If you miss the days of dial-up tones, chunky beige monitors, and the satisfying crunch of a spinning floppy drive, then your inner ’90s tech geek is about to be very happy. Independent developer snakeCase inc. has just officially pulled back the curtain on EDEN95, a highly unique narrative “survivor-like” bullet hell that plays out entirely inside a simulated Windows 95 desktop environment.
Part nostalgic operating system simulator, part high-octane roguelite, and part corporate conspiracy thriller, EDEN95 looks like a beautifully weird addition to the retro-gaming landscape.
Check out the breakdown of what to expect below.
The Story: A High-Stakes Deal from 1995
The year is 1995. You receive a mysterious message from an enigmatic entity known as the Eden Group. They claim you are the best in the world at what you do, and they have a proposition: complete their highly secretive video game, and they will give you enough money to save your dying father’s life.
With the stakes that high, you don’t ask questions. You boot up the PC, the fans spin up, and you’re dropped right into a simulated retro OS interface. As the “operator,” you will have to tab between game windows, upgrade menus, and quest assignments. But as you progress, you’ll start to uncover the dark truth behind the Eden Group. Will you blindly follow orders, or deviate from the script?
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? Eden_Group_OS [v1.0.95] - ?
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? > Booting EDEN95.EXE... ?
? > Warning: Weapon systems tied directly to locomotion. ?
? > Good luck, Operator. Your father is counting on you. ?
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The Twist: Your Gun is Your Engine
If you’ve played Vampire Survivors or any of its spiritual successors, you know the drill: move around and dodge hordes of enemies while auto-firing. However, EDEN95 flips the script with one massive, chaotic twist: you have no movement keys.
Recoil-Based Movement: Your mech cannot move on its own. Instead, every single shot you fire propels your mech in the exact opposite direction.
In this game, mastering your weapon is quite literally mastering your movement. You’ll have to constantly balance shooting at a threat with where that shot will physically throw you on the screen. It turns the bullet-hell genre into a deeply tactical dance of momentum.
Build Your Own Magazine
Adding to the complexity is a deep Magazine Buildcrafting system. Rather than just picking random passive upgrades, you act as the architect of your own ammunition loop.
- Sequential Firing: Bullets fire in a strict sequence out of your magazine.
- Custom Loadouts: You choose the specific bullet type for each slot.
- Modifiers: You can apply unique modifiers to individual magazine slots, changing how specific bullets behave in the queue.
Planning your firing lineup is just as vital as your aim. Between rounds, you’ll use traditional roguelite progression to upgrade your mech mid-run for immediate survival, alongside purchasing permanent upgrades using your earnings between attempts.
Meet the Developers
EDEN95 is the debut title from snakeCase inc., a tiny two-person independent studio based in Sweden. They are aiming to create games with incredibly distinct mechanical identities paired with rich, unfolding narratives—and a simulated Windows 95 interface wrapped around a physics-based bullet hell certainly fits that bill.
System Requirements & Release
Because it’s styled like a 1995 operating system, it won’t take a beast of a modern rig to run it. The PC requirements are incredibly modest:
| Specification | Minimum Requirement |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| Processor | Dual-core 2.0 GHz |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Integrated Graphics (DX10+) |
| Storage | 200 MB available space |
While the official release date is still To Be Announced, the game’s official Steam page is officially live. You can head over right now to check out the reveal trailer and add EDEN95 to your Steam Wishlist.
Are you ready to dig into the nostalgia of the ’95 desktop, or does the thought of recoil-only movement give you pre-millennium anxiety? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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