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Yar's Revenge
Developer Killspace Entertainment
Yar's Revenge is a rail shooter video game developed by Killspace Entertainment and published by Atari. It is a reboot of Yars' Revenge, the original Atari's 1982 shooter for the Atari 2600. It was released for the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade and Windows in April 2011. The game reinterprets the original's setting and characters, adopting anime graphics and making the formerly insectoid Yar species into… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
156 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
59
Mixed
37 positive · 26 negative
95% range 46–70%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 25 | 3 | 52 |
| Steam reviews | 37 | 26 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
39 of 66 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 38 yes, 26 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 64 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (58 of 88 positive).
Players find it a decent on-rails shooter reminiscent of Panzer Dragoon. [1][2][3] Many complain about poor controls and technical issues. [4][5][6] Some say it has little connection to the original Atari game. [1][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Absolutely horrible controls! As a big on-rails shooter fan, I was looking forward to this, but it just plays so badly. Some interesting ideas, and it looks pretty good. I'd say one of the worst aspects, even if only a subtle one, is the player and the on-screen gameplay feel... kind of detatched, as if the player doesn't exist in the same world, almost as if it's simply a video in the back ground that you can …
- [6]
Nice music, great visual style, runs smooth. The. Worst. Controls. Ever. for a rail shooter. Shudder... Worth it if you're absolutely die-hard about rail shooters or you have fond memories of playing Yar's Revenge on the Atari 2600. Otherwise, leave it be.
- [9]
Some ancient Atari game about a bug that kills a big round thing became a shoot em up about a female 4-handed mech suit pilot? What's next, the Legend of Zelda with Link wearing only his pants? Oh wait.. The game is actually decent, I have fun playing with it, and the controls are ok The graphics are so simplistic that the game could probably run on the original DS. (Not necessarily a bad thing). The levels are big …
- [11]
This is a pretty good distraction to keep you busy for around an hour if you're into shooters, and a GREAT re-imagining of the original story to Yar's Revenge. This is a dual-analog on-rails shoot-em-up that's easy to pick up. The soundtrack is actually really good. Alas, I don't think this game is worth $10. Be sure to keep an eye on it during the Steam sales, though.
- [15]
A great game that is disappointingly short. It has 6 missions that will take you from 1&1/2 to 2 hours. When it ended I was really pissed off that it was over so quickly because I was enjoying it so much. It really isn't even worth saying anything else because there is barely even a game here but I will end on a few things. You CANNOT play this with mouse because of really bad mouse acceleration so have a gamepad …
Summarised from 34 of the 149 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
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Yar's Revenge talk about fun gameplay for fans of rail shooters; those who didn't talk about terrible controls, especially with mouse. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received an aggregate score of 55/100 for the Xbox 360 version and 56/100 for the Windows version on Metacritic, indicating mixed or average reviews. Matt Miller of Game Informer rated the game 7.5/10 points, calling it "competent", but held back from greatness by lack of enemy variety or variation in level design. Describing its story as "eclectic and oddly philosophical", he said that the adaptation's strangeness made it interesting. However, he noted that after the first couple of levels, the game became monotonous, and that it did not match the quality of other well-known rail shooters. Jon Michael of IGN rated the game 6/10 points, saying poor voice acting would have been…
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Reactions
60 of 156 · most liked firstIn the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely horrible controls! As a big on-rails shooter fan, I was looking forward to this, but it just plays so badly. Some interesting ideas, and it looks pretty good. I'd say one of the worst aspects, even if only a subtle one, is the player and the on-screen gameplay feel... kind of detatched, as if the player doesn't exist in the same world, almost as if it's simply a video in the back ground that you can vaguely interact with. All in all it's just kind of mediocre. I knew it was going…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some ancient Atari game about a bug that kills a big round thing became a shoot em up about a female 4-handed mech suit pilot? What's next, the Legend of Zelda with Link wearing only his pants? Oh wait.. The game is actually decent, I have fun playing with it, and the controls are ok The graphics are so simplistic that the game could probably run on the original DS. (Not necessarily a bad thing). The levels are big but somewhat few. In order to make the game fullscreen, change resolution and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →I could write a screenplay based on Adventure. Or Berzerk. or even Centipede. but not Yar's Revenge though. that game is like an acid trip.
negative · AI labelView post →Starting the game might be very daunting... Clunky controls, problems with high resolutions, running in fullscreen mode and some other minor bugs. On the contrary gameplay is not bad as it resembles arcade style rail shooters where you dodge from incoming bullets and such. Levels are fun to play as you fly through different environments. Boss fights are entirely different each and might get quite tough. Graphic is not the greatest now and textures are rather blurry. Music and sounds are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sub par game? I really have to ask what kind of gamers are out there. I grew up playing panzer dragoon on the sega dreamcast. I been around gaming almost since it's infancy. Now a days it's about first person shooters anything else is subpar. What a shame. If you liked games like panzer dragoon or panzer dragoon orta you'll like Yar's Revenge. Rip off of original Yar's Reveng. Nothing to do with the original. Thank goodness. The original does not look this good nor play this well. To compare…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a pretty neat game, but suffers from one flaw that is driving me balls. You can invert controls for aiming, but NOT for flying. I feel like I'm trying to rub my belly and pat my head while shooting hordes of bugs. I really wanted to enjoy this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has nothing to do with the Atari classic other than the name. The name was just used to sell a sub-par game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First video game you REMEMBER PLAYING: a RadioShack version of Pong FINISHED: Yar's Revenge PLAYED WITH A FRIEND: Impossible Mission WERE IMPRESSED BY THE GRAPHICS: Defender of the Crown FELL IN LOVE WITH: Jumpman
neutral · AI labelView post →In the final battle of Yar's Revenge, the game's code scrolls by on screen! Retro Game Mechanics does their best to see if they can extract the whole game - just based on what the game, itself, shows you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yars Revenge Yar’s Revenge is by no means a bad game but it is neither a very exciting game. Looking at some of the images and trailers, I click the add in cart button on impulse. The 60% discount on a already cheap game also just made that temptation impossible to resist. I was hoping that it will transport me back to the Panzer Dragoon moments of old. A time I was busy experimenting which games can work on my old PC from 1997 which seem to struggle with the then wow graphics. As with my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As is typical on-rails shooter one can expect , honestly its more than that. If it is not the first time your entrance in the Yar's revenge franchise, then it definitely is your kinda game. Honestly, gameplay is simple as alien shooter and you control yar's to take your revenge on the colonies of insects. The final queen's boss is Queen ratkamalina. It comes with mere 6 levels with not more than 15 minutes of gameplay per level. But still if you wanna get that comical feeling of what lies ahead…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice music, great visual style, runs smooth. The. Worst. Controls. Ever. for a rail shooter. Shudder... Worth it if you're absolutely die-hard about rail shooters or you have fond memories of playing Yar's Revenge on the Atari 2600. Otherwise, leave it be.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way back when, when we would play the game we would listen to the Yar's Revenge record. youtu.be/6gYgap6r424?...
neutral · AI labelView post →every retro game is called Gribbly's Day Out or Yar's Revenge
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a Star Raiders, Haunted House, and Yar's Revenge game that I thought were effectively lost. Now, I'm not saying that they're good. Just that this weird branch of media properties that effectively vanished are now out there. store.steampowered.com/app/99120/Ya...
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, at work, losing the Alphabet Game with video games: A game that starts with Y but isn't Ys, Yooka Laylee, Yakuza, You Don't Know Jack, or Yar's Revenge... I can't think of anything! Co-workers: Okay, you lose a point. Skip! Me, at home: .........................Yoshi's Story. 😐
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a pretty good distraction to keep you busy for around an hour if you're into shooters, and a GREAT re-imagining of the original story to Yar's Revenge. This is a dual-analog on-rails shoot-em-up that's easy to pick up. The soundtrack is actually really good. Alas, I don't think this game is worth $10. Be sure to keep an eye on it during the Steam sales, though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute little rail shooter. 6 short levels but fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun rail 3D rail shooter, with a bit of challenge. I read some of the negative reviews say either 'controller is bad' or 'just a typical rail shooter'. 1: possibly cos they are using a typical PC gaming control setting to play this non-PC game making it difficult. 2: they never played Panzer Dragoon, hence why they think its a House of the Dead clone. Though the control setting doesn't have the settings for game pad but its easy to learn after you know the buttons, not difficult. Been…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We picked up a crt today from an older lady. The static is because of the atari's cable. We almost bought a 2600+ today and this was definitely the better choice. Gameplay is frogger but kanny has been playing Yar's Revenge and shouting and having a good time. She said yar is the best Atari game.
positive · AI labelView post →Yar's Revenge (Remaster) - Wow, I mean wow, I have never taken to disliking a game right off the the get-go, but wow, I can honestly say this feels WRONG in every sense of word. The installation and configuration seemed real, for lack of a better, unrefined, literally to get into the configurations it brings up a command line interface, which just screams to me someone did not think this through. In game experience is just as bad, graphics are not too bad, concept seems off from Yar's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is actually a fairly fun game. Honestly I only bought it because I owned an Atari 2600 as a kid and had Yar's Revenge for that system, and wanted to see what an update / sequel would possibly be like so many years later. It doesn't seem all that related to the original, actually. I mean the story is, very very vaguely, similar, but other than that -- different gameplay, different feel, different tone, different everything. The original was just a masterpiece. It'd be nice if this contained…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My one in box Atari game, Yar's Revenge! #retrogaming #atari2600 #yarsrevenge #cib #atarigame
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is pretty easy, but relaxing. I'm not sure if I would recommend it if you aren't a fan of the original. If you beat it, you can read the original "Qotile Ultimatum" comic book as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →someone conceived during a particularly steamy game of Yar's Revenge has now been old enough to be elected president for 7 years
neutral · AI labelView post →Atari games I love. Finding my uncle's old Atari is a big part of what got me into retro gaming, so I'm always happy to talk about a system that I think goes underdiscussed in retro spaces. There are definitely some games that have aged less gracefully than others, but theres also a lot of fun to be had with the system. RIVER RAID  First up is my #1 favorite Atari game. The systems are pretty simple, shoot…
neutral · AI labelView post →Yar's Revenge is a remake of the original 2600 classic Atari game. Which is...nothing like the original game. It's a rail shooter similar to Kid Icarus Uprising flying scenes. Controls are overall okay. Game is medicore at best and some of the hit detection on yourself and foes are somewhat "off". I think that what really hurt this game is that was too short and it's story. The game has a bland medicore story but the problem with the story is it shown while in the game play itself. Which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminds me of the types of shooting games you play at an arcade where you shoot what's on the screen but all the movement is handled for you. Not nearly enough build up with training of the tools available, confusing story, and is pretty boring after only a little while. I'm sure the author had great intentions and great ideas but just did not convey them very well at all. Save yourself the money and skip this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Yar's Revenge LP record had music and an audio story that dramatised the game, and it was actually a banger for 7 year old me. Could easily make that a kids film. If not go all gritty reboot for a PG-13 story...
positive · AI labelView post →Name a game that most of today's kids haven't heard of Yar's Revenge
neutral · AI labelView post →It's Yar's Revenge, for Game Boy Color! Telegames was an odd company, largely existing to carry on support for dead American consoles like the Atari 2600, Colecovision, and Jaguar. Perhaps the Atari connection explains the decision to make a brand new Yars remake in 1999. #randomgamesaturday
neutral · AI labelView post →A pretty standard on rails 3D shooter. Really nothing too exciting here. Listed as a co-op game but I did not find co-op options anywhere. Maybe I have to play it longer to unlock them, but trust me - not gonna invest that much time. 5/10 Standard fair shooter.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a nightmare to even get running on a clean install of Win7 64 bit. Lots of fooling around and manually installing old DirectX packages. When it did work between crashes, it played like a weird game that seemed hacked together to satisfy marketing agreements. I know that sounds crazy but when you play the game, its clear that not a lot of time went into developing any aspect of the game experience including art, sound, story, gameplay, etc. It seems that probably more than one company…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pain in the ass to set up at first, but once it's finished it's actually kinda fun. It's no Panzer Dragoon, though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite Atari 2600 games was Yar's Revenge; a pretty simple shooter but compelling. The game even game with a comic book explaining the specie's origin and their evolution into the modern Yars warrior.
positive · AI labelView post →plays well on deck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did you like Panzer Dragoon on the Sega Saturn. If yes, this game might be something for you. It has a rather high difficulty level but is fun nevertheless
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's some mostly small game suggestions I wrote up for a hidden gems thread elsewhere :) #### Yes I Know I Play a Lot of Roguelites: * [Cavity Busters](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084220/Cavity_Busters/) ($4.49, -70%) -- Top-down roguelite with a lot of engaging action play and a weird "toothpunk" theme * [RAM Random Access Mayhem](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256450/RAM_Random_Access_Mayhem/) ($8.99, -40%) -- Top-down roguelite where you don't have a character but jump…
neutral · AI labelView post →I tell you what kind of game I'd like to make: A new take on Yar's Revenge. I really like that mechanic where you eat the target's shield to fuel the weapon you use to destroy it. Maybe that, combined with a general Galaga-type shooter?
positive · AI labelView post →I only have one complete in box Atari game in my collection, Yar's Revenge! #atari2600 #8bitgaming #retrogaming #yarsrevenge #80sgaming
neutral · AI labelView post →The very classic Yar's Revenge for the 2600 Simple math says I've been playing this game straight for 43 years now. Jiminy Criickets!
positive · AI labelView post →A new Retro Game Mechanics Explained: Reverse Engineering Game Code from the Neutral Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HSjJU562e8 #RetroGaming #YarsRevenge #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →I have such a weird love for Pac-Man and ET. I know they're complete trash (ET way more so than Pac-Man), but I just can't help but love them. If someone asked me what the best 2600 games are, I would probably rattle off Yar's Revenge, Pitfall, Kaboom, etc. But if someone asked me what my *favorite* 2600 games are, ET and Pac-Man would totally be on the list.
positive · AI labelView post →Yar's Revenge is the best. Your ship in the game (represented by about 8 blocky pixels) is apparently a robot-fly holding a minigun:
positive · AI labelView post →Crappy controls and you can't change them
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game that is disappointingly short. It has 6 missions that will take you from 1&1/2 to 2 hours. When it ended I was really pissed off that it was over so quickly because I was enjoying it so much. It really isn't even worth saying anything else because there is barely even a game here but I will end on a few things. You CANNOT play this with mouse because of really bad mouse acceleration so have a gamepad ready. It works flawlessly with my xbox 360 pad. The game wouldn't save my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only 2600 game I have complete in box is Yar's Revenge. If I was to get a second one it would definitely be Adventures Of Tron! #retrogaming #atari2600 #adventuresoftron
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks! It definitely elevates a game of Yar's Revenge.
positive · AI labelView post →Age verification? I used to ride a 10X30 skateboard until I went home and played Yar's Revenge. That game still kicks ass
positive · AI labelView post →I'm pretty sure that my first game was Defender for the Atari 2600, but it is hard to say as I was really young. Could have been Yar's Revenge or Combat.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've had this game for awhile and finally sat down and beat it. As someone who loves a good on-rails shooter, I had fun. The game is brief and can be completed in a single sitting. The game's six levels have some interesting scenery. The motion comic that provides the narrative looks great. Enemies lack variety and the action and boss battles are really an endurance test and are tiresome. I also struggled to find a real connection to the original Yars' Revenge. This is a shame. That…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly. 2600 joysticks were kind of crap. Better than the TI-99/4A ones I had on the computer we got! My father's favorite game was Yar's Revenge. Such a fun game. And he got kinda good at it. Beat me all the time!
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