Match Shot Chimera

Match Shot Chimera is a match-3 shoot 'em up with roguelite elements. Alien Mechanovirus Typhon has invaded Earth, and Biochimera Jeremy is humanity’s final hope. You dodge enemy bullets, match colored blocks to damage enemies and collect XP to improve your chimera’s abilities.

Combat and upgrades

Enemies drop colored puzzle blocks. Matching three deals damage and earns XP, while holding different blocks lets you fire weapons such as beam weapons, exploding bomb shots and homing missiles. You can switch blocks at will to change weapons, match colors and use your powers. During a run, upgrades can add exploding shots, new bullet patterns, healing puzzle matches or fatter, slower bullets.

You choose from multiple chimeras with different powers, stats and weapons. Their abilities include focus-firing, dropping shields and launching drones. Collect ichor during runs to buy persistent upgrades, unlock characters and change the structure of the levels.

Randomized levels

Levels are assembled from hand-crafted blocks using hand-tested randomizations. Each has a different style and draws from its own pool of enemies, mini-bosses and bosses, including massive, bizarre bosses filled with match blocks. Runs demand skill and quick thinking as you dodge bullets and try different builds and strategies; after a character dies, you can begin another run.

Story and soundtrack

The story mixes humor and heart with eldritch mechanical horror as Typhon makes crude copies of the world it devours. The game also features an original soundtrack of squelchy, crunching beats.