Astro Fighters

Astro Fighters is a vertical-scrolling shooter built around score attack, close-range grazing and arcade-style mastery. You survive dense bullet patterns, collect medals to build a score multiplier and fly close to enemy fire to charge a graze gauge. Across multiple difficulty levels, you balance survival against risk as you learn enemy waves, plan routes and chase high scores.

Scoring and combat

Medal chains increase your point gains, while grazing enemy bullets builds energy. You can spend that energy on spread attacks or screen-clearing bombs, or use points for mechanics that slow time and help you survive. Deciding when to use offensive power or defensive tools is part of each run, especially during challenging boss encounters filled with dense bullet patterns.

Game modes

Four arcade difficulty modes offer different scoring opportunities. Higher difficulties bring denser enemy patterns and greater score rewards, and call for more demanding routing. Gauntlet Mode uses procedural generation for repeatable runs.

Play and compete

You can play alone or in local co-op, with Steam Remote Play Together support. Online leaderboards are available for every difficulty setting. The game supports both survival-focused play, from pursuing a first clear, and 1CC score chasing, where you aim to clear a run without continuing; leaderboard competition rewards precise play, practiced routes and efficient enemy clears.