Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet is a shooter in which the player controls Van Helsing, who travels around the world to rescue puppies taken by a vampire named Reggie. Stages include haunted mansions, museums and graveyards, and each contains its own challenges and secrets. The game’s design is based on Cabal-style shooters such as Wild Guns Reloaded.

During stages, the player can summon Van Helsing’s dog, Silver, to attack enemies, and Silver can also drive vehicles. Enemies hit by Silver drop bonus items that increase the player’s score. Gold coins hidden in stages can be spent on power-ups, and collecting enough of them unlocks an additional puzzle mode called Terror Blocks. Bonus items, completed challenges and secret items all count towards unlocking extra weapons, which include a shotgun and a rocket launcher.

Arcade Mode and Terror Blocks both have online leaderboards. The game offers extensive control customisation, supporting twin stick aiming or single stick control on a gamepad, an arcade stick, or a keyboard and mouse. Its presentation uses pixel art, customisable retro screen filters and a soundtrack produced with the YM2612 sound chip, in the style of a 16-bit game. The game has a low memory footprint, which is noted as useful for streaming.