Deadbolt (video game)
2016 video game
Deadbolt is a 2016 side-scrolling stealth-action video game developed by Hopoo Games, who also created Risk of Rain and Risk of Rain 2. The game was released as a demo on April 19, 2015, and officially on Steam for Microsoft Windows on March 14, 2016. Linux and Mac OS X versions were also made available a few months later. On October 25, 2018, a version was also released for the Nintendo Switch.
Gameplay
Deadbolt is a stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the Reaper to quell the recent undead uprising. In it, players complete missions given to them by the mysterious fireplace as they become the avatar of death, with a wide arsenal of guns at their disposal.
The game centers on the player character, the Reaper, as he progresses through three sets of nine levels filled with hordes of undead that he must kill. There are four types of undead seen throughout the game: zombies, vampires, skeletons (also known as Dredged) and demons. Each set of levels is based on an undead type: the first set of nine levels focuses on zombies, the next set focuses on vampires, and the last focuses on the Dredged and demons. Although there are only four overarching enemy categories, there are over thirty-five actual enemy types.
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