Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
Fair · Shooter · 2015
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $0.79. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $0.40/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 405 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1004 MB of memory, 1GB, 82 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
81 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.79 at 84 percent off still sits 61 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 78 percent of its genre. ZeroRanger ($11.99, scores 75) outscores it, and so does Jamestown ($9.99, scores 78). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 263 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 81 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
66% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Inspired by Space Invaders Infinity Gene , this lovechild from Tetsuya Mizoguchi's Rez and Kenta Chao's rRootage surpass in each of its 5 minutes songs the dazzling intensity found in an entire Cave shmup Heavily influenced in its design philosophy by Tetsuya Mizoguchi's magnum opus Rez , HyperSpace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a love letter to abstract japanese shmups such as Kenta Chao's cult classic rRootage or...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a truly outstanding arcade shmup that finds the perfect balance between precision shooting, strategy, and trippy chaos. Well worth the small asking price. Dim the lights, crank up the volume and get comfortable with a controller, and enjoy the awesome experience. Essentially, in this schmup, you only need the left stick and a button. Shooting is on auto, so all you gotta do...
Ye gawds, my poor mortal eyes. Okay, so you move all around the screen and crank up your score multiplier without touching enemy fire or ramming a baddie. You gain some powerups and there are several different "ships" to pick from with varying shot types. So, I am terribly fond of "shooters"(I'm antediluvian, so I call the other games "FPS's"), even though I suck at them. I like to think I'm somewhat forgiving of...
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Cite this score
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/397690/hyperspace-invaders-ii-pixel-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.