The arcade classics, rebuilt for 2026.

Nova Swarm is a vertical arcade shmup in the spirit of Galaga and Space Invaders. Swarms hold formation, then peel off and dive. Tractor beams grab at your ship and drag it off course. Break a convoy and you free a captured fighter, who flies beside you as an escort wing.

Underneath sits a deep run-building game:

• 30 ships, each with its own weapons, handling and traits


• A Tactical Draft after every boss, with upgrades that stack, evolve and fuse into Fusion protocols


• 50 bosses, each with its own weapons, entrance and death


• 100 sectors and seven modes, from Daily Signal to Onslaught


• 20 pilot ranks, leaderboards, 100 achievements and cloud saves

All of it in a modern 2026 look: painted alien worlds, light-drenched firefights and a ten-chapter story, The Last Salute.

Keyboard or controller. Made by one developer in Norway.

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