Deadbolt

Deadbolt is a small piece of pixel art deliciousness that’s too fun to pass by. You play the role of a care-free assassin who has a few tricks up his sleeve, a small number of bullets and a lot of targets to take out.

Visually, Deadbolt is close to being perfect if you enjoy pixel art products. Characters are well animated, effects are smooth and world design is really nice. Put all that together with easy to pick up gameplay mechanics and you get a well crafted 2D shoot’em up that’s really fun to play.

The goal in Deadbolt is to take out all the enemies using whatever killing means you find. It’s mostly going to come down to managing some sweet headshots but a knife can also be part of the equation.

In Deadbolt you have more than one way of going about your business. The main man has the ability to transform himself into a small cloud of dark smoke to enter ventilation ducts and infiltrate the target’s location. This mechanic allows you to move undetected from one portion of the level to another to perform some semi-stealth kills or to reach a loaded weapon.

If sneaking around is not really your style, you can knock on a door, wait for the enemy to come and see who it is and then put a bullet through the door and of course, his head. One thing you need to know is that in Deadbolt accuracy is mandatory. One fraction of a second of hesitation or a +miss will result in you getting killed.

To wrap it up, Deadbolt is something you have to play. There are a lot of reasons for why it’s good and why it’s worth your time, even if it is a demo. And even so, it’s a very convincing demo, there’s a strong chance you’ll add it to your wishlist.