GLITCH WARS

// cyberpunk space shooter //

Earth is gone. A signal from deep space is corrupting every system it touches. Fly the last fleet's escort fighter through five sectors, one glitching wave at a time.

Play in your browser free, no account, saves on this device Download for Windows installer, 64-bit, updates itself

What's in it

Two ways to play

Arcade is a fresh roguelike run every time, as far as you can push it. Campaign is a five-act story with a crew of seven, decisions that matter, and more than one ending.

Five weapons

Basic, Spread, Laser, Homing and Charged, each with its own heat curve. Overheat and you're locked out until it cools, so pace your fire.

Build a ship, not a save file

Between levels, pick from a branching upgrade tree: firepower, defense, tech and specials that stack into synergies. Every run's build is its own.

The Fleet Dock

Salvage from every kill. Spend it after each boss on hull, thrusters, reactors, cargo and weapon marks. Die and it's gone, so spend wisely.

Five sectors, five looks

Digital, Alien, Military, Void and Corrupted. Every thirty levels the enemies, the palette and the tricks change. A boss every ten.

Runs anywhere

Keyboard and mouse, gamepad, or touch. The browser build and the Windows app share one codebase, so it plays the same everywhere.

Screens

A sector boss with tentacles and a red beam sweeping the screen — Sector bosses have shields, phases, and a beam you do not want to stand in.

Three upgrade cards to choose from after clearing a level — Pick one of three after every clear. Boss rewards pull from the rare pool.

The Fleet Dock shop with weapon, armor, thruster and reactor tabs — The Fleet Dock: six tabs of upgrades, one currency, no refunds.

Campaign dialogue box with Fleet Commander Kira Tanaka — The campaign crew talks between waves. The fleet meter is the one you protect.

Ship selection screen with five hull designs and five colours — Five hulls, five colours. Purely cosmetic, entirely yours.

Glitch Wars title screen — Graphics quality has a low setting for older machines.

Explore the game

Weapons

Five weapons, five heat curves. Learn each one.

Enemies

Thirteen types, from drifting grunts to shield-granting elites.

Bosses

Five named bosses, one per sector, three phases each.

Sectors

Five regions of corrupted space, each with its own look.

Crew

The seven who ride with you through the campaign.

Upgrade tree

Four branches. Build a ship, not a save file.

Fleet Dock

Spend salvage on hull, shields and new weapons.

How to play

Controls and core systems in five minutes.

Controls

Move	`WASD` or arrow keys, left stick, or drag on touch
Fire	`Space`, left mouse button, right trigger, or hold on the right half of a touch screen
Bomb	`Shift`, or the bottom-right corner on touch. Clears the screen; you start with three.
Pause	`Esc` or `P`
Charged shot	Hold fire to charge, release to fire (Charged weapon only)
Report a bug	`Ctrl`+`B` opens a report form. See the privacy policy for what it sends.

Phones and tablets: rotate to landscape. On desktop and tablet the playfield is a fixed height, so difficulty is identical on a laptop and a monitor. On phones it renders larger, with enemy speed tuned to keep it fair on a small screen.