You leap, grab a pistol, wobble on the edge and someone shoves you off, and the match is five seconds old. It is pure chaos in the best way.
Getaway Shootout is a stupidly tight, tiny multiplayer platform shooter. You run, jump, grab weapons, throw people, open doors, push opponents into spikes and try to be the first one to reach the getaway car. Rounds are short, controls are simple, and most games end in a frantic scramble that leaves everyone laughing or cursing. It feels frantic and silly, and I like that every round resets the mind for another dumbly intense minute.
Use the environment more than raw aim. Doors and moving platforms are your best friends, and sometimes waiting for someone to jump into your trap is smarter than chasing them. Also, grabbing a gun off a corpse midair and throwing it back at someone never stops being funny.
Controls
- Move: A D or left and right arrow
- Jump: W or up arrow or Space
- Shoot / Attack: J or left mouse
- Grab / Throw / Use: K or right mouse
- Taunt / Emote: L or E (useless but fun)
It plays like Duck Game with less setup and more chaos, and bits of TowerFall and SpeedRunners peek through in the pace and platform tricks. If you like Nidhogg or Super Smash Bros for the fast duels and stage hazards, this will scratch that itch too.
Similar games
- Duck Game
- TowerFall
- SpeedRunners
- Nidhogg
- Super Smash Bros
