There are too many Bullet Heavens, and since people keep asking for even more recommendations, I put together a ‘living’ tier list with my favorites!
Here’s my blog post that I’ll try to keep updated with every Bullet Heaven that I like: www.wanderbots.com/blog/bullet-heaven-tier-list
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Nova drift is simply the best even if not directly comparable to the rest bullet heavens. The interesting combinations you can pull off in that game are way beyond the average scope.
Also you said that endless mode is generally bad for these games but Nova Drift only has endless mode and I think it can in fact work if done correctly!
Army of Ruin missing!
nice list. I would also add Spellbook Demonslayers to the list. it's fast and has multiple builds available.
I purchased rogue genesia after stumbling upon one of your videos and i CAN'T STOP PLAYING. The game is good. I wish my graphics card was better though, the game is quite heavy graphics wise.
I would also be interesting to have a video what makes other vampire survivor clones bad. Showing why you quickly bounced, what care attraction they miss, etc
Army of Ruin, did I miss something here? And we really need to be precise about what is twin stick and what is not twin stick. 20 minutes until dawn is twin stick. etc etc
I kinda sad when you didn't put Magic Survivor into the list, but i understand because it was such an underrated bullet hell game and it was one of my favorite game
If you love spell programming, Dice and Slice (not a bullet heaven tho) has an amazing item system that changes your character's kit. It honestly was the coolest roguelike system I've ever seen. Thanks for the Touhou review too, I never really linked D&S's system with Noita and TLS. I'm going to try them out.
The fact you didn't put Vamp Survivors at the very top is absurd to me. You considered it 'mid'. Honestly this tier list is mid
If I had no context looking at this list, I'd think 'bullet purgatory' was your F tier.
But special recognition for nova drift and Touhou library is well deserved.
They need to make a bullet heaven Doom
Sorry Wander, but clicked off as soon as you placed Vampire Survivor lol.
Striving For Light, Crimson Dawn, Gunlocked, Doomsday Fodder and Outer Terror are missing in the list, but otherwise again a great video from the mighty Wanderbot.
Very happy to see you make this video.
Since I found your channel I've grown more and more appreciative of your analysis of the video games as a whole.
Big fan of the bullet heaven genre thanks to you as well so this video felt great.
I'm just curious about the last time you played Spirit Hunters.
I found it thanks to you, play it regularly and I feel like the game evolved quite a bit since its first form. The talent tree nodes are a lot cheaper, more diverse and there even are new maps and heroes (with specific abilities now) So I just hope that one day in your crazy busy schedule you get the chance to try it again.
Loved this video ^_^
What do you think about Magic Survival, the actual predecessor of this genre?
I've been playing a new one called Halls Of Torment and i recommend it! It has an early Diablo aesthetic that I like. It's very early in it's development so there's some bugs but none of them have been game breaking. I'm really enjoying the demo for it
I really appreciate this longer form showcase of bullet heavens. I picked up GunSuit Guardians & added a few more to my wish list thanks to you.
I Like the Visual Style of Soulstone Survivors. The Roadmap looks promising. And I can't wait for Rogue Soulstone. Hopefully it will be as good as Soulstone Survivors.
Congratulations 🎉
On Spirit Hunters – I bought it early-on and I really bounced-off-it – I thought it was slow-paced/frustrating and the upgrade tree was a mess.
I went back about 2 weeks ago as it'd had a few updates and BOY OH BOY is it a MUCH better game – they're upped the pace (more than once) and they've tidied-up the tree. You still can't respec (as they intend you to take EVERYTHING – but I still think you should be able to) and there are some weird bits which need tidying but it's a MUCH MUCH better game than it was…
Thanks for putting our game Road to Madness on your list! ❤ Working on it! 😊
boneraiser minions does difficulty so well. and build strength progression alongside meta mechanics. gosh, now THAT is a great game.
Thanks for including repetendium in the list 🙂 The game does actually run well on steamdeck from what some players have told me but im still waiting on steam to actually get the game steamdeck verified as I think they focus on verifying the really popular games first.
Surprised to see that 'Army of Ruin' isn't on here. I think the presentation on that game is one of the best. The gameplay beats out some of these too. If you do ever update Wander, could you include this one on there. I'd like to see what you thought of it!
"It's a weird one" is a glowing review, considering what we're going for with Picayune Dreams 😉
I have high hopes that the end product is going to surpass any expectations that were set during the Next Fest demo!
If Atomic Picnic is a Bullet Heavens, are Risk of Rain 1 and 2 Bullet Heavens as well ? I think you can argue for a yes on this one, so I'd add RoR1 and RoR2 to the list
Since you add some edge cases to the list, would SNKRX be featured as well ? It's FLERP but Snake instead of Tower Defense (and the OST is really flow inducing and great overall, by Kubbi)
About Voidscrappers dodge builds, there's also dodge builds in 20Min until Dawn and in Bounty of One, I don't know which came up with first, but it's a fun way to build in each title
hey wander bot vampure servors is geting is seconud dlc in the next two weeks for even more contenct for like roughtly 2$ usd.
We are lucky to work with Brotato, 20 Minutes till Dawn, Star Survivor and Spellbook Demonslayers, thank you for making this super cool video!