''ShootMania Storm'' is a

first-person shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...

video game by

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and

Nadeo Nadeo (pronounced ''NĂ-dā-yō'') is a French video game developer founded in 2000. The studio is best known for creating the racing game series ''TrackMania''. Other games developed by Nadeo include the ''Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup: ...

. Just like its sister games '' TrackMania 2'' and the yet-unreleased ''QuestMania'', it features 3 different environments, of which two have so far been revealed; a snow-based environment called Cryo, and another called Storm. Storm was released first, with Cryo to be released later. Nadeo have stated they intend to make ShootMania stand out from other FPS games through design features such as using a

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-style weapon as the game's primary weapon. Florent Castelnérac (the game's project leader) has stated there will be relatively few different weapons, the idea being to minimize game time spent not in gameplay. The game still uses the map editor introduced in ''

TrackMania ''TrackMania'' is a series of racing games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo DS and Wii developed by Nadeo and Firebrand Games. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track to play ...

''. Character editing is restricted, with only a shield on the player's back customizable. The game was set to be released on 23 January 2013, but was delayed to 10 April 2013 with an open beta started on 12 February.

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''ShootMania Storm'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release. On

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, the game holds a score of 76/100 based on 47 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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