Anchor Up

Anchor Up is a strategy puzzle game about manoeuvring ships and placing weapons to sink your opponents while keeping your own ship afloat. You face the Azarak forces across 40 hand-crafted puzzles with diverse modes, multiple locations and changing weather and visuals.

Turns and weapons

On your turn, you can either move your ship or use one of your weapons. The AI-controlled enemy ships then make the same choice. In the following phase, weapons used by either side are triggered or updated, such as cannon balls moving or lasers firing. Weapon placement matters: you need to align each weapon with an enemy.

The puzzles introduce new movement and puzzle mechanics as you progress, along with environmental objects, enemies and weapons that add complexity in later levels. You can unlock 10 unique weapons.

Navigate your ship

Your ship occupies two tiles: its front and its back. Each move makes it rotate to face the direction you moved, so you need to plan your route and manoeuvre carefully. You fail a level if your ship is hit by a weapon or an enemy enters an adjacent tile and boards it.