ActionFit check
Is Tastrion worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Shoot 'em up fans who want a single-player arcade-style game
- Players seeking challenging action across six stages and boss encounters
- Retro shooter enthusiasts who enjoy weapon upgrades and secret stage content
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking multiplayer, cooperative play, or more than one game mode
- Players who prefer a forgiving shooter rather than a game that presents a challenge
- Players looking for a complex weapon system beyond its five-button, three-shot structure
Our take on Tastrion
The presentation focuses on a galaxy-wide threat and a heavily armed gunship, but the available structure is a compact single-player shooter: six main stages, secret routes, 16 bosses, and one separately hidden high-difficulty stage.
What is Tastrion?
Tastrion is a single-player shoot 'em up inspired by classic games such as Gradius, Arrow Flash, and Gleylancer.
The Desolazor gunship fights through six stages containing enemy waves and bosses, plus two secret alternate stages and one secret stage with a very high difficulty. Its weapons include forward-firing photon lasers, multidirectional ion shots, an armor-piercing rail gun, Focus mode, and a solar-powered bomb. Pickups upgrade the weaponry up to eight times. The game also includes 16 bosses, rare hidden power-up containers, and a concealed superweapon. It uses a modern aspect ratio and features dark-synth and industrial-themed music. Xbox, PlayStation, and third-party controllers are supported, with the game mainly focused on Xbox users.
How Tastrion plays
- 01Secret Stage Paths
- The stage structure includes two alternate hidden stages and another concealed stage with very high difficulty.
- 02Multiple Weapon Types
- The gunship uses photon lasers, ion spread shots, an armor-piercing rail gun, Focus mode, and a solar-powered bomb.
- 03Weapon Upgrades
- Pickups can improve the gunship's weaponry through eight upgrade levels.
- 04Boss Battles
- The game contains 16 bosses across its stages.
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Tastrion: platforms & release
Is Tastrion worth it?
It is worth it if: shoot 'em up fans who want a single-player arcade-style game. Skip it if: players seeking multiplayer, cooperative play, or more than one game mode.
Where can I download Tastrion?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tastrion's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tastrion on?
Windows only.
