Ikaruga
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About Ikaruga
Ikaruga is a vertical shoot ’em up built around switching your ship’s polarity. Your ship, enemies and bullets are either black or white. Switch polarity at will to absorb bullets that match yours, then use the stored energy to fire powerful homing lasers with Release Power.
Polarity and scoring
Defeat three enemies of the same polarity in a row to earn a chain bonus and build your high score. Absorbing bullets and choosing when to switch polarity shape both your attacks and your survival.
Levels and modes
The game has five levels with tactical layouts and boss battles, plus three difficulty levels: EASY, NORMAL and HARD. It includes ARCADE and PROTOTYPE modes, as well as local two-player play and Double Play Mode, where one player can control both ships with one controller.
Other features
- 3D graphics and fast, smooth gameplay
- Replay data saving, with replays also downloadable from the Leaderboards
- Vertical screen mode, which lets you rotate only the game screen to play in a horizontal orientation
Frequently asked questions
The best price for Ikaruga is $9.99 at Steam. 2 shops have an offer that activates in your country.
The minimum requirements for Ikaruga are: Windows XP, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 512 MB storage. It runs on Windows only. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
Yes. Ikaruga has multiplayer and a single-player mode.
Yes. Valve rates Ikaruga as Verified on the Steam Deck: it runs well out of the box.
Yes. Ikaruga is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.
Steam lets publishers create keys to sell in other shops. Once you activate a key, the game is yours to keep, just like a store purchase.
Disclaimer: CD keys have an inherent 1–2% average failure rate. Check the shop terms for buyer protection info. Steam offers no buyer protection for keys bought in other shops and doesn't refund them.












