Celestial Breach

Celestial Breach is a short arcade flight game for solo play or online co-op, where you and your teammates fight NPC enemies. Choose aircraft classes and secondary weapons in the lobby, then complete objectives together to advance through two levels. Each run starts at the first level, and if all players die at the same time, the run ends and you must restart.

Missions and upgrades

Each level has three or four objectives to complete. Current objective types are “destroy all targets” and “protect allied targets,” with variations that include a large spaceship boss and altitude restrictions. Once combat begins, you can spend credits from enemy kills on aircraft upgrades and choose new weapons or abilities from the in-game upgrade menu. Every player receives the reward when anyone kills an enemy.

Aircraft and combat

The game has four aircraft classes, each with distinct flight characteristics and a unique secondary weapon. There are 11 secondary weapons, including railguns and cluster missiles, as well as five special abilities: speed boost, teleportation, flare charge, distract charge and healing beam. The upgrade menu includes improvements to armor, speed, shields, locking speed and range, along with secondary weapon upgrades. Seven enemy types range from small fighter aircraft to ground missile launchers.

Levels

The two levels are Winter and Canyon. Canyon has altitude restrictions that challenge you to fly through its canyons. The arcade-style structure sends you back to the first level at the start of each run, while varied gameplay makes sessions different.

Co-op mechanics

You can see every player's health and shield status, as well as the remaining respawn time for anyone who has died. Each death increases the respawn time slightly, and all players share the same respawn timer; the game is lost if everyone is respawning at once. Ship countermeasures can deflect any missile, letting you protect a teammate by dropping flares near them. You can also use abilities to heal teammates or drop flares on them.

Multiplayer

Online multiplayer supports hosting and joining through a server list, joining or inviting Steam friends, and restricting access to LAN or friends only. The game also supports solo play.