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A fast vertical shoot ’em up where boss victories shape your build. Master 30 ships, combine upgrades, rescue captured fighters and dismantle colossal bosses. Build from the beginning or face Onslaught’s immediate pressure, with separate Steam leaderboards for both.
Released
June 9, 2026
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Windows
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Last sync
October 9, 2026
Slip through a closing wall of bullets. Break the weapon pinning you down. Watch a towering fortress collapse around its reactor.
Nova Swarm is a fast vertical shoot ’em up that combines arcade action, evolving ship builds and a strange galaxy full of surprises. Learn the warning, find the opening and decide what needs to be destroyed first. Turn the lessons from your last defeat into your next personal best.
Defeat a boss in Arcade Tactical and choose one of three upgrades for the rest of your run.
Strengthen your weapons, improve handling, reinforce your defences or build around support drones. Upgrades can stack, evolve and combine into Fusion protocols. Combine the right drone upgrades, for example, to add converging crossfire to your support wing.
Your starting ship provides the foundation. Your choices shape what it becomes.
Free captured fighters and bring allies into the fight. Destroy a rival’s guns to silence its attacks. Break shield projectors, cut dangerous machinery loose and expose vulnerable cores.
Face strange Veilborn visitors and segmented Space Snakes. Learn their movements and attack patterns, and choose when to press your advantage.
Take on Planetfall, a colossal orbital fortress. Dismantle its outer structure or strike the core when its shutters open, and bring it down in a rolling collapse of armour and machinery.
Begin with three ships and unlock the rest of a 30-ship fleet as your pilot career develops.
Explore precision cannons, sweeping spread fire, drone specialists and nimble interceptors. Different weapons, handling and traits give each hull its own strengths and tradeoffs. Find your favourite, then try a ship that makes you approach the swarm differently.
Between the firefights, cosmic creatures drift past and unexpected scenes unfold around you.
Discover 60 Cabinet Wonders: strange sights with stories to uncover, from ghost fleets to living constellations. Explore the mystery of The Cabinet, an arcade machine that watches your career.
Advance pilot ranks, complete Pilot Orders and expand your Threat Codex. Detailed Run Reports help you understand what happened and prepare for the next attempt.
Play with a keyboard or controller. Adjust interface size, Reduced Motion, screen shake and flash intensity, with separate controls for music, voices and sound effects.
Steam Deck / SteamOS validation is pending. A Steam Deck compatibility rating is not confirmed.
Another ship. Another build. Another chance to beat your best.
