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What is it? A minimalist gun-and-jump platformer that asks, “Are a bad enough dude to arrest Satan?”
Expect to pay: $10
Developer: DeadToast Entertainment
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Reviewed on: Windows 11, Intel Core i9, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060
Multiplayer? No
Link: Official site

Shotgun Cop Man is a throwback to an earlier age of indie games, before the phrase roguelike deckbuilder had occurred to anyone, an age when 2D puzzle-platformers with a single mechanical hook were all the rage. “In this one you can reverse gravity.” “In this one you can rewind time.” Well, in Shotgun Cop Man you jump by shooting at Hell.

The plot is a wafer-thin excuse to fill levels with enemies and traps: You are a brick-shaped cop man who has descended into Hell to arrest Satan. Satan wears a string vest and has a bum-cleft chin, and each of the game’s nine worlds begins with him giving you the finger and telling you to fuck off before buzzing demons lift him away. Do not go into Shotgun Cop Man expecting any more story than that.

(Image credit: Devolver)

DeadToast’s previous game, My Friend Pedro, had an equally silly excuse plot—a talking banana told you to do murders—but explored it with surprising thoroughness. While I miss that level of commitment to nonsense, Satan’s casual dismissals of your attempts to bring double-barreled due process to Hell are pretty funny.

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