Highrise Guardian

Highrise Guardian is an online retro FPS set above a city skyline. You choose three weapons, two active abilities and two passive perks to build a hero, then fight for control of map resources and vantage points.

Weapons and abilities

The weapon selection includes SMGs, long-range laser rifles, rocket launchers and shotguns. Each weapon has its own behavior:

• Phased Plasma 40W: a slow-firing, bolt-action energy beam weapon that hits hard.
• Sheriff 800: a lever-action rifle loaded with 12G buckshot. Its damage scales with the number of fragments that hit an enemy.
• Denzel-10: a fully automatic weapon that fires nails at a high rate; its projectiles take time to reach enemies.
• TubeScreamer-10: a rocket launcher with a moderate fire rate. Its rockets can knock players and enemies back, displacing them.
• Wick’s Sidekick: a semi-automatic magic pistol with infinite ammunition and low damage.

Choose two active abilities from four options: Wind Rush dashes you a short distance forward, Optic Phase makes you invisible for three seconds, Thermal Sight detects nearby enemies in any conditions, and Magnetic Intervention reverses enemies’ camera-control input.

Passive perks

You also select two passive perks, which provide bonuses in combat:

• Stalker: increases strafing speed to 150% during battle.
• Berserk: grants a damage bonus that scales with your lost health.
• Favor of Battle: restores 50% of your total health after an elimination.
• Hesitation is death: lets you deal 130% damage by default, but dealing damage to you reduces the damage you deal to that enemy by 10%.

Factions and maps

You fight for one of two factions, Operators or Heisters, on rooftops above the bright downtown or among overcast canal ports. Maps emphasize vertical combat, shifting sightlines and quick changes of position, with portals and jump pads for flanking and fast engagements. Their layouts support creative interaction and dynamic combat.

Map resources

Control the map to secure valuable pickables, hold vantage points and gain an advantage over your opponents. Resource control is another way to prevail alongside weapon skill.