---Red---Tether-->

---Red---Tether-->

Very Positive · 82 reviews

96% positive (79 / 82)

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Description

---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.

Released

January 18, 2022

Price

$12.99

Platforms

Linux · Windows

Developer

Sleeper Games

Publisher

Sleeper Games

Last sync

September 24, 2026

About

Red Tether features explosive top-down space action with a unique "indirect combat" system.

You will face massive space fleets and fierce oppositions, while being armed with nothing but tether-harpoons and your wits.

  • Fight tether-based space battles that revolves entirely around linking yourself with opponents or them with each other.
  • Crash vessels into another using contracting tethers.
  • Rip off enemy weapons and attachments with well placed harpoons.
  • Outmaneuver the fleet by graple-swinging around objects.
  • Use your ship as a battering ram by slamming yourself into the opposition.

  • Experience fresh "combat-puzzle" gameplay that requires split-second tactical decisions amid fast paced action.
  • Carefully consider how to use ships against another, when to disarm and when to destroy and how to utilize the changing battle environment.
  • Learn to counter various fleet elements, including attack ships, support crafts and logistic units.
  • Fight through 50+ pre-made waves, or face randomly generated fleets in endless mode.
  • Clash with 16+ massive boss enemies and turn them into screen-filling explosions.
  • Dodge clearly telegraphed enemy attacks and potentially turn them against your opponents.
  • Avoid or exploit various hazards like flammable fuel spills, electrified hulls, coolant clouds and magnetic fields.

  • Unlock 18+ player ship variants that offer distinct playstyles, advantages and challenges.
  • Improve your craft with 120+ stackable ship and tether upgrades.
  • Catch and collect 14 bio-mechanical fish to gain advanced tech.
  • Discover 10+ star system zones and the new enemies they throw at you.
  • Piece together the game's lore by finding black boxes among all the ship-debris.
  • Get a tiny glimpse at a complex sci-fi universe. The story continues in Hyperspace Dogfights, Swirl W@tch and Hyperspace Deck Command.
  • Enable various challenge modes for the lategame.
  • Basic controller support and assist options.

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