Gridnova

Gridnova is a neon survival game where you play as the Core, a lone process fighting an endless swarm of viruses inside a digital grid. You move and dodge while your weapons fire automatically. Each kill gives you an upgrade, and the grid grows more dangerous with every passing minute. From minute 12, System Overload escalates relentlessly, bringing every run to a finale.

Build your run

Gridnova has six weapons: pulse bolts, area novas, orbiting shields, homing drones, chain lightning and a sweeping destructor beam. You can level each weapon and evolve it to its limit. Maxing out the right weapon pair unlocks a fusion, such as homing bolts, cascading novas or twin beams. Passive upgrades affect damage, critical hits, area, armor, retaliation, execution and detonation, so runs can develop differently.

Face the swarm

Enemies include darting interceptors, hexagon tanks, ranged shooters, splitters, teleporting phasers, death-burst dischargers and glowing elites. Minibosses can have modifiers that give them shields, let them pull with gravity or summon reinforcements. Three boss types use telegraphed attacks and enrage phases: a radial-burst rootkit, a rotating-laser sentinel and a mine-orbiting collector.

Weekly challenges

Each week brings a shared seed, so everyone plays the same run and leaderboard positions depend on skill rather than luck. Weekly mutators include swarm week, overclock, armored, bloodlust and gold rush. A new weekly objective offers bonus rewards.

Lasting progression

Between runs, you can spend data shards on permanent meta-upgrades. The game has four characters, each with a unique perk and starting weapon, and you can leave a run and continue it later.

Runs and presentation

Runs can last from a few minutes to a tense endgame push. The visuals use neon, glow, particles and screen shake, with hit feedback. The game can be played with a controller.