, there is a score attack mode and you can also unlock new weapons by scoring cumulative points on your multiple runs. Also, its fun to see how saving certain npcs or letting them die changes some of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3 - A game that is underrated? I'm going to go with Assault Suit Leynos/Target Earth for the Mega Drive. It is difficult and most ignore it for Valken/Cybernator but I think it is such a fantastic game that requires careful choices and strategies. Feels very calculated.
positive · AI labelView post →Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute, new version of the classic game, gets western release date on Nintendo Switch nintendoeverything.com/assault-suit...
neutral · AI labelView post →I really don't like twin stick shooters. This game is not a twin stick shooter. I wish this game was a twin stick shooter. My main motivation for playing this was to understand the story before playing its SNES sequel (Cybernator) so I set it to easy difficulty and started shooting away. The difficulty is weird as hell, the first missions being a walk in the park and the 8th being pretty hard and going on forever (turns out it was not that hard, you just gotta use the good red weapons you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game looks cool, reminds me of Metal Warriors for the SNES but the control scheme is ATROCIOUS! I've never seen a game mess the control mapping up so hard like this one. It's so bad that you wouldn't even believe me if I said that Xbox One left thumbstick makes the game reset over and over as you tilt it to the right as soon as you start the game, LOL. Even after mapping the controls for the "Xbox 360" scheme, things still don't work right, it's impossible to switch weapons properly and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the crap out of this game as Target Earth on the Genesis back in 1990. I beat it legit only once w lots of time regenerating my shield. The music was awesome the story was on par with any old school mecha anime (Macross, Gundam, Votoms, etc.) This remake captures all the story with new twists and difficulties. The music was redone and it's awesome and nostalgic. I'm a gen X'er that was actually there when this came out 28 years ago unlike millennials giving this a bad review because…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →doesn't work like it said with the xbox 360 controller
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No game nowadays should quit to desktop by pressing esc, that should be relegated to the days of the DOS. Control bindings that doesn't feel good for keyboard and won't detect my controller. Played much better ports of old games, this one is just not a good port.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just a smidge above 500 but Hardcore Mecha stood out to me just scrolling through my list. It's like if some Super Robot Wars fans made an Assault Suit Leynos sort of thing. Enjoyed it way more than I was expecting. store.steampowered.com/app/746580/H...
positive · AI labelView post →A 2015 remake of the first game in the Assault Suits series, which was also released in the west under the title Target Earth. As the predecessor to the SNES classic Cybernator (the western name for Assault Suits Valken, the second game), Leynos bears a strong resemblance to that game. It has the heavy mech movement, the hover jump, a selection of weapons, and a handy shield (though it's considerably less handy here, being directional, unlike in Cybernator). There are definitely some modern…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Next finish: Assault Suit Leynos A 2015 remake of the game that came before Cybernator in the Assault Suits series. Though there are some modern concessions, it still pretty much plays like Cybernator. I'd say it's more forgiving but overall less good in some indefinable way. Still decent though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mecha 🤝 The weekend Remember that Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute is OUT NOW on PS4, PS5, and Switch digitally! The perfect game to celebrate some time off 😎 What game is your go-to when you want to relax? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gonX...
neutral · AI labelView post →So is Assault Suit Leynos like a spin-off from Leisure Suit Larry? Or is it the same game, just with a regional (and oddly more accurate) localisation?
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