Fit check
Is Palladium worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- FPS players who want combat built around dodging projectiles rather than hitscan shooting
- Metroidvania fans who enjoy revisiting connected areas to find routes and upgrades
- Players looking for a short shooter campaign with exploration and hidden secrets
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a long campaign may find the roughly 4 and a half hours of gameplay brief
- Players who prefer hitscan combat may not enjoy fights centered on evasion and movement
- Players who require controller support, which is not currently available
Our take on Palladium
The compact campaign keeps the focus on linked stages and exploration, but limits the current experience to about 4 and a half hours. Its control options also exclude controller support for now, though keyboard keys can be rebound.
What is Palladium?
Palladium combines classic first-person shooting with metroidvania exploration across a tutorial and 10 linked stages, offering roughly four and a half hours of play.
Battles emphasize movement, positioning, dodging, and avoiding projectile attacks instead of instant-hit weapons. Its current early-access build includes 12 enemy varieties and six weapon forms, covering pistols, shotguns, an SMG, and a grenade launcher. Environmental sounds and visual details point toward secrets involving particular weapons, simple platforming, switches, or brief mazes. Exploration uncovers upgrades that alter weapon functions or improve mobility. Keys, tools, and upgrades unlock passages between areas that can be revisited. The game includes local and overall maps, autosaving, bunny hopping, customizable controls, lore tomes, and music that shifts during high-tension scenes.
How Palladium plays
- 01Movement-Based Combat
- Fights focus on dodging and evading projectiles rather than hitscan attacks.
- 02Connected Level Routes
- Finding keys, tools, or power-ups can open blocked paths and require revisiting explored areas.
- 03Clue-Led Secrets
- Visual and audio hints point to hidden areas that may require platforming, switch-finding, or navigating a short maze.
- 04Weapon Power-Ups
- Power-ups can alter weapon behavior, while other upgrades improve movement.
- 05Level Maps
- A 3D map for levels and a global map are provided for navigating the connected areas.
- 06Early Access Weapons
- The current content includes 6 weapon variants: two pistol variants, two shotgun variants, an SMG, and a grenade launcher.
- 07Changing Soundtrack
- Music composed for each level changes during tense situations.
Palladium compared to similar games
Palladium combines first-person shooting with connected metroidvania-style levels and secret hunting, while Sundered®: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania. Abyssus is described as a multiplayer shooting game with a roguelite structure and hand-crafted levels.
Palladium: platforms & release
Is Palladium worth it?
It is worth it if: FPS players who want combat built around dodging projectiles rather than hitscan shooting. Skip it if: players seeking a long campaign may find the roughly 4 and a half hours of gameplay brief.
Where can I download Palladium?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Palladium's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Palladium on?
Windows only.
