Asteroid Bounty Hunter

Asteroid Bounty Hunter is a space shooter in which you pilot a ship to defend planets from incoming asteroids and take on other bounty hunters. Its story follows John, a veteran trying to make amends for his troubled life, accompanied by a ship AI that still cares about him. The story gradually reveals more about John, his life and his relationships.

Defend planets and fight hunters

You dodge and destroy asteroids while maneuvering against enemies whose behavior changes. You can return to earlier levels to earn experience by destroying hostile ships and asteroids, then use it to improve your ship. Each level also gives you a quest with a one-time ship upgrade.

The game includes over 100 asteroids of different sizes and textures, five types of bounty hunters that appear throughout the game, and five bosses, each with a distinct mechanic. Boss fights have different difficulty levels. You can also collect mastery points from bounty hunter ships to unlock new ships.

Ship abilities

Your ship has four abilities:

• Basic attack: fire energy particles, with up to three on screen at once.
• Photon swarm: send out spinning balls of energy that deal more damage; the ship holds three charges.
• Death ray: cut through asteroids with a laser. It has a significantly longer cooldown.
• Final blast: launch a phoenix-shaped missile to the center of the screen, destroying hostile targets in a 360-degree area. Its cooldown is 60 seconds, limiting its use to one or two times per level.

Upgrade your ship

You earn a ship upgrade point each time you level up. There is no player level cap, and global upgrade points can be spent on shield durability, ability cooldowns and damage. These global upgrades apply to every ship in the shipyard, regardless of which one you select.

At the upgrade center, you can also spend points on six abilities upgrades, with 20 points available for each: shield durability, shield regeneration rate, basic attack damage, Photon swarm damage, Death ray damage and Final blast damage.

Ships and bonuses

The shipyard has five ships, each with a different passive bonus. These bonuses add to your global and ability upgrades. The listed bonuses are no bonus, shield durability, cooldown, damage, or a combined shield, cooldown and damage bonus. Unlocking the special ship grants all the bonuses.