Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now

Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now is a top-down shooter explicitly inspired by Hotline Miami and the Resident Evil series, wrapped in a film-noir singleplayer campaign with full voice acting and animated cutscenes. The game runs a substantial 16-level story mode with fully voiced NPCs, dialogues, side missions, bosses and even vehicle sequences, against a backdrop of zombie and monster hordes flooding an apocalyptic city.

The tactical layer comes from light and shadow. Zombies fear light, which means using your flashlight strategically can create breathing space in the middle of difficult fights and expose hidden weaknesses on certain enemies. Combat is also gory and physics-driven — bullets, blades and explosions produce top-of-the-line splatter effects, and the environments are destructible enough to occasionally drop resources from shattered objects. Spend the money you collect upgrading guns and unlocking new weapon features, with new qualities revealed at each level of investment.

Beyond the campaign, the game runs arcade-style game modes with online leaderboards and a Survival mode for testing your skill against unending waves. Local multiplayer supports up to four players with mixed input devices — controllers, mice, keyboards, whatever you have available will work. The combination of the noir story mode, destructible environments and the light-and-shadow combat layer distinguishes it from typical zombie shooters of its scope.