Indie developer Zenovia Interactive has announced Neon Inferno. It looks to be a 2D shooter, mixing some Wild Guns shooting gallery gameplay with traditional side-scroller action, set in a dystopian, futuristic urban setting as different factions battle for control. From the trailer, it appears you can also use a bullet-time mechanic to temporarily slow down the gameplay to target enemies. The pixel-art and animations look fantastic already.

Neon Inferno is currently scheduled for a 2025 release for PC.

Three decades from now, New York City is at war with itself. A war with no battlefield: criminal syndicates control four of its five boroughs, fighting each other and the corrupt NYPD in a vicious struggle for supremacy. Into this dystopia steps a fledgling crime family trying to secure their place, striving for power just as everyone else. You are their deadliest weapon.

As an assassin, your missions will take you through every area of this hyper-metropolitan sprawl: from the impoverished battle-torn slums of the Bronx, where the police and the gangs wage vicious war covering entire neighborhoods in flame, to the walled neon gardens of Inner Manhattan, where the upper-class and the lawmakers idle away their time enjoying the fruits of high culture, blissfully shielded from the chaos and the agony of the outside world — for now.

  • Shoot close, aim far: A dynamic blend of side-scroller and gallery-shooter, where the action takes place in both foreground and background (like playing Contra and Wild Guns at the same time).
  • Glorious 32-bit style: A sci-fi cityscape rendered in beautiful pixel art and backed by an evocative soundtrack.
  • Two-player co-op: With danger lurking around every street corner, wouldn’t you be better off with a friend?
  • Satisfying arcade challenge: Enjoy a playthrough on an easier mode… or put your skills and resilience to the test with the 1-credit-clear Arcade Mode!

[Steam]