Arena Invaders

About This Game

The invasion comes from every direction.

You pilot a fighter locked to a circular arena. On the outer lane you fire inward at the swarm closing on the core. Drop to the inner lane and you fire outward, catching the crawlers climbing over the rim. Switching lanes at the right moment is the whole game.

TWO WAYS TO PLAY

ARCADE: A classic score-attack campaign. Fight through 4 sectors of 6 stages each, grab weapon letters and power-ups, and take down a colossal boss at the end of every sector. Chase high scores, and use a continue when it all goes wrong.

SURVIVAL: Stay alive for 10 minutes. Collect crystals to level up, pick 1 of 3 upgrade cards each time, and turn a single gun into a screen-filling storm. Max out a weapon, pair it with the right passive, and crack open an elite's supply cache to evolve it into something absurd.

FEATURES

Twin-lane combat: outer ring fires in, inner ring fires out, with enemies attacking from both sides

7 weapons and 8 passives: rapid streams, spread fans, ricochets, sticky mines, explosive shells, orbiting drones and shockwave pulses

7 evolutions, including Storm Cannon, Hailstorm, Pinball, Minefield, Hellfire, Aegis Halo and Heartbeat

6 ships with different speed, armour and starting weapons, 3 of them unlocked through play

4 sectors, 4 bosses: the Halo Warden, Hive Mother, Furnace King and the Iron Heart

Elite enemies and set-piece events that change up every run

The Hangar: spend gold between runs on permanent upgrades

NOVA: a screen-clearing panic button for when the swarm closes in

Reactive neon arena: the floor warps under explosions, shockwaves ripple across the screen, and every blast lights up the arena

High-energy synth soundtrack that pulses with the action

17 Steam achievements

Keyboard and controller support

One more run. One more sector. Hold the ring.