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Venture Kid

Venture Kid

Released: 5/2/2019

Take a trip down memory lane! Venture Kid - a 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes It shines with excellent level design, highly entertaining action levels, responsive controls and a great variety of bosses. Your Mission: The evil Dr. Teklov is about to build a secret weapon, disguised in his huge space fortress. Time is running out but our hero Andy stepped up to defeat him and fight his way through Teklovs minions. Join Andy and prepare yourself for a dangerous journey that demands great skill and determination. Will you succeed? - 9 action packed levels and bosses - Chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer (Retro City Rampage) - 8 unique and useful Power-Ups to help you on your quest. - Many secret areas to find and explore - Full Controller Support

Take a trip down memory lane! Venture Kid - a 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes It shines with excellent level design, highly entertaining action levels, responsive controls and a great variety of bosses. Your Mission: The evil Dr. Teklov is about to build a secret weapon, disguised in his huge space fortress. Time is running out but our hero Andy stepped up to defeat him and fight his way through Teklovs minions. Join Andy and prepare yourself for a dangerous journey that demands great skill and determination. Will you succeed? - 9 action packed levels and bosses - Chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer (Retro City Rampage) - 8 unique and useful Power-Ups to help you on your quest. - Many secret areas to find and explore - Full Controller Support

Take a trip down memory lane! Venture Kid - a 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes It shines with excellent level design, highly entertaining action levels, responsive controls and a great variety of bosses. Your Mission: The evil Dr. Teklov is about to build a secret weapon, disguised in his huge space fortress. Time is running out but our hero Andy stepped up to defeat him and fight his way through Teklovs minions. Join Andy and prepare yourself for a dangerous journey that demands great skill and determination. Will you succeed? - 9 action packed levels and bosses - Chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer (Retro City Rampage) - 8 unique and useful Power-Ups to help you on your quest. - Many secret areas to find and explore - Full Controller Support

Critics
64
Steam
84

Score Breakdown

63.9

Critic Average

15 reviews

84

Steam User Score

226 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-19.7
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-19.7

Average of both sources

Review Timing

3 early (20%)11 launch window (73%)1 late (7%)