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Tiger Heli

Bitwave Games · Clear River Games · 2024-02-01

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 1986 (Family Computer), Sep 1987 (Nintendo Entertainment System)

Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!

65%
positive of 23 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)
Tiger-Heli is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and released as an arcade video game in 1985 in Japan by Taito and North America by Romstar. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was published in 1986. It is the first entry in the Tiger series and the first shoot 'em up from Toaplan. The player controls the Tiger attack helicopter fighting against enemies. The helicopter is equipped with missiles that can hit targets and bombs that destroy any enemy and their bullets within range.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 86% of 12,170 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API Support

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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