Bullets & Brains
In Bullets and Brains, you’ll find yourself immersed in a sprawling post-apocalyptic environment, teeming with engaging atmosphere and danger at every turn. As one of the last survivors, it’s up to you to navigate through the desolate streets, abandoned buildings, grimy alleyways, but also forests, sewers and even snowy mountains, fighting off waves of relentless zombies.
But fear not, for you possess a powerful advantage. Collect brains and energy and keep on leveling up! These items will boost your character’s abilities, enabling you to unleash devastating attacks and turn the tide of battle in your favor.
Bullets and Brains offers you the choice of different characters to play as. Each of them has a unique appearance, stats and starting weapon.
Are you afraid of fighting alone? Group up with another survivor and do everything you can to keep each other alive! The more the merrier, right? Co-op Mode is all you need to have even more fun while battling against hordes of zombies.
The game supports both mouse and keyboard as well as gamepad, allowing you to play the way you like best. Feel the precision as you aim down sights or go for a more dynamic and fast-paced experience.
The choice is yours, and the outcome depends on your skill and strategy.
As you fight your way through the zombie-infested city, rack up scores and strive to earn high ratings.
Are you ready to face the hordes of brain-hungry zombies in the chaotic post-apocalyptic landscape? Grab your weapons, brace yourself, and embark on the ultimate battle for survival in Bullets and Brains. The fate of humanity rests in your hands.
● Choose between many distinctive characters, each with their own starting weapon.
● Explore a sprawling post-apocalyptic environment, filled with atmospheric locations and hidden secrets.
● Engage in intense top-down 3D shooter combat against never-ending hordes of brain-hungry zombies.
● Group with last survivors to protect each other in mayhem battles – Bullets
and Brains offers a co-op mode!
● Collect brains in order to level up and energy that grants powerful abilities, allowing you to unleash devastating attacks.
● Experience the game with your preferred control scheme, supporting both mouse and keyboard as well as gamepad.
● Test your survival skills against endless waves of undead
● Enjoy the fast-paced action and dynamic gameplay that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
● Unleash your strategic thinking and skillful aim to overcome the relentless zombie onslaught.
● Adapt your tactics and loadouts to suit different enemy types and encounter two new challenging foes.
● Uncover hidden collectibles and unlock bonus content as you progress through the game.
● Engage in thrilling and satisfying gunplay, with a wide range of weapons and explosives at your disposal.
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
Even though this feels like a mobile game port, it's really well done for what it is. There are a few bugs at the moment with the current version of Steam as of this review (controller type setting not saving, some achievements bugged, game launching), but at least the game not launching can be remedied with a workaround until it's patched. If you can't launch the game thru Steam, click the .exe file and this should correct the problem permanently for you after one time. The others I listed will require a patch though.
Gameplay gets a little stale after a while, since it's very repetitive without there being enough variation as you progress. However, there's a considerable amount of content to unlock. Just keep in mind that a lot of it (like the meta progression and skill upgrades) are very basic. The skills are nearly identical to the demo (if not exactly the same), and there isn't anything unique in the meta progression to get excited about. There are also some cosmetics you can unlock in the form of hats for each character.
The main driver for game play variety comes from the characters you unlock. There are approximately 10 of them. Each has their own weapon and special attack, and they can all dash. There's also a large map with a number of graphically different environments - just don't expect much in terms of an impact to the actual game play from them. They're really just how the game extends its content. You'll be doing the same exact thing in each map: completing a basic objective and then surviving for a certain amount of time.
There's also a training area for each gun, which provides rewards based on achieving gold, silver or bronze. Anything above bronze unlocks the gun to become available in each round's skill pool. While this may appear to be a positive, it really just artificially inflates the game's content and will ultimately water down your skill pool.
Once all of the maps have been completed and all unlocks obtained, there isn't really anything new left to do. You simply repeat the maps again on a higher difficulty. Each map also has an endless mode, which the game refers to as an "end game"....so you simply just survive as long as possible. I did not see any leader boards for this, but they may end up adding that down the road.
Overall, if you're content with repeating the same exact objectives across multiple maps, the game play is pretty fun. The visuals are clean, the controls are very responsive with manual aim and the game performed well for me (apart from the issues above). I'm on a higher end rig though (13900k/4090), so this may vary.
Also, my demo progress automatically carried over into the full game without any manual intervention, which was nice to see.
Steam User 2
“Bullets & Brains is an absolute blast! This fast-paced top-down shooter delivers fluid, responsive controls, stylish visuals, and pulse-pounding zombie mayhem. Whether you’re charging solo or teaming up in co-op, the gameplay feels sharp and endlessly satisfying. The art style pops, the weapons feel impactful, and the addictive upgrade system keeps you pushing forward.
Steam User 1
It's a great couch coop and single player experience. I love arcade style shooters and the design of the game really vibes with me. Great game, highly recommend.
Steam User 2
Really enjoying the simplicity and adrenaline-packed character of this game. Snappy movement and controls provide instant gratification and loads of fun. Different settings, game modes, many weapons and upgrades make sure it doesn't get repetitive.
Looking forward to trying the co-op mode.
Pure fun!
Steam User 1
So far I find the game very entertaining! I've played it with my boyfriend in local coop and we really enjoyed it. It has simple but engaging mechanics. I recommend!
Steam User 1
A wonderful action-packed game, the gameplay feels fluid and is rewarding. Great game to sit back and blow out some zombie brains.
The Art is great, the nice color palette brings a brighter tone to the setting.
Steam User 2
I don’t usually play this genre, but this game is just fun.
Gunplay feels great, tons of content, and it kept me playing. Small team pulled off something really solid here.
Graphics are beautiful, and some of the NPC dialogue actually made me laugh.
Easy recommend.