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Bartlow S Dread Machine
42BANG SCORE

Bartlow's Dread Machine

Skip · Shooter · 2020

Light on value at this price: $5.99, 80% positive.

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The verdict

Better value than 79% of Shooter games

An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.

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Price
$5.99
Reviews
80%
92 reviews
Metacritic
70
critic score
Released
2020
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Critics vs players+10
Critics
70
Players
80
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 92 Steam player reviews
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DeveloperBeep Games, Inc.
PublisherBeep Games, Inc.
GenreShooter
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Bartlow's Dread Machine
$5.99
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