Drainus
Drainus is a side-scrolling shooting game in which players take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships…
Drainus is an arcade developed by Team Ladybug, released 22 May 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Drainus is
Drainus is an arcade game developed by Team Ladybug and released in 2022. It was published by PLAYISM. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Planet Halpax is located in the far reaches of space, suffering from the oppressive rule of the Kharlal Empire. One of the slaves residing there is battling an illness. He must return home to the faraway planet of Earth to be cured of the disease, known as "Planetary Compatibility Disorder".His daughter, also a slave, is both devastated by her father's illness and helpless to do anything about it. At that moment, a humanoid named Ghenie, who looks strangely like a frog, appears and says, "I have come from 50 years in the future. A galactic war is about to break out, in which more than 5000 planets will be annihilated by the Kharlal Empire. I have come to this time period to stop that…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Drainus holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Drainus launched on 22 May 2022, within three weeks of The Quarry, Citizen Sleeper, Sniper Elite 5 and Hardspace: Shipbreaker. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Quarry, Citizen Sleeper, Sniper Elite 5, Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Drainus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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