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Hyper Sentinel
Developer Four5Six Pixel, Huey Games
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode. From the Steam store page
63 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest May 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
35 positive · 10 negative
95% range 64–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 35 | 10 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
38 of 48 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 35 yes, 10 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 45 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (59 of 70 positive).
Some reviewers criticize the game for poor visibility, control issues, and lack of customization. [1][2][3] A few players note minor flaws like non-skippable intros and limited retro graphics options. [4][5]
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Representative posts
- [1]
The game is nice overall, but there are some things i didn't like and i eventually refunded it. I hate the fact that i can't shoot while going fast, and sometimes it's hard to distinguish the destroyable parts of the sentinel due to very bright colors for both the backgrounds and objects. Also, in uridium releasing the button also fired the bullet and it felt great, but nothing like that exists in this game. …
- [6]
Love this game - as will anyone who loved Uridium on the C64 or Spectrum. Been playing more on XBox One than Steam, but both games seem identical. Frantic blasting - leave brain at the door and just go for it! Excellent revamp of a classic game. My only niggle would be the C64 and Spectrum graphics mode - I can't seem to get them without having a CRT TV effect applied, which makes the visuals horrendous! If I'd have …
- [7]
A fantastic, lovingly crafted remake of Uridium, an old Commodore 64 classic. A bit easier than the original, thankfully, but equally hectic.
- [4]
Pros: Plays like Uridium. Adds powerups and health bar so it's less frustrating. Replaces the end-of-level minigames with bosses, which are more fun. Unlike Uridium, has an easy mode (the default mode, in fact) which turns off most background collisions. Cons: Explosion sprites look worse than the ones in Uridium did 30 years ago. They are featureless circles, which might look OK with fast animation but the …
- [5]
Fantastic re-imagining of Andrew Braybrook's excellent C64 shmup, Uridium. Just one question for the devs, why are there are 6 graphics settings (STANDARD / VIBRANT / CRT / SPECTRUM / C64), but only two are available, STANDARD and VIBRANT are identical and CRT/SPECTRUM/C64 are identical? Other than that, this game is definitely a worthy addition to my shmup collection. Go buy!
Summarised from 34 of the 63 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
78% of the 45 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Hyper Sentinel. The complaint that keeps coming up: poor visibility due to cluttered visuals and particle effects. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 63 · most liked firstLove this game - as will anyone who loved Uridium on the C64 or Spectrum. Been playing more on XBox One than Steam, but both games seem identical. Frantic blasting - leave brain at the door and just go for it! Excellent revamp of a classic game. My only niggle would be the C64 and Spectrum graphics mode - I can't seem to get them without having a CRT TV effect applied, which makes the visuals horrendous! If I'd have had a CRT TV like that back in the day I'd have returned it to Dixons! But hey…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel Hyper Sentinel is a dose of Defender-like arcade action with the intensity cranked up to full-speed, though it most closely resembles the lesser-known cult classic Uridium. Each new level is a crazy new massive Capital ship to slowly chip away at with your little fighter pilot, and each one presents an insane boss to take your chance at. This is arcade shootemup action at its best, purest, and most distilled. Gameplay The levels take course over a small stretch of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel Fusion is now live on Kickstarter, and gives you the option to purchase the game on this cool "floppy disc" USB drive @hueygames.bsky.social @gamesyouloved.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →🎁 #GIVEAWAY Hyper Sentinel Limited Edition USB Cassette - physical #Steam launcher PC game. For a chance to win: ✅Follow the sequel #Kickstarter at bit.ly/hsfusion ✅Like and Repost ✅Wishlist HSF at store.steampowered.com/app/2563010/... #indiegamedev #indiegame #retrogaming
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neutral · AI labelView post →History A long time ago in a retro gaming galaxy far far away there was a unique new type of shooter that was a sidescrolling/overhead hybrid called Uridium and this created a new breed of games, Hyper Sentinel started as a Kickstarter but didn't meet it's funding goal but is a tribute to Uridium and has been created by industry veterans. Gameplay Think of it as an insane version of galaxions but as a side scroller game and you'll get the picture, your job in your lonely ship is to destoy all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is nice overall, but there are some things i didn't like and i eventually refunded it. I hate the fact that i can't shoot while going fast, and sometimes it's hard to distinguish the destroyable parts of the sentinel due to very bright colors for both the backgrounds and objects. Also, in uridium releasing the button also fired the bullet and it felt great, but nothing like that exists in this game. Pressing and releasing space fires only one time. Other than that, the game is well…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playtesting is paramount #gamedev 🎮 In this article we talk about our process for playtesting Hyper Sentinel Fusion with GoTestify: www.gotestify.com/news-events/...
neutral · AI labelView post →A fantastic, lovingly crafted remake of Uridium, an old Commodore 64 classic. A bit easier than the original, thankfully, but equally hectic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you know the feeling of starting a game and realizing within minutes that you wasted your money? Yeah, that's what I found here. Sadly I did not try the game when I bought it, and by the time I played it for the first time I was past the refund window. If I was still in the eligibility window for refund, this would second-fastest refund in all my time on Steam. This game is a mess. You cannot see anything on the playfield due to too many particle effects, plus the destructible parts of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Addictive as HECK. I was lucky enough to get a chance to play this at EGX and PlayExpo before the release, and can say that this is possibly one of the most addictive "just one more level, then bed" games I've played in a long time. Poor Rob had to put up with my adolescent "But, I'll get it NEXT time..." for almost half an hour at EGX, and it was only the lure of a bag of sweets that he got me off the darned thing. If you like old school games, or want to experience NOW the thrill that we…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t get many press promos now. But I didn’t mind getting this one! A shmup sequel on a floppy with the first game on cassette? It’s @hueygames.bsky.social’s Hyper Sentinel Fusion! OK… it’s a USB floppy and cassette. But I’ll allow that when the box stock/print is so bang on; big Amiga vibes!
positive · AI labelView post →LIVE TODAY! Andrew Hewson & Rob Hewson are raising funds for Hyper Sentinel Fusion - support them now to make this game a reality 🕹️ Back it here: kickstarter.com/projects/rob... only on Kickstarter Fly your own Sentinel space ship! 🚀 from @hueygames.bsky.social @hewsongames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Not even a thunderstorm could stop me from having our latest #indiegamedev podcast with our guest from @hueygames.bsky.social Rob, to talk about designing retro games today and their ongoing kickstarter for their next game: Hyper Sentinel Fusion youtu.be/AUAxgsUTaE4
neutral · AI labelView post →This turned out to be really fun for me. I think it has something to do with the simple gameplay. You have to destroy and entire battleship (or bring it to critical?) until its "guradian" (boss) emerges. Along the way there are random powerups (which will save your butt often) and tons of score bonuses. If I have to give any criticism...I think the powerups are little too random but I don't know. There's also a mechanic where you can rest off to the sides to regain energy. Yeah, this isn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loving the nasty Commodore-64-like soundtrack! The game's fun, too. Colourful, chaotic, kinetic, without any tedious story-bits between pew-pew sessions. Visually it sits between the original Uridium and the far more detailed Amiga sequel. Gotta say, though, that I'm not a fan of "cleanly rotating big pixels" -- it becomes all too obvious that the pixel art was a modern design choice rather than an artifact of the technology used. On the other hand, there's usually too much going on for it to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey folks! Hyper Sentinel Fusion, a game I've been working on over the past years, is up on KS! My part is 90% of the artwork you'll see, so if you'd like to support my very first game release, please take a look and see if it interests you :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
positive · AI labelView post →Happy #NintendoSwitch2 launch day! Don't forget to pick up your Switch 2 compatible carry case + Hyper Sentinel game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Pros: Plays like Uridium. Adds powerups and health bar so it's less frustrating. Replaces the end-of-level minigames with bosses, which are more fun. Unlike Uridium, has an easy mode (the default mode, in fact) which turns off most background collisions. Cons: Explosion sprites look worse than the ones in Uridium did 30 years ago. They are featureless circles, which might look OK with fast animation but the framerate of their animation is really really low. Intro screens are non-skippable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome!!! If you like the original Uridium you will be right at home here. Looks great, superb audio and nice tight challenging gameplay. Perfect for simple satisfying blasting !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shoot'em up where you fly left or right, levels are limited to designated area. Take down all enemies and avoid danger. Grab plenty of power ups, but visuals are lacking. Remind of Atari games to be honest. Not recommended.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel plus Premium #NintendoSwitch Carry Case - compatible with ALL Nintendo Switch models. Grab yours at Argos, Smyths, The Game Collection! 🕹️
neutral · AI labelView post →Master class in not understanding the Source Material and adapting it to modern Shmups / STG... Well you may ask: What went wrong? A Lot... Big Hit box The Controls have a massive Input lag... (tested with PS4 & 360 and an MadCatz Arcade Stick) Combined with Enemies spawning unto the Player Enemies Banzai into the Player... A deadly design choice for the Player The Game is so fast, that you collide with Enemies without a chance to dodge... Combined with: No Threat Indicator... very fun to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only played it for a few minutes thus far but as a Uridium veteran from back in the day this already feels like pure gold. Thank you!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels awful to play. The fast, constant, repetitive left-to-right movement is jarring to say the least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel Fusion has arrived on Kickstarter - The latest from @hueygames.bsky.social. The original Hyper Sentinel was fantastic. This game smooshes both classics Uridium & Paradroid, with a touch of Hades. What's not to love about that!? www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
positive · AI labelView post →We have proudly donated keys for Hyper Sentinel for the @intogames.bsky.social charity Steam bundle. 18 great games for £12/$12 with all proceeds going to a good cause. Get get yours at: www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/in...
neutral · AI labelView post →In March this year (2020) some developers at Itchio including Huey Games offered their games for free to help gamers get through the Corona lockdown and I downloaded a bunch of them, mostly shmups. Hyper Sentinel was one of games I got. I played it for a few levels and even though I was still struggling with the controls I enjoyed myself enough to get it on Steam to have fun earning achievements and compete with others. Origin The game is a reimagination of Uridium for the C64, a game I've…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In 1982, when games like this were popular, I was ten years old I owned an Atari 2600, Odyssey 2, Colecovision and Intellivision (If you're looking at the game count in my library after reading the above: No, I'm not rich; the only thing I've ever spent entertainment money on throughout my life has been video games) I've tried quite a few retro titles over the past decade but Hyper Sentinel is the first to actually feel like an Intellivision title I missed out on. The best way to explain it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel Fusion is a modern retro arcade game by @hueygames.bsky.social for fans of old school shumps and top-down action store.steampowered.com/app/2563010/...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you are of a certain age you may very well remember Uridium* by Hewson Consultants on your (C64, Spectrum, CPC, etc.) with fond memories, the super quick scrolling, the reactions, and multiple stategies, well it's all back, and that includes the old-skool graphics too if you want it. Hyper Sentinel is, essentially the logical progression of Uridium, the same baseline idea: Blast and destroy the suface of a Dreadnaught ship, avoiding and destroying it's defenses along the way, along with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun, fast-paced, side scrolling shooter. The weapons provide a lot of variety, the C64 inspired music is catchy and has enough distortion to give that nostalgic feel. The options for colour filters is a nice added touch, however the C64 and Spectrum modes seem to effect the framerate on one of my machines so I didn't use them as much. The different difficulties do not add much (hard adding more barriers and retro dealing damage everytime you hit said barriers) so the 12 sectors are what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love it. Captures that 80's gameplay really well. Fast, fun, addictive. What more do you want!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mood for days. Heard about this. Bought it.Love it. Still in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mood ,but smiling on the inside. URIDIUM IS BACK. only it's not called Uridium.Yeah.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fans of Uridium Rejoice! It's all here! Uridium's spiritual successor Hyper Sentinel is a fast paced side scrolling shoot -em up with great music and sound effects and visually stunning graphics that are eye candy for for the senses. I love the added graphics modes (Vibrant, CRT) and even some retro modes for those of us that remember the original (Spectrum, C64). After several years of nt having played the original I was quickly reminded of the heart pounding gameplay. Seriously you will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel Fusion is a shoot 'em up roguelike based on the shoot 'em ups from the good old days. store.steampowered.com/app/2563010/... Game Dev BlueSky: @hueygames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Brilliant arcade game. Runs perfect on Steam deck. TDP of 4 & GPU at 1000 gives over 10 hours batter life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pro + decent oldschool arcade game + has challenging achievements + good difficulty options + oldschool graphic filters like CRT contra - 30% of achievements are broken and cannot be unlocked. since 2018 (!) - developer seems to have abandoned this game - very bad soundtrack. I like chiptune very much usually, but they managed to screw this up entirely. These tracks have only a few beats per bar and repeat this same bar over and over. very annoying. I turned it off and turned on my own…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Defender with a spin. Buy it on sale. Good music and sound effects. Floaty controls. Overall a great budget game. Not worth full price. Hyper Sentinel has balancing issues and can become frustrating quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hyper Sentinel is a remake of the 1986 Commodore 64 shoot 'em up, Uridium. It's not a ripoff, it's done by some of the same guys, and it was kickstarted (apparently people wanted this, which seems weird given the poor public reception). I played Uridium when it was new, don't get me wrong, but the problem here is that it's not 1986 anymore. You can't go home again. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome Retro game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth $8+tx, but I only got it for .89 on sale. I was going to get a refund if I had spent $2 or more. Ill keep it and mess around, for the price I paid. Its not a bad game, just not worth the listed price, as far as I can tell, so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic re-imagining of Andrew Braybrook's excellent C64 shmup, Uridium. Just one question for the devs, why are there are 6 graphics settings (STANDARD / VIBRANT / CRT / SPECTRUM / C64), but only two are available, STANDARD and VIBRANT are identical and CRT/SPECTRUM/C64 are identical? Other than that, this game is definitely a worthy addition to my shmup collection. Go buy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An astonishing 8-bit explosion simulator with a wonderful variety of gameplay from blasting to avoiding to dodging to timing to hiding to going in guns blazing. The review on Youtube from Kim Justice is something I agree with totally: so if you still need more convincing then look for that. Also: I'm playing this with my Buffalo 6button SNES-style controller and it works wonderfully.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fabulous, frantic Uridium style shooter that stays true to its 8 bit roots but comes with a fresh lick of neon paint. Addictive (and tough) gameplay, a great selection of weapons (the ball and chain is a personal fave) and several different modes all add to the game's depth and longevity. Quite simply: if you like shoot em ups, you owe it to yourself to buy HyperSentinel
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a throwback to a long forgotten age, Hyper Sentinel takes the arcade thrills you'd fine on computers of the era… and ramps the intensity up to 11. With mechanics such as an energy bar (allowing you to take multiple hits over a single one), the dizzying assortment of weapon upgrades letting you sow chaos on the playfield - to the bosses which offer a dexterity challenge, along with the desire to beat your times, truly make you want to come back to it. To top it off, there's the retro…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really great action packed shoot em up! Takes the 80's classic and gives it a whole lot more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun! Pretty much an in your face old school shoot 'em up. The graphics are bright like the good old 8/16 bit days, and the sound effects match. :D I've had no problems with the game play speed, generally the flow of the game is pretty much self explanatory, which is just as well, because just like the good old retro days, I spent zero time reading about controls or anything else to do with the game, I just went in all lasers blazin' :) Overall nice job, it's a great shoot 'em up that will keep…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for a few bucks and it was totally worth it. It took a few goes to fully understand how to play but once I got there it was very fun. You feel reckless, dangerous, it feels like chaos and excitement. The unique boss battles are a standout..great design, great art, sound, music. Perfect on the steam deck too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promoting Hyper Sentinel Fusion last weekend in Prague on this Steam event: youtu.be/c15ObzZuFzI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →https://youtu.be/W5NUVVA_tns Providing the exact experience expected is a commendable feat, however the end result is still a hard to play 'retro' game without enough weight or polish to last past a first taste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uridium but made in 2018. Fun shooty goodness.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →➕Playable at New Game Plus➕ 🔋Hyper Sentinel: Fusion - Huey Games Shoot, Plunder, and Power Up Your Path to Victory!. Disable defences, plunder resources, and take on branching missions in procedurally generated levels for endless replayability! 🎟️ tickets.games.london | #LGF25 #NewGamePlus
neutral · AI labelView post →Fantastic shooter, in a style you rarely see anymore. The best kind of sensory overload, that keeps everything tangible and makes each new level and new high score satisfying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun Uridium-like game. Gameplay is fun and to-the-point. You can zone out and disappear into it for a while just like with Uridium on the C64 back in the day. The audio is dripping with SID-style 8 bit goodness and the feeling of playing an 8 bit shoot 'em up is captured perfectly. Kudos to the developer this does exactly what it's supposed to.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →via @popgeeks Hyper Sentinel Goes Physical On Switch…And On Cassette https://popgeeks.com/hyper-sentinel-goes-physical-on-switch-and-on-cassette/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #VideoGames #hypersentinel #nintendoswitch #switch
neutral · AI labelView post →recomended but not at full price. The game is inspired by uridium. the retro pixel graphics are fun but a bit distracting (too many efects). The objectives of the medals are not properly balanced (some are hard if not impossible). that´s ok if that was in latter levels. but beginer levels suffer from the same problem. However the biggest problems were: no remappable controls. My arcade stick can´t fire and move in turbo mode at the same time (a bug) and there is some medals that require that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →VGNYsoft has revealed a physical release for Hyper Sentinel on Nintendo Switch and fans can choose between different editions. #HyperSentinel https://gamesense.co/game/hyper-sentinel/news/discuss/hyper-sentinel-getting-a-physical-release-on-switch/
neutral · AI labelView post →A wonderful exciting game that every arcade lover will surely enjoy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks and sounds great, fun but very hard. Never played Uridium but ended up backing the Kickstarter anyway as the demo seemed pretty cool. Was definitely worth backing!
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