CounterAttack

CounterAttack is a scrolling space shooter in which you pilot an experimental fighter against the Automations, humanity’s creations that have rebelled and seek to annihilate their former masters. Fight alone or in co-op, customize your ship with unlockable attachments and abilities, and battle to save Earth.

Co-op modes

You can play locally with 1–4 players or online with 2–8 players, including cross-platform online co-op. All levels, modes, leaderboards and difficulty settings are available in co-op. Players can use support attachments and Auras to help one another, or set power-ups to free-for-all and compete to collect them. If you are destroyed, you become a turret on a surviving ship and can keep firing.

Ship customization

More than 600 attachments include engine turbos, Support Fighters, Auras, Weapon Replacements, Attack Drones, Weapon Modifiers, Shields, Evasion and Critical Hit Change. You can combine weapons and attachments to create different abilities, with options ranging from follower and turret builds to weapons focused on damage. Custom creations can be shared through the Workshop, where you can also try other players’ designs.

Pilots and abilities

Each of the eight pilots has a unique ship, ultimate weapon and innate ability:

• Ayumi: Tactical Nuke and Analysis.
• Biff: Big Biff Laser and Big Boy.
• Marcus: Mesonwave and Meson Blades.
• Joe: Overcharge and Action Joe.
• Sarah: Quantium Shield and Survivor.
• Sloane: Fighter Squadron and Sloane Aura.
• Carl: Plasma Strike and Rocker.
• Jinx: Hack Wave and Autorekt.

Campaign and survival

The branching campaign spans 32 levels, with secret wormhole routes and 31 bosses—or 32 if you count the sun. You can choose from four difficulties, from Easy to Very Hard. The game also has three endless survival stages: Horizontal Flood, Vertical Flood and a procedurally generated wave survival mode.

Create levels and campaigns

Built-in level and campaign editors let you make custom content, or play creations from the Workshop. Custom levels and campaigns support local and online co-op, with the same modes and difficulty options as the main game. Playing custom content unlocks attachments, though at lower rates than playing the campaign.

Difficulty options

Difficulty settings affect the number, firing rate and strength of enemies. Across the game’s modes, there are options ranging from casual play with save-as-you-go to hardcore runs with no extra lives.