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Hyper Sentinel

Four5Six Pixel · Huey Games · 2018-05-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 11, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 11, 2018 (Mac), TBD (Android), May 11, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 11, 2018 (Linux)

A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.

84%
positive of 70 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (167 ratings)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 27,647 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GamersGate (2023-07-10) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 17 of 38 observed days · $6.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.26$0.602018-05-112026-10-112018-05-11 — best price $13.492018-08-13 — best price $12.782018-11-19 — best price $5.092019-01-10 — best price $3.742019-04-18 — best price $3.752019-07-22 — best price $14.992019-10-02 — best price $14.992019-12-10 — best price $14.992020-01-20 — best price $2.992020-03-23 — best price $1.362020-05-11 — best price $2.992020-08-10 — best price $1.202020-10-15 — best price $2.992020-12-14 — best price $7.992021-03-04 — best price $7.992021-04-01 — best price $1.352021-04-26 — best price $7.992021-06-02 — best price $6.692021-07-19 — best price $7.992021-10-05 — best price $6.692021-11-30 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $7.992022-04-05 — best price $5.872022-05-26 — best price $6.692022-08-15 — best price $0.792022-12-19 — best price $1.192023-03-27 — best price $0.792023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-10-02 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $3.192024-04-19 — best price $2.582024-07-29 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $0.872025-03-12 — best price $7.992025-08-11 — best price $0.662026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-06-13 — best price $7.092026-10-11 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Player tags

IndieRetroActionArcadeFast-PacedBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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