Alien Crusader

Alien Crusader is a vertical-scrolling space shooter in which you pilot a secret prototype alien fighter against an invading fleet. You travel across planets, solar systems and asteroid fields to defeat the aliens, free the galaxy and save Earth and humanity.

Missions across the galaxy

The game has more than 25 levels, spanning interstellar spaces, asteroid fields, secret alien bases and motherships, leading to the aliens’ planetary ground base. You fight end-of-level bosses, including a mothership with shootable energy orbs, and can destroy parts of bosses and rocks in asteroid fields. Chain-kills earn Spacecoins and power-ups, and each level ends with stats and bonuses. You can choose levels for practice or high-score runs, and the game includes online leaderboards and player statistics.

Weapons and upgrades

You collect Spacecoins during missions and spend them between missions in the Shop on weapons and spaceship technology. As your skill level increases, new items unlock. Weapons include the Vulcan Laser, Pulse Cannon, heat-seeking rockets and Plasma Smart Bombs; other upgrades include Dual Cannon, Dual Rocket, Spacecoin Magnet and the Antaris Spaceship. You can customize your loadout, use laser, cannon or rocket firing modes, and deploy Smart Bombs when cornered. In-game Platinum power-ups can also boost your firepower.

Play modes

Alien Crusader supports one-player play and, with Premium membership, two-player local co-op. Standard membership gives access to all stages and practice up to stage 10, with limited continues. Premium membership is a permanent, one-time upgrade that provides 100,000 Spacecoins, infinite continues and co-op, as well as the Platinum Elite options: Shield, Invisibility, Hologram, Quad Damage and Time-Warp. The Hologram creates a mirrored ghost ship for twice the firepower, while Time-Warp slows time to help you dodge bullets.

Game features

The game has one consistently hard difficulty level and is designed not to be bullet-hell. Its other features include high-energy electronic music, separate sound and music volume controls, achievements, and online tracking of scores, skill level, stats and profile.