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Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

Ikaruga is a shoot 'em up, bullet hell and arcade game developed by and published by Treasure.
Released on February 18th 2014 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 2,217 reviews of which 2,100 were positive and 117 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 8 / 7 / Vista / XP
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo / Athron64 X2
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9.0c support (256 MB VRAM)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 512 MB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c support

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April 2025
i suck at this game, but it's whole environment, gunplay and setting/story is beautiful (so is radiant silvergun).
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Feb. 2025
Incredibly difficult, but it's seminal for its innovation. From a casual perspective, your ability to play offensively or defensively with the mode switch is immediately intuitive. Also incidentally, the best concept art of any shmup -- even if it has "I'm not regret" printed on top.
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Dec. 2024
It's a little too difficult for its own good at times - I'm mostly talking about stage 4 to be honest lol - but Ikaruga holds up really well, despite how short it is! It's got a fantastic sense of style, very polished presentation and fittingly bombastic music. But msot of all, (most of) its level design is actually very clever, and pushes you to think about your next move isntead of merely dodging the many bullets, making for some sort of puzzle/shmup hybrid that's honestly pretty addictive! That, coupled with the fun scoring system, makes Ikaruga fun to play, die to, and replay over and over! Again, it only having four and a half stages and some of its design really bordering on unfair on Normal and above stops it from being one of my faves... but I'm glad I got around to beating it without unlimited continues <3 it was worth it :3
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Nov. 2024
"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore, I never die with regrets."
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Oct. 2024
"Don't worry, we will understand each other someday." I felt like this was the game talking to me, after dying for what felt like hundreds of times on my first playthrough. I took this comment to heart. I thought, maybe, if I kept playing, the game and I would end up understanding each other. Because we didn't really click at first, I misunderstood how the Energy gauge worked, I didn't even realize I could release it for an attack, I didn't interact with the chain system, I didn't bother reading about the story, didn't know the extent of the polarity mechanic; we were still strangers to each other, but I was intrigued. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I became obsessed after that first playthrough and started learning everything I could about this game. I read the story, learned about the characters, I learned about the different buddhist themes and references this game has, read up about Treasure, the connection to Radiant Silvergun, watched superplays, looked at the beautiful art (really, look at it, it's some of the best video game art out there imo). I just became enamored with how much soul this game radiated. Going from clueless to understanding the game inside and out was a transcendent experience. I have a hard time thinking about gaming experiences that were as satisfying as realizing that I could, after a few attempts of failing miserably, /survive/ and get a bunch of chains in Chapter 4, when I thought beforehand that this was utterly impossible for me. I understood what the game wanted to tell me, I understood what it asked of me, and knowing that, I was able to give it what it wanted. I finally felt in sync with Ikaruga, as if the game and I were working together, rather than against each other. I had never even enjoyed a shmup before playing this game, but it's quickly become one of my favorite games of all time. It's an infinitely replayable masterpiece, and I can't see myself getting tired of it anytime soon. It will always have a place in my heart.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Ikaruga is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam.

Ikaruga is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.99€ on Steam.

Ikaruga received 2,100 positive votes out of a total of 2,217 achieving an impressive rating of 9.03.
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Ikaruga was published by Treasure.

Ikaruga is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Ikaruga is not playable on MacOS.

Ikaruga is not playable on Linux.

Ikaruga offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Ikaruga offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Ikaruga does not currently offer any DLC.

Ikaruga does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Ikaruga supports Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Ikaruga is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Ikaruga.

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Ikaruga
9.0
2,100
117
Game modes
Features
Online players
1
Publisher
Treasure
Release 18 Feb 2014
Platforms
Remote Play