Excellent 4-player local co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I love local co-op. And this is one of the best.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Jamestown
Worth buying? What 253 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 253 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Final Form Games2011Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Arcade
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful, polished bullet-hell shmup with a great soundtrack and excellent 4-player local co-op. It's short and unmaintained, so skip it if you want online play or run Mac/modern hardware; Jamestown+ is better.
Great for
Shmup newcomers and friends wanting couch co-op with pixel art and a great soundtrack
Main risk
Abandoned original: crashes, graphical glitches or won't launch; Jamestown+ is the better version
What players love
Beautiful pixel art and presentation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The spritework is absolutely beautiful”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Fantastic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“fantastic shooter, fantastic-er soundtrack! this game is the reason I listen to video game soundtracks”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Varied ships, difficulties and challenges
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Wide variety of difficulties and ships that's sure to bring in people of all skill levels.”
Steam review · 15.9 h played ↗
Great introduction to shmups
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“not only is jamestown a good shmup its a really good game for beginners due to vaunt system”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Great controls and input support
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“If you want to stick four separate mice on your computer and hand each one to a different person, the game has no problem with that.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned; Jamestown+ is better
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you're better off getting Jamestown+ when it's at least 50% off”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Broken or won't run on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“decided to play it on my Deck and just crashes to desktop”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
Short and repetitive content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game is just too short. I don't really feel like there's enough to get out of this game, even for just $10”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Later levels gated behind higher difficulties
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It locks off its later chapters until you can beat the early chapters on the hardest difficulty.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Graphical glitches and grey bullets
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the bullets are now either the wrong colour or grayscale, which makes it almost impossible to play properly”
Steam review · 22.8 h played ↗
Spiked final level and hard-to-read bullets
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Then came the last level. A friggin' obstacle course.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support250 MB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP with SP2 / Vista / 7
ProcessorIntel® Pentium™ 4 2.4 GHz or better
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsAny OpenGL 2.0 graphics card with 256MB+ video RAM and full GLSL support
Storage250 MB
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP with SP2 / Vista / 7
ProcessorIntel® Pentium™ 4 2.4 GHz or better
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsAny OpenGL 2.0 graphics card with 256MB+ video RAM and full GLSL support
Storage250 MB
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