Galactic Vault

Galactic Vault drops you into a neon-drenched dystopia as a disgraced VOLT operative and hands you guns, gadgets and infinity-ish chaos. If you like your shooters fast, slippery and full of weird attachments that turn pistols into mini-explosive shotguns, this will scratch that itch. It sits comfortably between Deadzone-style roguelites and arena shooters like Doom Eternal in spirit: speed matters, movement matters more, and the loot dictates how silly your next run will get. I found myself smiling, swearing and respawning more than I expected.

Vault Raids: Run, Loot, Survive

Runs in Galactic Vault are tight and kinetic. You sprint into room-based arenas, dash, slide and wall-jump past laser turrets while juggling shotgun blasts and under-barrel launchers. Each room feels like a short puzzle: pick cover, decide whether to bait a charger, or rip off a perfect slide-kill. Enemies are readable—drones, tanks, and brainwashed psychos telegraph their roles—so the gameplay rewards quick pattern recognition as much as raw aim. The pacing is relentless: rooms chain into mini-biomes and each vault culminates in a boss that usually forces you to change tactics. I spent most of my playtime learning to love movement as a weapon itself; once you master dashes and slides, runs open up in ways that made me grin on multiple deaths.

Mad Science Weaponcraft: Build the Weird Stuff You Want

Where Galaxy Vault shines is its weapon customization. You start with low-tech arms and gradually unlock permanent weapons and attachments, but the real fun happens in-run. The game hands you upgrade branches at room exits—choose your upgrade type, then pick one of three offered choices—which feels less like slot-machine RNG and more like deliberate decision-making. Under-barrel mods, scope swaps, and movement augmenters can combine into silly but effective builds: I turned a basic pistol into a burst-fire ricochet mortar more than once. Permanent unlocks mean my meta-progression felt rewarding, and temporary run modifiers let you create combos that actually change playstyle rather than just numbers. The vault editor and Steam Workshop support add a sweet layer: I spent an embarrassingly long time trying other players’ brutal room sequences and sharing my own cramped deathtraps.

Neon, Noise and Solid Performance

Technically the game skews practical over pretty. The art direction favors readability—clear enemy silhouettes and color-coding mean you rarely get lost in visual noise, which is crucial for a fast FPS. Sound design punches above its weight: weapon impacts and movement SFX give each build a satisfying tactile feel, and the soundtrack keeps adrenaline high. Performance has generally been smooth on my Windows rig, with devs patching launch-day issues quickly according to the community. That said, some players reported crashes and occasional frame hiccups on certain setups, and the overall visual variety (rooms and enemy types) can feel reused after many hours. Still, for a studio the size of MeepMeep Games, the polish where it counts—input responsiveness, hit feedback and framerate—makes combat feel rewarding.

Galactic Vault is a joyful, punchy roguelite FPS that nails the feel of modern shooter movement and rewards experimentation with weapons. It’s not perfect—some balancing, variety and optimization room remain—but the core loop is addictive and the developers are responsive. Buy it if you crave fast, mechanical combat and creative weapon builds; temper expectations if you hate grind or expect a sprawling narrative.