Bloody frisbee-tosser Boomerang X flies onto Steam next month

Frisbee—it's not just for university students anymore. Hyper-violent, super stylish disc-tosser Boomerang X is coming to Steam next month, and there's a demo if you'd like to test your aim before throwing yourself in completely.

I've had my eye on Boomerang X for some time, and it's immediately easy to see why. Developer Dang!'s blade-tossing debut is bloody gorgeous, sporting an intensely vibrant graphic style and fast, frenetic first-person arena combat. In motion, it's beautiful—an acrylic smear of blades, blood, and giant bugs.

That boomerang is more than just a tossable murder-disc, mind. Once thrown, you can instantly slingshot towards it, darting around arenas at speeds that'd make a Titanfall veteran blush. As you descend through the game, you'll unlock more frisbee tricks, but also uncover more of this striking world, and maybe make friends with a few millipedes along the way.

Boomerang X hits Steam on July 8th. But if that's too long to wait, you can check out the game's free demo right now as part of the Steam Next Fest—assuming you haven't drowned in a sea of absolutely killer demos.

Natalie Clayton
Features Producer

20 years ago, Nat played Jet Set Radio Future for the first time, and she's not stopped thinking about games since. Joining PC Gamer in 2020, she comes from three years of freelance reporting at Rock Paper Shotgun, Waypoint, VG247 and more. Embedded in the European indie scene and a part-time game developer herself, Nat is always looking for a new curiosity to scream about—whether it's the next best indie darling, or simply someone modding a Scotmid into Black Mesa. She also unofficially appears in Apex Legends under the pseudonym Horizon.