Aurora Flight

Aurora Flight is a sci-fi flight shooter set on the unknown planet Xenoa. You play as Javelin, leader of Phalanx Squadron, flying with wingmen Spear and Lance in air battles, ground attacks and fleet engagements. Battles are shaped by your piloting, judgment and the consequences of your decisions rather than cinematic scripting or automated dogfights.

Flight and combat

The game is not a full flight simulator, but its physics-based lift and drag model makes aircraft attitude, speed and altitude directly affect flight. Climbing costs speed, while turning too hard risks a stall. Preserving speed creates options for your next move, and holding altitude gives you a way out; control is part of your tactics.

Destroying enemies is only one way to affect a battle. You can disrupt an enemy targeting an ally, break up a formation, draw attention away from a wingman in danger or recover from a near-stall to create an opening. These actions may not show up on the results screen, but each decision can change the flow of battle.

Lead your squadron

You can issue Spear and Lance commands to attack aggressively, keep formation or prioritize enemies targeting you. They are combat assets as well as allies worth protecting. Enemy AI reacts to positioning, speed, formation density and which units are under threat, so battles unfold differently as aircraft performance, positions and decisions combine over time.

Choose your equipment

For each mission, you choose your aircraft, missiles and optional equipment. Additional systems can offer power at the cost of tradeoffs such as extra weight and score penalties, so each loadout involves balancing performance, aircraft weight and score.

Campaign and modes

The campaign has 20 missions, each designed to take around 10 minutes. It has four difficulty levels: Casual, Easy, Normal and Hard. Score Attack is also included as a bonus mode.