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Daedalus - No Escape

If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.

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Release
October 28, 2014
11 years and 281 days ago
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Very Positive149 reviews80.5%

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About the Game

Ever wanted to play Unreal tournament or Quake 3 Arena from a top down 2D perspective ? Daedalus - No Escape brings you exactly that, the same feel and control as in an arena FPS but from top down, in a dark sci-fi mood inspired by Alien Breed.

In control of a space marine, walk the arena and defeat your opponents using powerful weapons. No feelings, no mercy, only your gun does the talking.

Features

  • single player, multi player
  • game modes: highscore, deathmatch, last man standing, team deathmatch, capture the flag
  • online leaderboard
  • different control schemes: FPS-like, fixed camera
  • 9 cool weapons
  • lots of maps
  • map editor
  • original soundtrack
  • windows, linux and mac support