STAR//SWARM | Free Retro Alien Shooter

WAVE01 / 10

HULLS3

CONTACTS21

SCORE0

BEST0

CHAIN×1

DEFENSE GRID READY

DEFENSE GRID // 01

FIRST SIGNAL. BREAK THE FORMATION.

Slide beneath the swarm and keep firing. Every enemy silhouette and formation in STAR//SWARM is an original geometric design built for Pocket Arcade — no borrowed arcade characters or copied formations.

Enemies drift as a formation, peel away into diving attacks, and fire toward your ship. Collect S for shield, 2 for twin beam, and R for rapid pulse. Survive all ten waves and destroy the SWARM CORE.

FORMATION // FIRST SIGNALKEYBOARD // A/D OR ←/→ · SPACE / Z / K = FIRE · DRAG SHIP ON TOUCH

S // AURORA SHIELDabsorbs one hit

2 // TWIN BEAMtemporary dual fire

R // RAPID PULSEtemporary fast fire

Play STAR//SWARM — a fixed-screen retro alien shooter

STAR//SWARM turns classic one-screen shooting into a Pocket Arcade score chase. Your ship stays near the bottom of the sector while original geometric swarms sweep overhead, launch diving attacks, and fire increasingly aggressive volleys.

Ten original formations, escalating pressure

The campaign moves through FIRST SIGNAL, TWIN LATTICE, ORBIT BLOOM, NEEDLE RAIN, MIRROR HIVE, PULSE CROWN, SPIRAL CHOIR, RIFT WEAVE, BLACK NURSERY and the final SWARM CORE. Formation speed, enemy durability, fire cadence and dive pressure increase as the run progresses.

Fast restarts, score chains and temporary power

Destroy enemies without losing a hull to raise your score chain. Special drops can activate an Aurora Shield, Twin Beam or Rapid Pulse. Desktop uses keyboard controls, while phones and tablets can use the large control deck and drag positioning directly on the playfield.

FIRST SIGNAL. BREAK THE FORMATION.

FORMATION BROKEN

Play STAR//SWARM — a fixed-screen retro alien shooter

Ten original formations, escalating pressure

Fast restarts, score chains and temporary power