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Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack
Action 16 June 2009
Re-edition of classic shooting. We play the role of a cowboy and fight numerous duels in the Wild West. A movie is shown on the screen, and we have to react at the right moments by killing more enemies.
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold
Action 02 July 1994
The title maintained in the convention of an interactive film ("rail shooter"). Just like in the first part of the cycle we move to the Wild West, where we play the role of a fearless cowboy.
Wild Guns: Reloaded
Action 20 December 2016
An extensive remake of Wild Guns, a classical action game that was initially released in 1994 for SNES. It was developed by Natsume in cooperation with the creators of the original. The game’s plot combines elements of western with science fiction and cyberpunk and tells the story of two protagonists: a girl named Annie, who wishes to take revenge on the Kid’s gang, and a bounty hunter, Clint, helping her. Mechanics-wise, it is a combination of arcade rail shooter and a third-person action game.
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
Action 13 October 2016
A spin-off to the well-received horror game Until Dawn. This installment is a typical rail shooter developed with PlayStation VR goggles in mind. During the game player assumes the role of a passenger of an automatically moving cart. One uses the cart to travel through various locations filled with different opponents. As per genre's tradition, the player is tasked with quick and effective elimination of everything that moves.
Rez Infinite
Arcade 13 October 2016
A refreshed version of the cult-classic rhythm game from 2001. The new edition, developed by Enhance Games studio lead by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, has been adapted to make use of virtual reality goggles, but a traditional gameplay is also available. Aside from the content present in the original game, the developers added a new location, called Area X. In Rez Infinite, the player’s task is to remove the effects of a malfunction inside an advanced AI called Eden.
Panzer Dragoon: Remake
Action 26 March 2020
Remake of the cult third-person shooter "on rails" from 1995, in which we play the role of a rider flying on the back of an armored dragon. The developer of the title, trying to recreate the look and feel of the original, is the Polish studio MegaPixel.
The House of the Dead: Remake
Action 07 April 2022
The House of the Dead: Remake is a refreshed version of the first installment of the cult rail shooter series. Once again, we play as agents Thomas Rogan and G investigating the case of mysterious disappearances and fighting against undead hordes.
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace
Action 15 July 2022
Rail shooter on the license of the movie. In DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace, as the dogs Krypto and Ace swoop over the streets of Metropolis and eliminate hosts of vile LexBots.
Panzer Dragoon: Voyage Record
Action canceled
Rail shooter which is a compilation of selected episodes from selected instalments of the Panzer Dragoon cycle. Panzer Dragoon: Voyage Record was prepared for virtual reality sets. The game is based on Unreal Engine 4 technology and the action is shown here in FPP view.
GRIDD: Retroenhanced
Action 16 May 2017
A rail shooter game developed by the independent Italian developer Antab Studio. GRIDD: Retroenhanced draws its inspirations from both cyberpunk and hacker culture of the 1980s. The player gets to assume the role of an operator of a battle ship that traverses the virtual reality with a task to bypass a computer defense system and defeat a dangerous Artificial Intelligence. During the game, one gets to sweep through procedurally generated maps and fight numerous enemies.
Ed Hunter
Action 17 May 1999
A simple FPP shootout of the genre of 'viewfinder', based on lyrics, album covers and music of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. In the game we play the role of the title detective, who was hired to find and release the mascot of the band - the popular Eddie. During the game we visit the streets of London, a psychiatric hospital, and even hell itself, eliminating enemies appearing on the screen.
Big Buck Hunter Arcade
Action 25 October 2016
An arcade first-person rail shooter developed by GameMill Entertainment. The players move automatically through a 3D environment, searching for animals and hunting them. Big Buck Hunter Arcade allows us to assume the role of a hunter who visits 30 varied hunting locations with 20 different species of animals, from small rodents, through bats or ducks, and up to large game such as moose or bears. Our actions are monitored on the fly by a special system that awards points and special badges.
DEXED
Action 26 September 2016
A rail shooter dedicated to HTC Vive headsets developed by Ninja Theory. We are given three distinct game modes – Challenge Mode, Arcade Mode, and Zen Mode. Challenge and Arcade modes focus on combat, while Zen Mode offers the ability to peacefully traverse three-dimensional environments.
Heavy Fire: Red Shadow
Action 16 October 2018
An unusual rail shooter, in which we play the role of a soldier shooting from a stationary heavy machine gun and rocket launcher in an unspecified war theatre. Heavy Fire: Red Shadow is the work of the Mastiff studio.
Chicken Range
Arcade 25 October 2018
Chicken Range is a fun action game, in which the players eliminate endless hordes of chickens using all sorts of weapons.
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill
Action 29 October 2013
A PC version of The House of The Dead: Overkill from the Wii console, where instead of a gun our weapon is the keyboard and the fun is to type in the words appearing on the screen as quickly as possible. The game is a continuation of the popular - especially on SEGI rail-shooters, which is based on elimination of zombie substitutes.
Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
Action 29 January 2013
Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear is a dynamic first person perspective shooting (FPP), which will be the responsibility of Teyon development studio. Players play the role of members of a special unit, which has the task of finding and neutralizing nuklerane missiles in enemy hands. The game is based on elements typical for the so-called "target sight".
Deer Drive: Legends
Action 29 May 2012
Deer Drive: Legends is an arcade shooter of the kind of "target sight", created by Raylight studio. The player plays the role of a hunter and travels around the globe trying to hunt animals in which scientists doubt their existence (e.g. Irish elks and woolen rhinos).
Chicken Shoot 2
Action 18 January 2012
Chicken Shoot 2 is a continuation of an arcade shootout of the "target sight" type, published in 2005. Again, the player has to face aggressive chickens that reign on a tropical island, among the pyramids and in the Land of the Cherry Blossom. The title was produced by Toontraxx studio.
Hyper Fighters
Action 14 June 2011
Hyper Fighters is an arcade aerial shooting game created by the Dutch Team6 Game studio. The action is set in the world of the future, combining the realities of science fiction and steam punk. The player plays the role of the pilot of a futuristic fighter, who has to face thousands of enemy planes, armoured vehicles and ships.
The Gunstringer: Dead Man Running
Arcade 14 December 2012
Arcade spin-off fun action game with Xbox 360 console, in which we direct the demon-possessed rule revenge cowboy-zombie. Pursued by infernal powers, our hero wanders through successive levels set in the realities of the Wild West, bypassing obstacles and taking part in shooting mini-games.
Blue Estate
Action 22 September 2014
FPS rail-shooter type, inspired by a comic book entitled Blue Estate, written by Viktor Kalvachev. The game was created by French studio HeSaw. The production is distinguished by a specific humour abounding in various kinds of absurdities. The player takes turns into the son of a mafia boss, who tries to bounce the abducted stripper, and into a mercenary trying to stop the raging war of gangs. You can play on your own or in a two-person cooperation mode.
Star Horizon
Action 20 March 2014
A rail shooter developed by Tabasco Interactive, a Polish dev studio. The player assumes the role of John, a pilot of the Federation woken from a thousand-year cryogenic sleep initiated by an artificial intelligence called Ellie during a great war against the Rebels. His task is not only to discover how the conflict ended but also to defend humanity from a new threat. At the core of Star Horizon are grand-scale space battles in which we participate sitting at the helm of a fighter.
Child of Eden
Arcade 14 June 2011
A spectacular shooter "on rails", created by the author of such hits as Rez, Meteos and Space Channel 5. In the game we move to the world of the future to save the cybernet Eden. The player's task on each of the five levels is to eliminate further enemies with two types of missiles. The production surprises with its artistic setting, perfectly matched music and the number of elements that can be unlocked while playing.