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Kamikaze Lassplanes
Developer Inky Dreams
Fly and fall for powerful Lassplanes! Discover a hand-crafted anime VN with story-driven arcade shoot-'em-up gameplay. Take part in a romantic story with drama and comedic elements set in a steampunk Kingdom filled with magic and torn by a brutal war. Decide the fate of your country and heart. From the Steam store page
51 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
34 positive · 13 negative
95% range 58–83%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 34 | 13 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
64 of 81 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
51 of 51 · most liked firstMarriage between a SHMUP and a VN? Yeah, it sounds unusual at first. The game turned out to be so much more than I initially expected though! After playing through the first chapter during Steam Next Fest I was captivated enough to try the full version and I am thankful to my past self for giving the game a chance! Prepare for a longer review :3 How's the story? At first glance, this game is a cheerful novel about people (and well, people capable of transforming into planes) trying to defend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since there is no neutral rating. I rather not recommend this game (for most of people). Here is why: Game lacks of QoL features esscencial for a VN. Like flowchart, skip tutorial, skip all text (including mission intro), skip mission (is a waste of time for replayability), affection meter and inventory (we got a object that we should able to examine). I didnt like this VN writting. The protagonist overthinks everything around him, this just adds more text. He doesnt have character…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As fan of VN and since this is indie western VN I would say it's great 7.5/10. Please note, there's no 18+ Patch. You get bit ecchi, Like some bath scene with towels etc but nothing really exposed. Pros: - Sprites / CG are actually really lovely, even though in some sprites Alba looks bit strange. The cat, rubber duckies, etc are just adorable. - Voice over is decent and VA are great. But please note it's not full voice over. - Story takes some twists and from all the indie western games I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a visual novel first without much variation on the visual part. The shmup part is so minor that you should not get it for that. Endless roundabout dialogues/thoughts without adding anything to the already very thin story makes this game quite boring. One of these games where I was more relieved when I was done with it than entertained.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for anime-based games? Check out our [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/36364102-Horny-Hentai-Festival/]Steam curator! An amazing unique combination of visual novel and SHMUP are well-done and delightful. Cute hand-drawn anime artwork, stunning stills/animations, 2 girls to romance with. [カワイイ] VNとSTGの面白い組み合わせで、双方高めのクオリティなのが特徴。2人の魅力的な同士の女の子と愛を育みつつ、挟まれるSTGシーンでは侵略者を倒していこう。VN部分は選択肢ありの分岐制で、立ち絵アニメーション＋高品質スチルで楽しませてくれる。少しお高めかもしれないが2ジャンル好きな人には刺さる内容なのではないだろうか。
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story goes on and on and on and on. You can't skip it and it's absolutely bog standard boring. If you want to speak to a woman, just go talk to one. If you wanna see a woman naked, well, stop reading this and get your browser up - you know what to do. Then to the shmup bit and, well, lets just say the first two bosses are identical. So you play Arcade and, well, it's just not that good a game. Feels like they made a below standard shmup, wondered what to do and decided to put huge amounts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had higher hopes for this game thinking this would be like a retro cute em up with a rich story and modern graphics. After going through the initial story, I was a bit disappointed. For a "choose your own adventure" - you are not invited to choose responses very often. In fact, during the entire introductory dialog that I speed read for 30-40 min, I think I was asked 4x at most? This would be fine if it was quality writing or if there was some kind of emotional appeal but it was pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't finished the game yet, but I'm loving it so far! This is my first time trying a visual novel game, and I'm really impressed with the character design, voice acting, and story. It's way more fun than I expected. Big shoutout to everyone who worked on this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst writing ever and extremely boring. PS: Doesn't have adult content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ecchi VN/SHUMP + good graphics + 2 waifus = An interesting mix of 2 genres and girls. Engaging story, cute girls and shooting. Get power ups and fire ultimate shots. Controller friendly. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/] Follow our curator for similar games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →80% VIsual Novel, 20% Schump. The main female characters are excellently illustrated and well written. Don't expect a silly plot with fun adventures flying a girl plane, the plot takes some dark turns. Well worth a play thru.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the concept. The art is very well done and the girls are super cute. The shmup part of the game is fantastic, not too difficult on normal. But there's not enough actual gameplay here. The vn part of the game is 90% of it and you don't get to participate very often. Extremely linear story with very few choices to make. And even though the girls are cute, there isn't any animation and for the most part, the stills you do get to see are few in number and recycled often. You will see them in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So first of all, this is more VN than SHMUP. Yes the Devs tout it as an Action, Adventure Indie Title but it's just a VN with it's gimmick being you have some SHMUP parts. The Characters quibs were very annoying and made me turn off the Voices. Storywise I would say it's on par with something like Duke Nukem forever. Also no ultrawide support. Totally not worth the 20€ asked on steam. It's been on fanatical in a few bundles so just get it there for cheap. or on keysites for like one buck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A while back, I made a video on trying out a game called Kamikaze Lassplanes. I found the game to be pretty neat as a Visual Novel Shrump hybrid. I've just found out that it's on GOG now. Check it out here: #KamikazeLassplanes #VisualNovel #Shmup #GOG www.gog.com/en/game/kami...
unlabelledView post →This game advertises itself as a Gradius-style shooter, and sure enough looks the part, yet traps you in an unbearable visual novel that can’t be skipped despite a taunting, greyed-out Skip button staring right at you. I spent twenty minutes hammering the A button, desperate to reach the gameplay, but the insufferable characters never stopped their endless, pointless yapping. The so-called arcade mode was just an empty, directionless mode with zero tutorials or explanation of the mechanics…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're interested only in shmup part - don't. There are very little action content there and it's not really that interesting. It's actually kinda boring and repetitive. It looks good visually though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game started out very tame and cute with fun side scrolling shooter elements but, goes from 0 to 100 real quick. I've really had a great time with it and I won't spoil anything but if you like cute girls and mysteries you're going to have a great time with a delicious sprinkle of sadness. You will be letting yourself down if you don't get it. P.S. stranger best girl
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a more detailed review, please check out [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikl87ydk26k]this video. The game's pretty good. The SHMUP segments are fun and feature a lot of overall insanity with plentiful powerups and a special attack that charges extremely fast. I-frames are on the low side after being hit, which will likely require some getting used to. Performance during SHMUP segments doesn't really affect anything (not even achievements), but it's still fun to do your best. The boss…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being an old fan of the OG transformers, I couldn't pass up the idea of a magical girl take on it. So I downloaded the demo, then as one does at my age, promptly forgot about it. It absolutely showcases the feel of the game, good and bad, so if you're not hooked by it, you likely won't like the whole game either. I have absolutely nothing to complain about here. The 3D aspects are amazing on all the ships, the cutscenes are great, the on-screen effects are well done and most IMPORTANTLY…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jesus ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Christ... No amount of Anime titties or side scrolling shooter gameplay will makeup for having to MASH THE A BUTTON FOR 20 MINUTES JUST TO GET TO THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TUTORIAL. Not the actual game itself- THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TUTORIAL. Everything this game had- the beautiful artstyle, the 4K visuals and tits is completely and utterly rendered pointless and moot for the simple fact you can't even play the damn game without being tortured for forever being unable to skip the dialogue...…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has beautiful artwork in the vn scenes, awesome cel shaded 3d models in the shoot-em-up parts, and a fantastically written story! Highly recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid VN/schmup hybrid. They added skipping fights you've already done so my only issue with the gameplay has been solved. Decent fanservice and the flirting with Hannah, the blonde, was fun. Gets very melodramatic near the end but overall it's a decent romance with a mystery and war going on in the background.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR Рекомендую, но игра, в основном, визуальная новелла, а не SHMUP. Интересное смешение жанров, которое будет интересно в первую очередь любителям визуальных новелл, которым хотелось бы больше геймплея. Чтения тут все равно гораздо больше SHMUP-миссий, но они здорово разбавляют процесс.Вот только было бы их больше.На момент написания рецензии мной получена 1 концовка ("C" Hannah best girl!) вроде как из 8, судя по меню, финальная миссия застала меня врасплох, я понял, что то был…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not yet finished the game, but from the perspective of being 3 chapters in, this game is certainly something more than an arcade-shooter with pretty girls. The story picks up with interesting plot points pretty fast, and the gameplay is very fun and at times pretty challanging. Looking forward to finishing it. Definitely something to pick up if you like chicken-invaders/touhou.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know that they are story to be had on this game. However when the dialog becomes so long that it reminds you of Kojima's MGS series cutscenes without the cutscenes and just read with no ability to skip (unless you beaten it before) and waiting almost what it seemed to be up to 10 minutes it seemed to even get to the gameplay. At least the cutscenes on MGS series had action, the dialog of this game is your character being a simp fu master without in the end a pay off. Yes there are choices…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like shoot em ups? Like lovely women? This game's got both. The final mission is fairly hard too! High reccomend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL; DR: a fun side-scrolling SHMUP/visual novel whose story is surprisingly heavy and with mechanics that will likely satisfy most casual and hardcore audiences, but leave neither blown away with its otherwise standard gameplay. Pros: -bright and alluring art style that both pleases and lulls the player into a false sense of calm, allowing the story to hit all the harder when the reveal times come -voice acting, while sparse, is done well -once you get into the flow of the combat loop you hit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very entertaining VN with shoot em up elements! The story was very heartfelt and made me want to try the other endings. Has some ecchi moments but nothing that would deter someone who is not into it. The schmup is simple but works great! Found myself trying to achieve the best scoring. Definitely give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you liked cranking it to newgrounds games with somehow even worse art this is probably a wonderful experience. I guess I was expecting way less needless verbose and more meaningful dialogue mixed into half decent horizontal shooter action but really everything here is super wack yo. even the cringe anime girl face stuff is that like hey my friend draws goku pretty good levels of quality and the character animation is just that ugly morph blending stretching wobbling around garbage. I'd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent game that I very much enjoyed. It features a campaign/story mode which is more Visual Novel than Shoot-Them-Up and an Arcade mode that is strictly Shoot-Them-Up. I found the Shoot-Them-Up gameplay to be 10/10, honestly everything I could have wanted. The level-design is great, the power-ups are great and the game gives you all the access to them to win. The enemy design is great, they are distinct both visually and in terms of abilities. It also features multiple difficulty modes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kamikaze Lassplanes, developed by Inky Dreams and published by Crunching Koalas, Inky Dreams, and Beep Japan, is a genre-defying blend of visual novel and bullet-hell shoot-’em-up that dives headfirst into anime-inspired melodrama, high-altitude dogfights, and romantic storytelling. It’s an unapologetically ambitious game that attempts to merge the emotional stakes of a branching character-driven narrative with the kinetic thrill of classic shmup gameplay. It doesn’t always land perfectly, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We've had anime girls that were battleships, tanks, mobile gun platforms on a broom... so it was only a matter of time until we got planes what we've all been waiting for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good, retro-inspired game with modern beautiful graphic and artstyle. Adding story and visual novel elements to shmup gameplay is also a neat idea.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very well written SHMUP x VN. The SHMUP component is very fun and pretty intense, with some segments really testing your movement and reactions, I love how active it feels with the powerups and both lassplanes are decent fun. There was enough variety with enemies and bosses that kept it engaging. The VN component kept me engaged and wanting to know more. There was just enough twists and mystery to hold my attention without being too confusing. The girls are very adorable, and I love the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kamikaze Lassplanes Cheat Codes will list all cheat codes such as life no dec, beam ready, hp full, weapon level 5 and more for v1.3.1 this game switch. #switch #walkthrough #cheat Read more at: guidetonote.com/2025/11/kami...
unlabelledView post →This is one of those games made with love. The VN story, the shoot em up sections are cool, the art is nice, the ost tracks are enjoyable; none of these elements are groundbreaking on their own, but being put together like this, they elevate this little game to a little hidden gem in my opinion. Yes, there are flaws, yes, sometimes the plot feels a bit rushed towards the endings, I feel like there could be a 2-player coop arcade mode (though ask, would need a lot of rebalancing I suppose), but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice VN about piloting overpowered planes who also double as cute girls off duty. It's sounds like a trash anime synopsis however the writing is actually quite good and the characters pretty fun. The backgrounds are also pretty nice to look at and the music fits well too. However when I got to the end I found out perhaps why the game is not as popular as I thought it should be. The game ends in what feels like the middle of the story, like 3-4 chapters are just missing. There's a lot of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This ♥♥♥♥ is not for me, I want my 3 dollars back!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/GdsG0CQXwTk Mixing visual novel story telling and shoot-em-up doesn't quite work due to the story dragging on while the combat is far too light weight.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →stranger>alba a cool hybrid (mostly VN) with a smup of the olde days getting the endings is kinda frustrating due to a lack of flowchart and the consequences from that decision which gives a vague icon, kinda felt the story kinda lacking (but the twist was cool) and the worldbuilding is meh (sorry i play trails that series spoiled me on that stuff) but i see the frame there its nice
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came for Shoot 'Em Up, I stayed for Romance <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the merging of the VN and SHMUP genres, and I thought the story and characters were decently written. I wasn't expecting the story to get as dark and heavy as it does. While I didn't mind, I was a little unprepared for it as the game is definitely marketed as a very light experience. I also encountered a game-breaking bug while playing on Steam Deck where the game freezes and resets on a specific load screen fairly late into the game. Fortunately I could bypass it using my PC, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I shall quote my good friend: "What the ♥♥♥♥ is thiiiis? What are we playing now? What is this ♥♥♥♥? It's just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like- This is like when Omar was playing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hentai game and just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pulls up like TFT out of nowhere And like, who is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beating their shmeat and ♥♥♥♥ and have to stop and go 'oh hold on, lemme drop what I'm doing to play some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TFT, and then go back to gooning to the next ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ person he pulled with forty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ prisms or whatever?"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →REVIEW: Kamikaze Lassplanes by Jamie Collyer "a game of two distinct halves: a romance-heavy narrative adventure, and a good scrolling shooter" @crunchingkoalas.bsky.social www.xboxtavern.com/kamikaze-las...
unlabelledView post →First Impressions – 4 of 10 (Could Be Revised) I am very happy there's an arcade mode actually turns out to be a lot of fun! The aerial shoot-'em-up segments are some fun stuff, and honestly turned out a lot better than I expected. However, I will admit that the campaign mode, which focuses more on story, has not really Kamikazed my heart at all. It feels about 80% visual novel story and 20% gameplay, which might not appeal to someone who is here for action. Either way, I am going to stick…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoyed this game. The story was actually really good, even if it has a few fromage-y moments. It manages to take dark turns without over or under doing it, and the characters do actually feel rather alive. The shoot'em up bits were actually quite well done, although all the bosses except the final one were rather straight forward. If you try the demo and like that, you'll probably love the rest of the game. I know I did.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Likable characters and simple but fun SCHMUP portions. First chapter is a little slow but kicks it up in chapter 2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴LIVE NOW It's time for the start of our new weekly game journey with Kamikaze Lassplanes! We already previewed it in a previous stream, now to dive into the deep end. Hopefully OBS doesn't decide to shit all over the bed again.... youtube.com/live/AS0TYKC...
unlabelledView post →A good game mixing VN and SHMUP.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very fun and engaging, the character designs are so cute! I got really invested in the storyline too. The graphics in this game are stunning, with vibrant, fantasy-like colors that draw you in, each scene is beautifully crafted, I especially love the landscapes in the background.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is so good, I like the graphics as well as the voice acting of the characters. The gameplay is also very fun and interesting. The story is sometimes a bit long so the waiting time to enter the shooting game is also a bit long, the plus point is that the character emotions are well expressed. I like the sexy scenes of the characters lol. I hope the game will develop more and more and have more beautiful characters and planes.
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