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Gearshifters
Developer Red Phantom Games
An arcade-action vehicle combat game with rogue-lite progression. Drift, blast, and outdrive your enemies across a war-torn Europe. Upgrade your car with powerful weapons and mods, survive deadly delivery missions, and challenge insane mega-machine bosses. From the Steam store page
110 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
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82 positive · 23 negative
95% range 69–85%
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| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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5 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
131 of 159 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 110 · most liked firstEarly impressions, since new games new reviews. If you like the look of the videos, then you should like the game. No big disappointments waiting, at least in what I've seen so far. The idea of doing a side scrolling shoot 'em up but with cars on a road is neat, and not something I've seen done in a long time. It's like a modern Spy Hunter (the arcade game, not the later console ones) turned on its side. I half expected it to control like R-Type and for the cars to just be a "skin" on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not recommending this game because of its advertising as a roguelite game. It is hardly a roguelite experience in any practical meaning of the word, unless you define a roguelite simply as a hard game where you die a lot. Opinions may differ there, but for someone who's looking at this game with similar expectations to what I had, hopefully this can answer some burning questions. Randomness: No significant randomness in enemy variety: each "zone" out of the 6 I played features some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an amazing shoot 'em up with a heavily customizable car and explosions everywhere! After playing the demo version for a long time, I can already say that this is one of my favorite games this year. It's just that nearly nobody seems to know about this gem. Remember the classic arcade game Spy Hunter? Then get this game! If not, maybe these selling points will work for you: 1) Diagonal shooting by putting your car half-sideways feels and looks so cool! (That's one of the many very fun…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not good at all. The visuals and concept of the game are good, but the level design, bosses, and core mechanics of the game are just incredibly bland, boring, slow, and easy. I tried story mode for about an hour and made it to the boss of the 3rd stage out of 8. Died because I didn't understand what i was supposed to do, then needed to replay the entire 5+ minute stage before it. Made it to the boss, died again. Repeat that 1 more time. Said ♥♥♥♥ this and went to boss rush mode and cleared…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Opening/ Information Reading a review is not enough? Want to see some footage? Check the link and watch some game footage for yourself and decide if this game is worth your time: https://youtu.be/HMC8RlysYdw And there I am again, playing Power Rangers battle of the Grid and wondering how people can love a game where the enemy AI can stun lock you in a 120 Hit Combo. There this game pops up. "Gear Shifters" and first images of Fast and Furious come up again, you remember when half of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game, looks nice, plays nice, but NOT a rogue-anything. Progression is linear campaign based with little character interactions between missions. If you fail a mission you just have to replay the same mission again, and all progress is carried over. This is not a run based game, rather just an oldschool 90's style game. So replayability is probably rather limited once you complete the campaign, an actual rogue-lite mode would have been a nice addition. Like a lot of games like this,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute game but flawed. its a nice spyhunter wannabee. sadly the enjoyment will not come until you unlock abilities and i don't get this as the beginning game is outright bad so bad they made it so you can negate all damage. i need to ask, why? most people check out within 30min so why lock the best stuff behind hours of gameplay and even then the game is just ok? then there's thing like having only 2 weapons that can fire behind you (you do get an ability for this) and there is only 1 weapon to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GrindingGears Gameplay - The gameplay is fun but sadly way to grindy, having to start the same race over and over becomes boring, Ultra Wide Support - Nope Error's/Bug's - Didn't encounter any but i only have 1.6 hours on it. Recommended Price - 9.99€ would be enough, 19.99€ is way to much. Conclusion Fun top down racing/shooting game with some good ideas but the grind takes away the fun after some little time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems like a mobile game that tried steam. Some things to like but the grind isn't good.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was initially super-excited for this game back when it was first announced. So much so, that I immediately pre-ordered the collector's edition on Switch. What a mistake that was... The whole premise reminds me a bit of Car Wars, the tabletop vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games. The problem is, Gearshifters appears to be more fun than it really is. You'll quickly become familiar with the grind as well as the limitations. The “customizability” reminded me of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you remember Spy Hunter from the golden days of arcades - its Peter Gunn theme by Henry Mancini - will enjoy this game. At first you would hope to behold more of a free-form open world structure, but the linear mission structure works well, especially after you've taken a few cracks at runs. You can attempt runs as often as you like until you make it through, and even if you get destroyed, you can build up money and blueprints for improvements to your vehicle. Real improvements of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is Fantastic! I played the demo before and loved it, so I knew the full game was going to be a treat. I know roguelite is becoming quite a common genre now, but it works perfectly with this game. It is so much fun having to play and earn the upgrades which then in turn make the game that little bit easier each time you play. That for me is the perfect way to get you playing and keep you engaged. This game is a perfect mix of a classic shoot em up while driving a car and dodging…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎁 TINY CAR GAMES GIVEAWAY ▶️ store.steampowered.com/curator/4602... To celebrate the Tiny Car Games Event & Bundle we are giving away a few keys: 1x #DRIVE Rally 1x Gearshifters 1x SCHROTT 1x Gears of Glory To Enter: ⭐ Reply with the game you want! Winners announced on Monday 04, 12PM GMT.
unlabelledView post →TL;DR: Starts off pretty fun, the bossfights are also neat, but at some point you just hit a grind wall where nothing feels effective anymore, the "rogue-lite" elements are horribly implemented and the campaign "missions" feel like a joke, get if for 50% off at most and be prepared for banging your head against a wall In detail ranting: First off, making your progression items drop with random blueprints that are sometimes locked behind each other, so you unlock stuff that is then locked…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a solid arcade shoot em up with cars. Takes me back to the older gen of shoot em ups with good upgrades and decent boss fights. Story didn't feel necessary but I guess you could say it "drives" the narrative. heheh.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing a TON of "death skid marks," I was ready for another great car combat shooting game. This scratched that itch for about an hour, then I saw everything the game has to offer. The roguelike elements don't change the game up enough to make it worth playing and replaying. You run "missions" to deliver a macguffin, which gets you money and gets you the next level of gun, which doesn't look or feel different from your last one, except kills the enemies faster. Every run feels the same.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun little arcade game. Everything is done well enough, and you'll probably get a few hours of fun out of this one before the gameplay starts feeling repetitive. My only real complaint is that there isn't much depth to the game. If you play this for one hour you'll see 90% of what this game has to offer. That's not a bad thing, but I think the game is about 30% more expensive than it should be. If it looks like fun, put it on your wishlist and buy it on a sale. It's worth it, just not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is such a good shoot em up. My head. Beautiful to look at and lightly roguelike in a nice way (you do runs that you may or may not complete, but you get to bring all your loot back to customize your car at your HQ). Good job, Gearshifters devs. I love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My only complaint about the game is that the cost is a bit high for the content provided. Apart from that this game is excellent. The movement, enemies and weapons all feel exceptionally well tuned and all the visuals feel polished. The games main loop is also just fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing indie gem! Story is 1/10 but the rest is darn amazing : Combat racing with very stuff to unlock. Wow, since ,Death_Skid_Marks and Renegade Ops that i did have so much fun. Thanks Devs. PS: If you are unsure about this game buy it on sale. To Devs: I want more content, make Dlc's expansions, anything. Just do it :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aliens exist. Nothing else can explain the existence of the key layout used in the game. Arrows - move R - Fire main weapon F - Fire secondary weapon V - Use device RShift - powerslide Enter - spin \ - Hand brake / - Turn around Somebody looked at the keyboard and said "Yep, that's the best keys".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is gold for shoot 'em up side scroller fans! Reminds me of good old NES times with such games as Super Spy Hunter or Road Fighter! Ahh good old games!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Written By Hidden Gems Review : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38624426/, Follow me! You can see my Gameplay here : https://youtu.be/8U9v-ypeYmU Gearshifter it's a Racing Shoot'EmUp Roguelike. The game is fun you drive in diferent zones and spam tons of other cars and trucks for kill and after normal stages there is a boss for defeat. But for me there is a big flaw on the game, you die a LOT, when I say this it's because for the 1st two bosses I had to die like 300 times for get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great original side-scrolling shooter. The way the camera tilts ever so slightly, the way the road curves, and the controls in general do an amazing job of making it feel like a high-speed chase. Has a real sense of speed to it giving it a really different feel to most side-scrollers. It's tricky and I'm getting hit a lot but it's got that aspect where you're going to get loot, skill points and money constantly so - if you crash and burn - you can probably buy an upgrade and go back in feeling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game after you have unlocked all guns and power ups but the grind to get there is not worth it and no replay value either as nothing changes after you’ve beaten it. Not a bad game but hard to recommend when there are better schmups out there. If the grind was done away with them maybe I would give a thumbs up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is excellent and deserves to be more popular than it is. It's essentially mad max meets death race and is a ton of fun to play. Enemy and weapon variety are both quite good. Gameplay is pure fun. It runs excellently on the Steam Deck. The best feature of this game is the way they handle difficulty. When you reach a new area, you're underpowered and unfamiliar with the enemies, so you'll probably get squashed. As you play through the area a couple times, you learn the enemies,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine the original Spy Hunter, but horizontal and a rougelite and you're pretty much there. Your enjoyment of the game will hinge upon how much you like the idea of a schmup on wheels, and how much tolerance you have for roguelites and their usual hangups. You'll have to die, die again and grind out money and blueprint drops until the game decides you're allowed to move on, at which point the process starts all over again. A PC with an RTX2080 Super and a core i9-10900k running Windows 10…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gearshifters Gameplay PC https://youtu.be/rmz6as_064A
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just too much grinding for such little money. Having to do the same run 5-10 times and dying to a boss until you get the proper upgrades is too much. The game was kind of fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember Spyhunter back in 1983? This is a nice topdown side-scroller racing game that mixes oldschool arcade shmup and roguelite elements with a customizable upgrade system for your vehicle (e.g. weapons, armor etc.) and several skills. Smooth learning curve and adjustable difficulty. I like the GFX style very much. Works perfect with my Xbox360 controller. Got this on sale for -75% so no complains about overall play time or replayability.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall pretty good for a combat racing shoot 'em up, and I'd recommend the game at a discounted price for nailing the gameplay mechanics, BUT its biggest drawback is the unbearable grinding on what's considered by developer an optimal for the new players difficulty setting. I don't know if it's caused by limited amount of content, but starting from the second level (each consists of 3 stages) you get about 6 to 10 'game over' screens - you keep your earnings, but the game brings you back to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Until you reach Mission 2. Then you realize it's still Mission 1, but the enemies are of different color.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just reading the description, I didn't think a driving combat game would be married to a SHMUP style of game, but it works better than it sounds. The overall driving can feel a little sluggish early on, but once you start getting some upgrades, your car handles better and can take more abuse. You will also find which weapons work best for your style of play and also how to handle each enemy vehicle as it arrives (it took me until near the end of the game to realize that one particular type…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Numskull Games were kind enough to send me a code for review for GearShifters. The game itself has a bunch of shoot em' up characteristics, which you typically don't expect from your average racing game, but average this is not. Two of my personal favourite things in gaming are racing and shooting things until they explode, so both bases are covered and then some with GearShifters. I've always been a fan of games such as these - going as far back as Taito's Chase HQ and as I've noticed a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a classic old school game and is a lot of fun, so if your used to some of those games like Rtype / spy hunter, or like the games that are top down view fast action paced you will probably like this. Once you get through the first section of levels its gets better as you can upgrade your guns and car. This maybe early stage and i could be wrong but the only downside i saw personally was the maps didn't have enough variety and by this i mean i was hoping the tracks would go round more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no fun. -storyline sucks, -difficulty lvl sucks (last boss is totaly no-fun-omfg-1-more-form?, rest is ~easy), -campaign progress to base progress sucks (at start u can buy nuttin, then maybe got stuck and accumulate alot of cash... i ended up with 300k munny with nuttin to buy) -driving sucks (or at least is so-so) -slim to none repetitiveness. got bored actually playing along the campaign -most of weapons sucks (there are maybe a couple of useful, rest suuuucks harder than ur vacuum…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out the new review of Gearshifters for Switch! thegamehoard.com/2026/01/26/g... #gaming #videogames #indiegames
unlabelledView post →What a gem of a game. I'm maybe half way through and I've had a great time. Constantly getting new weapons and defenses, and new abilities are unlocked at a perfect tempo to address new enemy attacks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've always been a sucker for vehicle combat games, and Gearshifters is a neat little experience brought to us by one of the brilliant minds behind the amazing, maybe niche Pursuit Force series, among other titles. Therefore, you'll soon realise that you're dealing with a no-frills, top-quality game - controls and mechanics take mere minutes to get a grasp on, allowing you to jump into the action-packed fun from the very beginning. Driving all across a post-apocalyptic Europe, you'll be facing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is too average However, there could be a lot of potentials, including mod, another car for purchase, double primary weapon, etc. still a good Canadian driving sim.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bored after 10 minutes Quit after another 30 minutes of continually getting killed Really I never hated a game after less than an hour of game play, Although i don't count die & repeat as game play just boring, repetitive & mind numbing Verdict = BORING Avoid unless free
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gearshifters is fun but has some flaws, I wish I could give it a more middle ground but if I have to choose I will lean towards a recommendation. Modern Spy Hunter? Not really. Gearshifters takes inspiration but the gameplay is much different. You're trying to deliver a package through hostile territory. But the main gameplay is murdering every enemy car you see. The starting weapons and car are too basic and I found Gearshifters boring. But if you can push through that (which I hate doing)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs knew how to make a functional game, but not really a FUN one. The pieces of Gearshifters seem like they SHOULD work together, but too many aspects let me down over time. +++Pros+++ +It plays like a SHMUP from a car perspective. They got the car controls down well. +You can unlock plenty of things over time with persistent currency and blueprints +It runs well on high settings. ---Cons--- -Takes too long to get going, doesn't let you play around with some of the mechanics at the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is decent. I've not finished it yet and it's starting to break my balls but so far it's fun. Just a solid little shooter. And it plays great on the Steam Deck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its just not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful car combat game in apocalyptic future where you deliver stuff through various not friendly faction territories. There will be a lot of road rage, ramming, shooting and carnage. Enemy gangs have all sorts of cars, trucks, helicopters and even giant boss machines weaponized by various weapons. You also can upgrade your car with armor, ramming attachments, and various weapons including machineguns, flamethrower, energy weapons, explosive weapons, shotguns and special ultimate abilities…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've sunk a good few hours in so far and I'm not getting bored, so that's a good start! I'm a big fan of the arcade-style shoot 'em up games - always have been. Nothing quite like grinding away for progression! This will definitely be one I play a few times over to hoover up all the achievements. Story / Progression The story flows well - it's your standard "the world has ended, deliver some packages, kill some bosses, don't die" kind of story with some nice artwork to mix it up. Every now…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its underwhelming so far. The lack of visual depth and AI makes it a mindless grind. The graphics have potential, but everything is a similar tone making it feel visually flat. Wish there was more contrast by default or there were settings to adjust the visuals (eg gamma, brightness, contrast, something!) per preference / monitor. I appreciate that as a developer / designer it is difficult making something look great on all monitors. Customisation would help a lot. For me the look stops it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gearshifters - a game that answers the question "what if R-Type and Spyhunter had a kid" - is, despite those similarities, a standalone gem all its own. Since the similarities are obvious, let's focus on the differences. Vehicle weight: the car handles like you'd expect a car to. Non-immediate positional changes, drift, the whole thing. Just heavy enough to feel like a car, but still light enough to be arcade-y. A lot of similar scroller-shooters should take a page from this game's book.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun, satisfying game that's relatively easy to master the controls (has gamepad support) but is still pretty hard (but in a good way). It's a mix of bullet hell, old Spy Hunter and you'll have to play the levels over and over to get enough money for upgrades to progress. Each level does have a lot of replayability and you move fairly quickly, so it doesn't feel too grindy. It does have several game modes, including rogue-lite, arcade and normal, so you can choose which you prefer. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think this has a lot of potential. its got some cool ideas, and some redundancies. its fun for an afternoon like absolum... a sequel would be welcomed.. but i dont see em selling too many copies at $25... i honestly bought a game key for $4 @ kinguin... and stomped the game out in one day.... i woulda been pissed and wrote a terrible review if i didnt go this route. thats how i still get to have a game with low content and low replay with out hating myself for buying another quick game...…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit of a grind for sure, but its super worth it on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A small indie game that feels like a dream come true from the NES era, but with great visuals. Once you unlock the ability to position weapons (well, the car) at angles and rotate them, the gameplay becomes significantly more engaging. There's a solid variety of weapons and upgrades for your vehicle. The levels and zones are diverse, as are the enemy factions and their variations. Overall, it was more than worth my time, and quite fun to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/BZnscgbQoo8 Ultimately it's perfectly, fine, delivers on what it sets out to but without enough depth of variance to make it stand out other than just successful at it's core competencies.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eh, it's not terrible, but not great either. The upgrade and mission systems are cool, but the car doesn't handle much like a car and the gameplay just isn't that interesting. From the video I can see it might get more fun later on when you have maneuvers you can make and multiple weapons systems you can enable, but I'm not willing to stick it out to get there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not just a shmup with a car skin. Doing this racing-shmup crossover gives unique new mechanics. - drifting to rotate the car slightly and shoot in a different direction - ramming opponents and making them spin out This is pretty cool, so it's a decent shmup with interesting mechanics! Also it has rogue-like elements while still being level progressive. It mixes things up enough to keep it fresh the whole time. It has level progression and unlockable upgrades with a fun bit grinding…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little road shooter. Good controls. Solid game. Looks like a decent amount of content. Decent pace for unlockables. I would buy it on sale though. I am cheap.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game. if you want to drive and shoot and smash cars then you can't go wrong here. just making cars smash each other and blow up all over the road. just shooting lasers and rockets all day
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gearshifters took me way back to playing Spy Hunter with a friend on his Commodore 64... Having said that I really like some of the more modern roguelite and RPG elements built into the game - I played on the arcade difficulty and enjoyed the feeling of improving with each run. The game looks good and runs great, definitely worth the price of admission for a hit of nostalgia!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spy hunter. Though my passive-aggressive "companions" can go play speedbump under my tires.
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