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TROUBLESHOOTERS

A 2D roguelite run-and-gun for one to four players. Everything on this page is free to use in coverage, videos and streams.

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FACT SHEET

The short version.

Title
TROUBLE SHOOTERS
Developer
hollywise.
Publisher
Music For Robots
Release
Q1 2027 (planned)
Demo
Free on Steam from October 1, 2026; in Steam Next Fest, October 19–26
Platform
Windows PC, via Steam
Genre
2D roguelite run-and-gun
Players
1–4. Online co-op through Steam, plus LAN co-op
Controls
Full controller support with rebinding; keyboard and mouse
Language
English
Price
To be announced

DESCRIPTION

In a sentence, and in a few paragraphs.

ONE LINE

Four WARDEN contractors against an alien incursion: a 2D roguelite run-and-gun with stacking gear, five bosses that fill the screen, and 2–4 player co-op.

SHORT

Four WARDEN contractors against an alien incursion. A 2D roguelite run-and-gun: procedurally assembled zones, stacking gear that gets out of hand, and five bosses that fill the screen. Solo or 2–4 player co-op.

LONG

Something came through the Rift. WARDEN has four operatives on the payroll and an equipment requisition budget. That is the whole plan.

TROUBLE SHOOTERS is a 2D roguelite run-and-gun. Every run assembles a fresh chain of rooms, hands you whatever the drop tables felt like handing you, and asks you to make it work. The aliens are numerous, expressive, and extremely committed. So are you.

Each of the four operatives carries a permanent weapon that never runs dry. Field weapons go to the DSCO, a support drone that follows you, holds whatever you picked up, and fires when you fire until the ammunition runs out. Over sixty stacking items multiply rather than replace one another, so a run that begins with a slightly faster reload can end with a screen that is no longer strictly legible.

Every zone ends with a boss that takes up the whole screen. Bring up to three friends: invites go through Steam, and a death is not the end of the run while a teammate is still standing.

FEATURES

What is in the box.

  • Four operatives. Grunt (rifle, no bad matchups), Oduya "Tank" (pile-driver fists), Vasquez "Doc" (combat medic with a drone escort) and Wraith (thrown daggers, highest damage, thinnest skin).
  • The DSCO. A drone that carries the field weapon you pick up and fires it on your trigger. You are never unarmed and never stuck with a bad pickup.
  • 60+ stacking items, plus consumables for when the plan stops working.
  • Five bosses across four zones. The first is the Foremen: four industrial emplacements working a shared metronome, where the rhythm tightens every time one of them goes down.
  • 2–4 player co-op. Steam invites with no lobby codes or port forwarding. A downed operative redeploys at the next zone boundary; the run ends when the last one goes down.
  • Four operation tiers, from Easy to Invaders Must Die, each unlocked by finishing the one before it.
  • Full controller support with rebinding, an uncapped framerate, and a WARDEN terminal that answers when you type at it.

THE DEMO

Free from October 1. In Steam Next Fest, October 19–26.

The free demo covers the opening of the game. If you are writing about or streaming the demo specifically, this is what it contains:

ZonesThe first two of four
BossesThe Foremen and the Bloom
OperativesGrunt to start. Clearing the demo once makes all four deployable.
DifficultyEasy (the three higher tiers are in the full game)
Co-opFull 2–4 player online co-op

Demo page on Steam

TRAILER

Trailer.

TROUBLE SHOOTERS trailer ▶ WATCH ON STEAM

A downloadable copy of the trailer is available on request.

Screenshots

1920×1080. Click for the full-size image; all eight are in the zip.

The Foremen boss fight: a ring of four turrets around a rotating platform
The Foremen: four emplacements on a turning ring.
The Bloom boss fight in an overgrown cavern
The Bloom, and the wildlife it keeps.
A boss tank firing across a burning red arena
The Colonel, who brought a tank.
Operatives fighting through a violet crystal field under a night skyline
The final approach.
A co-op squad under a fan of laser beams during the Foremen fight
Co-op against the Foremen. One operative is down and will redeploy next zone.
A black-and-white, signal-corrupted view of a firefight
Not every sector has a clean signal.
An operative driving an armed rally truck under searchlights
Some rooms have a vehicle in them. It is yours now.
A co-op squad trading beams and rockets with aliens in front of graffiti
A four-player squad, well into a run.

Capsule art

TROUBLE SHOOTERS main capsule
Main capsule, 616×353
TROUBLE SHOOTERS header capsule
Header, 460×215

Operatives

In-game portraits, scaled up 4× with no smoothing (512×512 PNG).

Grunt portrait
Grunt
Oduya portrait
Oduya "Tank"
Vasquez portrait
Vasquez "Doc"
Wraith portrait
Wraith

STREAMING AND VIDEO

Yes, you can stream it.

You are welcome to stream, record and upload TROUBLE SHOOTERS and its demo, and to monetize those videos and streams. You don't need to ask first.

The soundtrack is original and written for the game, so it should not trigger copyright claims. If a video of the game is ever claimed, email us and we will sort it out.

A link to the Steam page in your description is appreciated, not required.

CONTACT

Keys, interviews, questions.

For review or preview keys, interviews, or anything missing from this page: press@musicforrobots.com