Hover X Souls

Hover X Souls puts you in the metal body of X-17, travelling a dark highway across Planet Downpour, a planet with a circumference of 12,990 m. You shoot enemies attacking distant outposts while raising your multiplier to increase your soul yield. The game gives you enough information to learn the basics, but expects you to discover some mechanics for yourself.

Travel the planet

Each metre corresponds to a location. Zones transition from one to another, and completing the final zone returns you to the first, where things are harder. Persistent rain covers the planet, and finding pockets without rain has benefits.

Fight and manage your time

Combat centres on a hover shield that is simple to use but difficult to master. You can trade, block, shoot forwards, shoot into the background and perform acrobatics with your shield while moving. Blocking increases your multiplier.

You also manage trips to collect souls, time at base repairing and upgrading, and efforts to protect your outposts. Outposts can be levelled up to help you on your journey, but they can be destroyed.