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DRAINUS
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you 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 zipping through space.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“An incredible shoot-em-up with fantastic gameplay, visual style and music! Drainus is a more casual shmup, with accessibility being one of its main standouts in the genre, this isn't the original Darius or Gradius where it's essentially game over if you lose your upgrades.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“As a Team Ladybug game it has all of the hallmarks: Incredible visuals in a colorful artstyle made with really good pixel art, super fun gameplay with a unique mechanical take on it's genre, and it's also really short and makes you wish there was more. That last one tends to be…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“This game gets a lot easier when you realize it doesn't require you to be good. You just need to be judicious with when and how you're bad, whether that's passing up opportunities to recharge because you know you'll get hit, letting enemies flee rather than chasing them, or…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Ver1.0.6.1 Update - 10 New Additional Languages
Thank you very much for your continued support for DRAINUS. We're excited to announce full support for 10 additional languages, so now you get to enjoy the game in your preferred language! Additional
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Update Ver 1.0.3.4
Thank you all for your continuous support for DRAINUS. Please find the full list of changes below: Stealth bumper option added for EASY and NORMAL modes Stealth bumper helps prevent collisions with wa
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · Shooter · Singleplayer · 2D · Female Protagonist · Bullet Hell · Pixel Graphics · Side Scroller · Arcade · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL compliant video card Storage: 200 MB available space