Ruiner Reviews
"Play this game. It’s a bloody, brutal, retro-fueled blast!"
RUINER is a game that wins the player with its very well done cyberpunk style, a gameplay system based on speed and a sweet violence aura that is everywhere. A great game that is one of this year best surprises.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Devolver Digital hits the target one more time. Ruiner is a really solid game, with great personality and gameplsy.
Review in Italian | Read full review
By the time I fought Mother for the third and last time, I was prepared to throw my controller because of how quickly she evaporated my energy and health bars the first two times. Ruiner is one of those games that is unabashedly difficult for the sake of being difficult. It demands you face waves upon waves of the same enemies and mini-bosses before you can even see the final, incredibly trite cinematic. Are you the ruiner or the ruined? I won't spoil the answer that the game offers up, but I will say that I sure didn't feel triumphant when I finally set the controller down.
With so many twin-stick shooters on the market, they often tend to blend together. Ruiner stands at the top of the field, thanks in large part to its ultra-cool presentation.
Brutal twinstick shooter with gloomy cyberpunk setting. The battles are bizarre, but never frustrating.
Review in German | Read full review
Ruiner is a brutal cyberpunk shooter with fast-paced and unforgiving combat, matched by a ruinous and richly detailed dystopic world. With a brilliant soundtrack from Susumu Hirasawa and a bloodied chrome aesthetic, Ruiner is only let down by a lack of variation in its enemies and level design
RUINER is a competent cyberpunk shooter, dripping in stylish presentation and teeming with ruthless engagements. These components manage to provide enough of a reason to see the journey to the end, filling the void left by the all-but-absent narrative, and enjoy the time spent doing so. RUINER is an exceptional, adrenaline-filled diversion bathed in neon lights that is sure to please as long as you don’t expect to find more under the surface.
The technological cadence of a near future full of violence is the context in which Ruiner takes us. A zenithal-view action game that surprises us with its technical section, its frenetic shootings and its variety of weapons.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Over-the-top and frequently overwhelming, Ruiner might be the first cyberpunk game to give an inkling of what it'd be like to have a deluge of sensory stimuli downloaded directly into your head. A guilty pleasure, and a damn good twin-stick shooter to boot.
You’ll find beauty in RUINER if you play close attention. The kind of distorted beauty only cyberpunk settings can give. Of finding hope in its degenerate society and turning senseless violence into something greater than the mere showcase of death. Maybe you will pull its strings or, maybe, they will pull yours. Hauntingly evocative.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Ruiner’s fast paced combat and excellent atmosphere more than make up for its lack of replayability.
Ruiner boils down its reason for existence into two words: KILL BOSS.
Despite a bit of a hurdle when it comes to difficulty at the beginning, Ruiner is quite the addictive action game, one with a lot of variety in its combat that packs a lot of experimentation into a small package.
RUINER is well worth the money spent and the time played. It's a solid game with an interesting story and mechanics and not too many negatives.
RUINER is going to be a cult classic cyberpunk game. From incredibly tense combat to unforgettable atmosphere, it’s a title you’re going to love
If they see the world as brutal and unforgiving, well they've done very well to reflect this in the gameplay. This game is hard.
What a fascinating game! Ruiner truly is something different. It's a pity that sometimes can be too harsh and that all of its side-missions seems just sketched.
Review in Italian | Read full review
If you're into high-action, challenging games and / or anything cyberpunk, do yourself a favor and just buy Ruiner.
In a year crowded with incredible titles, Ruiner manages to be a standout anyways. The red neon-plastered world presented by Reikon Games is beautiful, brutal, and terrifying. With some impressive art direction, great music, and a wealth of immensely satisfying combat systems, Ruiner offers essential top-down gameplay, and comes highly recommended.