Showgunners

Item: Showgunners
Rating: 90
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-02

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Summary

Excellent XCOM-like tactical combat
Balanced and enjoyable experience
Concise and engaging story
Low difficulty and simplistic combat
Short, repetitive, low replayability
Minor technical issues reported

Emotions

Satisfaction41%Enjoyment13%Disappointment10%Frustration6%Excitement5%

Reviews (sample size): 433
Helpful reviews: 83%
Unhelpful reviews: 17%
Protest reviews: 0%

90%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
10%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1400
Negative points: 632
Gameplay points: 538
Perf. points: 36
Rec. points: 255
Misc points: 129

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent Tactical Combat Description Players consistently praise the game's tactical turn-based combat, frequently comparing it favorably to XCOM. They highlight its engaging nature, strategic depth, and overall polish, often noting it as a strong entry or even superior alternative in the genre. Importance 97%	Players consistently praise the game's tactical turn-based combat, frequently comparing it favorably to XCOM. They highlight its engaging nature, strategic depth, and overall polish, often noting it as a strong entry or even superior alternative in the genre.	97%
Balanced & Enjoyable Experience Description The game offers a well-balanced and enjoyable experience, praised for its fair difficulty, engaging mechanics, and overall polish. Players found it to be a satisfying and worthwhile investment, often exceeding expectations for its price point. Importance 78%	The game offers a well-balanced and enjoyable experience, praised for its fair difficulty, engaging mechanics, and overall polish. Players found it to be a satisfying and worthwhile investment, often exceeding expectations for its price point.	78%
Concise & Engaging Story Description The game's story is generally well-received for being concise, engaging, and not overstaying its welcome. While often simple or predictable, its execution, pacing, and entertaining elements keep players invested without unnecessary fluff. Importance 30%	The game's story is generally well-received for being concise, engaging, and not overstaying its welcome. While often simple or predictable, its execution, pacing, and entertaining elements keep players invested without unnecessary fluff.	30%
Strong Character Progression & Design Description The character progression system is well-designed, offering meaningful upgrades and abilities without being overly complex. Players appreciate the unique skills and balanced design of each character, which encourages diverse playstyles and effective team synergies. Importance 27%	The character progression system is well-designed, offering meaningful upgrades and abilities without being overly complex. Players appreciate the unique skills and balanced design of each character, which encourages diverse playstyles and effective team synergies.	27%
Unique Game Show Setting Description The game's unique setting as a dystopian reality TV show, heavily inspired by 'The Running Man,' is a major highlight. This theme, complete with a reactive commentator, adds significant atmosphere, humor, and a fresh twist to the tactical genre. Importance 19%	The game's unique setting as a dystopian reality TV show, heavily inspired by 'The Running Man,' is a major highlight. This theme, complete with a reactive commentator, adds significant atmosphere, humor, and a fresh twist to the tactical genre.	19%
Strong Visuals & Audio Description The game's visual and audio presentation is consistently praised. This includes stylish graphics, effective art direction, high-quality voice acting (especially for the announcer), and an excellent, energetic soundtrack that enhances the overall atmosphere. Importance 18%	The game's visual and audio presentation is consistently praised. This includes stylish graphics, effective art direction, high-quality voice acting (especially for the announcer), and an excellent, energetic soundtrack that enhances the overall atmosphere.	18%
Valuable Free DLC & Late Game Description The free DLC and later game missions are highly appreciated for adding significant value, variety, and increased challenge. Players particularly enjoyed the ability to field all characters simultaneously in these expanded scenarios. Importance 17%	The free DLC and later game missions are highly appreciated for adding significant value, variety, and increased challenge. Players particularly enjoyed the ability to field all characters simultaneously in these expanded scenarios.	17%
Effective Cyberpunk Setting Description The cyberpunk setting is effectively implemented, contributing to a strong atmosphere and world-building. The accompanying soundtrack, with its rock and electronic tunes, perfectly complements this theme. Importance 16%	The cyberpunk setting is effectively implemented, contributing to a strong atmosphere and world-building. The accompanying soundtrack, with its rock and electronic tunes, perfectly complements this theme.	16%
Engaging Exploration & Puzzles Description The exploration segments between battles are well-received for providing a pleasant change of pace and adding variety to the gameplay. These sections often include simple puzzles and reward thoroughness with useful items. Importance 10%	The exploration segments between battles are well-received for providing a pleasant change of pace and adding variety to the gameplay. These sections often include simple puzzles and reward thoroughness with useful items.	10%

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