Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a arcade, twin stick shooter and casual game developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision.
Released on June 18th 2007 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,012 reviews of which 915 were positive and 97 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved into these genres:

Arcade Twin Stick Shooter Casual Retro Bullet Hell Singleplayer 2D Shoot 'Em Up Indie Shooter Classic Action Psychedelic Arena Shooter Great Soundtrack Score Attack Difficult Controller

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Windows

Minimum: Windows XP, 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) CPU, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c, DirectX Video Card (128MB memory - Shader Model 2.0 support required), DirectSound-compatible sound card, 150MB free HD space, WEI Rating: 4.0 (3.0 required)

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Jan. 2025

Managed to get this working again in Win11 using these directions from Reddit: (Change the path to GeometryWars.exe below if you installed it to a non-default location) Right click --> Properties on Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved in your Steam Library In "Launch Options", paste the following: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C Start /Normal /Affinity FFFFFFFE "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Geometry Wars\GeometryWars.exe" %command%

Jan. 2025

Simple and fun. Easily recommended on any platform, including Steam Deck.

Aug. 2024

This game is PURE fun on a level that few games ever achieve. It is truly the definitive standard of twin stick shooters. I would personally rank it on the same level of arcade masterpiece as Tetris or Breakout. The only flaw I can point to is the sense of tilt when losing a life. You may go five minutes in a round without dying, but once you do, it seems guaranteed that you will die again in the next 30 seconds and your score multiplier will struggle to regain momentum. This could very well just be a skill issue. I find that it is also a crying shame that none of the original sequels other than GW3 are available on PC or any other platform than the original consoles they were released on (and GW3 is a major departure for better or worse). GW2 is everything this game is and innovates with new gameplay modes, mechanics, enemy types and stage hazards. GW Galaxies is a decent alternative to GW2 but it is stuck on the Wii. I never played the DS game and I am not aware of any others. This series deserves to sit at the top of the video game mountain with the rest of the best and this game right here is where it all started.

July 2024

very fun in short sessions. its the kind of game that once you have a high score there is not much else to do. perfect for burnig 10 minutes

May 2024

Classic and an important work in video game history. One of the first modern twin-stick shooters.

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3.99€

8.5

915

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Developer

Bizarre Creations

Publisher

Activision

Release 18 Jun 2007

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