Pixel Action Heroes is a voxel game for Nintendo Switch that, at first glance, is going to remind you of Minecraft. Learn more about it in our Pixel Action Heroes review!

 

The first thing this game is going to remind you of is Minecraft, which is to be expected since voxel games, by their nature, are similar. The difference is that Pixel Action Heroes is a first-person action shooter more than a sandbox building game, although it does feature an editor. You play either against bots or other human beings, and while there is a single-player campaign in this one, it’s not very good. The game is primarily a multiplayer-focused first-person shooter release.

There are a variety of modes that you can play in such as Death Match or Free for All, in a small number of available maps. I was actually quite surprised there weren’t that many maps, but at least the ones that are available are fairly big, which you don’t really get from the map previews since they make them look very small. You have a range of characters to play as, and the game gets its name from the fact that its characters are parodies of well-known fictional characters from movies, with names that directly reference the names of the people who played those characters in the movies.

For playing the main campaign and the multiplayer matches, I recommend you turn down the camera sensitivity as low since the default setting makes it move too fast, which makes aiming a bit of a hassle. For the single-player modes, you can choose from Creative, Zombie, and Practice. Practice and Zombie let you face-off in battle with a horde of bots across the available maps, but Zombie mode is more like a survival mode in which you fight wave upon wave of the walking undead. To help you succeed there are a variety of weapons lying around each map, and you can carry a max of four weapons. You can fire your weapon with the ZR button and cycle through them with Y button. The R button is for reloading, and jumping is mapped to the L button. Your character’s movement is set to the left analog stick, while the right analog stick will control the camera movement.

As I mentioned before, there is a level editor in which you can build your own maps out of blocks, Minecraft style. Amateur and pro Minecraft builders are going to love this portion of the game! You can also create new characters using the available character skins, so your creativity can run wild, and your imagination is the only thing that can limit what you can do with your time in the game. The menus are easy to use, and the tools at your disposal are plentiful, so you can customize a ton of things.

As fun as the sandbox mode is, the single-player side of the game is a bit boring. If there was an extra mode or more maps to play in, there would be some much-needed variety, but at least the multiplayer mode against other humans does increase the replay value. So if you’re a creative individual and like the look and feel of this voxel game, then its $4.99 price can make it worth it to you.

Disclaimer
This Pixel Action Heroes review is based on a Nintendo Switch copy provided by Cypronia.