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Operation: Matriarchy
Developer Madia Entertainment
Operation: Matriarchy, known in Russia as Velian (Велиан), is a 2005 science fiction first-person shooter game developed by Russian studio MADia Entertainment and published by Buka Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. The game is a spin-off from MADia's simulation franchise Echelon. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
212 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
65
Fresh
34 positive · 18 negative
95% range 52–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 6 | 2 | 151 |
| Steam reviews | 34 | 18 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
37 of 56 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 35 yes, 18 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 53 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (87 of 135 positive).
Some players find it a fun, old-school shooter if you know what to expect. [1][2][3] Many complain about broken music, poor sound design, and HUD issues. [2][4][5] Several reviewers say it's only worth buying on sale for die-hard FPS fans. [6][7][8]
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- [4]
A ripoff. The trailer is different from the game itself. The trailer is March- off world recon. which is a game i played before. But the game itself is Operation Matriarchy which is some mindless crap corridor fps shooter and the resolution doesnt even fit the screen for 1080p. Its cut off so you cant see your health/armor at the bottom or the radar up top that shows objectives. Plus the sound is terrible, and the …
- [16]
Before you waste your time reading any further, know this: it's bad. It's astonishingly, embarrassingly bad, and I don't understand why it's on Steam. You really shouldn't buy it, and the only reason to read more of this review is to see me detail all the ways that it's bad just so I can cathartically punch down at a product nobody will defend, like when a YouTuber does a review of Birdemic or something. Anyway, …
- [2]
My, some of the other reviewers are harsh on this game. It's a budget FPS from 2005. Indubitably flawed, but fast-paced fun if you know the kind of thing to expect. Let's tacke the major technical problems first. The sound is bare-bones and most of the music is broken. Fortunately, there have been patches to fix this for nearly a decade. Now, look at the trailer. It is in 4:3. Look at all the screenshots. They are …
- [10]
If your looking for a standard run of the mill FPS then you'll be satisfied with this. Really, there is nothing special about the gameplay, you run through levels killing aliens with a range of guns. The game's variety mostly comes in enemy designs, ill give the developers credit for creating some pretty interesting and creepy aliens. The game's early levers are spaceship/space station levels which do the job well …
- [1]
OK shooter that I can only recommend to die-hard fans of shooters.
Summarised from 34 of the 135 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
Players who liked Operation: Matriarchy talk about fast-paced and fun for old-school FPS fans; those who didn't talk about music does not work outside the menu. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 212 · most liked firstNEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."
neutral · AI labelView post →In the early 2000s, every single hack with a job in a creative field threw a Matrix bullet time parody into whatever they were working on whether it fit or not. I think it's especially funny in 'Operation Krabby Patty' because, like everything else in the game, it's something the show would never do
neutral · AI labelView post →Inside of us, there are two wolves. ^ my pitch for an expansion to the Operation board game
neutral · AI labelView post →I heard his friends also played a disgusting game where they harvested organs from unwitting victims. It’s called “Operation,” and it’s vile.
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's talk about the 1948-1950 operation by Idaho Fish and Game to drop beavers by parachute into more remote areas of the state. It's OPERATION PARABEAVER. The beavers were recognized as essential to ecological restoration of wetlands, but numbers had been depleted by the fur trade.
neutral · AI labelView post →As of RIGHT NEOWW you can play Operation Eventide, the yuri chuuni mechabare magical girl visual novel game for free on pc and android!! Come feast on the two-act story of hard sci-fi and cute girl activities to your heart's content! kolulu.itch.io/operation-ev...
neutral · AI labelView post →Operation buy a video game and finish it before buying another video game (Failed)
neutral · AI labelView post →Don’t you just hate it when you find a hunted game of Operation? [ OCs Twitch, Caesar, Quinton and Kena ]
neutral · AI labelView post →“Operation Economic Outcast” sounds like a bargain bin PlayStation 2 stealth game.
neutral · AI labelView post →[repost] Operation, the wacky doctors game
neutral · AI labelView post →These dum dums are doing the jury management for Rachel in front of the jury. Whew. This is Rachel’s best move all game and it’s not close. Operation Italy? What’s that? #Survivor47
neutral · AI labelView post →You'd think a game called 'Operation: Krabby Patty' would get a certain few basic things right. No...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not to bring the room down, but there is no way the game Operation hasn’t become Autopsy by now.
neutral · AI labelView post →me: okay body i need you at your peak this week body: best i can do is making it feel like preschoolers playing a game of Operation in your lower back every time you move
neutral · AI labelView post →Now this is a complete game-changer. We’ll change the name of Operation Epic Fuckup to Operation Sledgehammer. Then, next month, we’ll change it again to Operation Red Rain.
neutral · AI labelView post →At last we have created Operation Dear God Don't Fucking Do This from legendary video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Dear God Don't Fucking Do This
neutral · AI labelView post →“two can play this game,” i say ominously, sitting down across from you and picking up the Operation tweezers
neutral · AI labelView post →OPERATION C KONAMI 1991 (Captured on Game Boy Pocket) Shout-out @yokoikids.bsky.social game of the month
neutral · AI labelView post →fanart of Adelle from @kolulu.itch.io's Operation Eventide This game is incredible and it inspired my growing interest in mechabare, go play it!! kolulu.itch.io/operation-ev...
neutral · AI labelView post →Riz Ahmed plays Operation, from the latest episode of SNL UK. It's as good as any filmed piece from our version. Give it a try.
neutral · AI labelView post →A ripoff. The trailer is different from the game itself. The trailer is March- off world recon. which is a game i played before. But the game itself is Operation Matriarchy which is some mindless crap corridor fps shooter and the resolution doesnt even fit the screen for 1080p. Its cut off so you cant see your health/armor at the bottom or the radar up top that shows objectives. Plus the sound is terrible, and the enemies move like they have lag. I requested a refund... EDIT: Got the refund.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Starfinder universe meets the Origin System in Operation: Orias. Grab your copy today and get an in-game code for a FREE #StarfinderSociety Glyph. Details here: wrfr.me/4qxU9T2
neutral · AI labelView post →Operation: finish all the Yakuza games in time for when the new Majima game comes out. Trying to finish Gaiden today twitch.tv/mangoloocosp...
neutral · AI labelView post →"When I got up close and actually spent some time playing the new game, it became obvious that Operation Epic Furious is a scathing commentary that also happens to be a loving tribute to classic RPGs." Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social:
neutral · AI labelView post →Dillon Brooks & Underdog teamed up to drop an ‘UNETHICAL HOOPS’ SGA Operation game 😭😭😭 I can't... 😭😭😭 #NBA
neutral · AI labelView post →YOU: Did you ever dissect a frog in Biology class? ME: No, but I played that game Operation a few times... RS
neutral · AI labelView post →Did it bother anybody else that the guy from that "Operation" game was clearly wide awake??
neutral · AI labelView post →Want a fun adventure to run for CAIN that is ALSO free just like the game is right now? How about checking out Operation Weeping Mountain, my starter adventure for CAIN about a series of terrible murders in a remote mountain town? eldjester.itch.io/operation-we...
neutral · AI labelView post →OPERATION: THE WACKY DOCTOR GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been playing Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City online multiplayer, on PS3, in 2025.
neutral · AI labelView post →My lil' dingo ❤️ (The squeaky toy is that guy from that "Operation" board game haha)
neutral · AI labelView post →Heres An Oddball In The Card Collection. From The Nintendo Power "Super Power Club, The Spy vs Spy Power Card #44 For The Gameboy Game, "Operation Boobytrap". 👉🏻TAP HERE For More MADness👇🏻 #madmagazine #spyvsspy #spyvsspysunday
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting on Reddit is like playing that old board game Operation.
neutral · AI labelView post →Music does not work, HUD is being displayed out of the screen, Enemies look uninspired and AI is dumb and even the community patches do not fix any of the issues.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my “no one but me remembers” game is Operation: Inner Space, a top-down space combat shareware game that was procedurally generated from your computer’s directory structure en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: Jair Bolsonaro is the guy they based the game Operation on
neutral · AI labelView post →Operation Squarepeg game gets on the table. New Zealanders take on the Japanese on Nissan Island. Steel Lard game one. #15mm #wargaming #spreadthelard
neutral · AI labelView post →Space Gun, Taito's gallery shooter arcade game, basically Operation Wolf....in space! www.hardcoregaming101.net/space-gun/
neutral · AI labelView post →'Operation Epic Fury' sounds like a bad free to play mobile game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today in my job: - I have been asked if I could livestream my game tasting for fellows (accidental Actual Play request) - Operation Find the Chess Sets continues (we’ve found the provenance: donation and cannot be sold ever) - “WE HAVE SWORDS?! HOW MANY SWORDS?!”
neutral · AI labelView post →sorting/moving/sending nudes is like the most delicate game of Operation on my phone
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I called the new ALIEN RPG cinematic 'Operation Leading Edge' as a homage to publishers of the original ALIENS RPG, Leading Edge Games. It suits the nature of the adventure and works as a fond throwback; even though the game system wasn't great it was my only source of ALIENS info at the time.
neutral · AI labelView post →FANZA announced R18 card battle RPG "Night Shift Nurses Online: New Operation" to release for PC and Android. The game is based on the 1999 visual novel which recently received a remake in 2024. yakin-newope.com #夜勤病棟オンライン #夜勤病棟
neutral · AI labelView post →The game Operation was a bit more brutal in the 15th century
neutral · AI labelView post →As regional treasurer of Antifa, I'm furious this leaked. Do you know how hard it was to schedule 400 burglaries around early voting, a vegan potluck, and Carol's kid's soccer game? We have one Prius. The getaway car gets 52 mpg and plays NPR. Operation postponed to Thursday.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll also note that my boss and his family were at the game and so I got to introduce my boss to my dad while my dad was dressed as the Operation man and extremely uncomfortable about that
neutral · AI labelView post →Best Friend ™️ is going to be home in about 4 hours, and he doesn't know that I'm meeting him at the airport. The latest updates on his dad are that his dad is basically a game of Operation, awake and aware but essentially a done deal. It's just a matter of time. So he's coming home.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, I have game. Operation. *buzzes* *nose lights up*
neutral · AI labelView post →this game of Operation is receiving more innovative and affordable and healthcare than me
neutral · AI labelView post →Before you waste your time reading any further, know this: it's bad. It's astonishingly, embarrassingly bad, and I don't understand why it's on Steam. You really shouldn't buy it, and the only reason to read more of this review is to see me detail all the ways that it's bad just so I can cathartically punch down at a product nobody will defend, like when a YouTuber does a review of Birdemic or something. Anyway, with that out of the way, here are my complaints about Operation: Matriarchy.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today I learned that, in 1975, Milton Bradley made a version of their hit board game Operation that was, instead, haunted treasure hunt themed.
neutral · AI labelView post →"the only game about Operation Barbarossa that somehow makes worse decisions than Operation Barbarossa"
neutral · AI labelView post →Something I didn't expect, was the HG GM Spartan (BD Squad). This instance from - I think! - Battle Operation Code Fairy. Reminds me I still need to play that game....
neutral · AI labelView post →#ASongOrMovieForAllBoardGames Talkin' 'bout My Operation
neutral · AI labelView post →It's spooky season once again, so make sure to check out my short little halloween adventure game: Operation Trick-or-Treat. Can you complete all of the levels? #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #halloween #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →***full disclosure my name is payde fore the clown. at birth, i mysteriously hatched from an egg. i don't have a mom or dad.*** thats right, all the king's horses and all the king's men have put payde fore the clown back together again, and i am indeed here with another life-altering payde fore review! how do you want to be remembered? that is what the devs of this game asked themselves. do we want to simply make another doom clone or do we want to do better? fortunately, they chose to make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First level was a lot of fun. I never had seen kicking the protagonist in a FPS game, but this game has it. I really liked how you out of nowhere get swamped by the enemy and have nowhere to take cover, Second level was something different, you keep running back and forth without finding the 3rd and final key for this level. You need 3 keys but the 3rd is nowhere to be found, so no progression is to be made. Graphics are limited by the engine used, seem simplified compared to newer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This morning at my pre-op appointment, I got injected with some radio receivers that can make noise So when they go to do my surgery, they'll be literally playing a game of Operation on me lol
neutral · AI labelView post →One of worst games that I ever played. Although graphics is not that bad but sound and gameplay are really awful. Music does not work, game has really bad voice acting and other sounds also are not any better. For example positioning of environment sounds is so bad that you will never know from where enemy shooting at you, even old Doom had much better environment sound (no kidding). Gameplay is also very bad, developers prefered quantity over quality, mostly you will have to face a horde of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a connoisseur of games that are considered "bad first-person shooters", it's been my lifeblood for the last 5 years. During the pandemic I got really into scouring the internet for FPS games that no one had ever heard of, and since then I've slowly been making my way through the list. The latest one on the chopping block is Operation: Matriarchy or Velian, its original Russian title, a game that, according to reviewers, sucks. Well I'm here to tell you that they're kinda right, but also…
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