Rheum

About

Rheum is a frenetic vertical shooter where you play an eyeball fighting its way down a sick body's digestive tract. You'll dart left and right, firing cornea-based projectiles while dodging waves of pathogens and dodgy boss fights. Collect rheum, think crusty eye gunk, to upgrade your pupil's firepower and survive the increasingly chaotic bullet patterns. The controls are tight, the pacing never lets up, and the absurd premise somehow ties everything together into a cohesive mess of pixelated chaos. The game's charm comes from its bizarre biology-themed level design and the sheer commitment to its eyeball-as-hero concept. Each stage feels like a new gross-out nightmare, from sludge-filled esophagi to infected bloodstreams. With a 4.5 star rating on Steam from over 1,000 reviews, players praise the addictive difficulty curve and the satisfying upgrade system. The art style mixes retro arcade aesthetics with grotesque humor, making every bullet-dodging moment both stressful and strangely delightful. At just $10, it's a high-energy pick for anyone craving a quirky shooter with zero patience for subtlety.

Storyline

A mass of muscle and teeth lay dormant before you. As you inch your way closer, it comes alive. A sphincter crying for help, beckons you to descend. Your only option is down. Travel through a fleshly vessel, as an eyeball, collecting rheum [eyeball crusties] to grow stronger in your fight against the infection plaguing this.......body. Upgrade your pupils, dodge bullets, and clear the screen of projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!