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Yars: Recharged

Yars: Recharged

Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.

Released Aug 23, 2022 Developer Adamvision Studios, SneakyBox Publisher Atari Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterShooter
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

85.7%positive126 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Similar to Yars Revenge but less boring, more colorful, and now with more bullets! The strategy behind the remake is actually well thought out, and I don't recall the original being a bullet hell, but it makes it more exciting. In Yars: Recharged you can shoot or nibble stuff…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Yars' Revenge is one of the best video games of all time. This isn't quite the same game, but it hits that nostalgia itch. It's a fun, casual yet challenging bullet-hell game that has become one of my go-to ways to unwind.”

— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Miserable to play, there's two main issues I ran into. The first is that the player ship (bug dude?) auto-swaps to melee if any tile is in range, but does not check if those tiles are invincible. The game loves to force tight corridor missions on you later on, so standing at the…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2022-09 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

9all-time peak
0 1 2 2 avg · Sep 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

15achievements
25.6%median completion
0.9%rarest: Grand Finale
70.4% of players 69.8% of players 64.7% of players 55.1% of players 44.5% of players 33.2% of players 28.4% of players 25.6% of players 22.5% of players 19.1% of players 18.9% of players 17.7% of players 7.5% of players 2.4% of players 0.9% of players 70.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.4%Oracle — Complete a level without losing a life
69.8%The Weapon — Destroy the Swirl
64.7%Apollo — Reach 10000 score in Arcade
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Grand Finale — Complete Arcade Mode
2.4%Hymn of Triumph — Complete all missions
7.5%Subdivisions — Complete half of the missions

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 18, 2023
Get Ready For Atomic Arcade Action, Quantum: Recharged Is Available Now!

https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/40527942/ab2f8b586b7242e7c8bbc042dcbdbe570295b56f.png Use your powerful energy beam to capture quantum particles and atomic energy in a dazzling display

Jun 06, 2023
Atari Outer Space Sale! Save Up To 50%

https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/40527942/59a9b4a66c5911058152c967f5411ba2ef7cf322.png The thrills of outer space awaits you in this exciting limited time sale on select space-themed Ata

Mar 09, 2023
Caverns of Mars: Recharged Is Available Now!

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/40527942/e04fa852dec61dd6634fe2d829e075f90305156e.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsnL1TTz9ok In Caverns of Mars: Recharge

Aug 31, 2022
Yars: Recharged Now Available

Have you played Yars: Recharged yet? It's a massive addition to our Recharged series and the fourth instalment to Howard Scott Warshaw's Yars-verse. In Yars: Recharged, players must shoot and nibble e

Aug 04, 2022
New Yars' Trailer!

We can't wait to share Yars: Recharged with you! Watch hypnotic cannon blasts and daring close range attacks in this new gameplay release:

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction
Player tagsBullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Shooter · Arcade · Top-Down · Action · Controller · Linear · Abstract · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Official sitehttp://recharged.atari.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core + Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space