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Earthion
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Quite possibly the best use of modern dev kit usage with old skool hardware! Earthion impresses from the moment you boot up the game. I don't think I've EVER seen so many graphical aesthetic settings for a shooter. I have to say that if you are intimidated by the usual high…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“As a fan of Thunderforce IV, Contra, R-Type and other classic gems, this one hits right on the nostalgia nerve! Great action game with many epic bosses!”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Very strong aesthetics and music, especially considering that the game is actually built to run on the original Sega Mega Drive with all of its limitations. However, those limitations do cause some nagging annoyances - hit feedback on both enemies and the player ship can often…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Earthion Patch Notes (October 24 2025)
Thank you for your support of Earthion. The following updates have been made: Updated to Earthion ROM 4.0. Fixed issue in ROM that prevented player from making progress. Numerous technical fixes in me
2025/09/10 Patch Notes
In preparation of our console release and due to a major score change in the latest ROM. We are going to reset all Leaderboards. 2025/09/10 Patch Notes Localization fixes. Audio fixes. Changed "Press
Earthion Patch Notes (August 4 2025)
2025/8/4 Patch Notes Updated Earthion game to Version 2.0.1 (which fixes in-game bugs) Fixed Windows icon on program Fixed Steam Language detection Fixed crash when using integer screen scale and redu
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Retro · Shoot 'Em Up · Pixel Graphics · 1990's · Space · Combat · Shooter · Female Protagonist · Music · Soundtrack · Arcade (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Official site | https://earthiongame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit