Starship Rubicon

July 13, 2015
Shooter Indie
Linux PC Mac
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Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
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Release Date July 13, 2015
Game Modes Single player
Themes Action, Science fiction
Starship Rubicon

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