Space Viking Raiders

Space Viking Raiders is a comedic sci-fi action role-playing game for 1–4 players. In its 10-mission campaign, you play as one of four Space Vikings, raiding alien worlds across dimensions, fighting hordes and destroying enemy bases to claim Elementium. The campaign can be played alone or in co-op, locally or online, and takes roughly five hours to complete for the first time.

Story and worlds

The campaign follows legendary raider Dredrick ‘Deadeyes’ and his crew. Nakano ‘Zica’ Zicarus is an audacious munitions expert and technical prodigy; Tommy K. is the crew’s Berserker, who has brain damage and frequent bouts of memory loss and psychedelia; and Athelia, the second-in-command and pilot, pairs a measured, competent nature with fierce loyalty to Dredrick.

After raiding a science vessel and taking inter-dimensional portalling technology, the crew sets out to raid alien worlds. They face the Sluglings in arid canyons, the Federites across a lush archipelago, and the Sugarfiends in sugary deserts. The campaign also features fully voice-acted dialogue, and enemies from three dimensions.

Combat and raiding

You choose from four playable characters, each with unique abilities, and fight using physics-based weapons and abilities. The game features 10 destructive abilities that can damage enemies and landscapes. You can charge through enemy waves with brute force or attack with tactical precision, while manipulating enemy formations to make the most of the swarm combat.

Once the enemies are defeated, you must destroy the enemy base, including its spawners, energy shields and defensive turrets. Destroying the central “heart building” brings the base down and lets you claim its Elementium. When you and your co-op partners run out of Energy, you must maneuver and use melee attacks, timing your strikes to keep enemies at bay.

Moving through alien worlds also calls for careful platforming. You bounce over cliffs, navigate moving platforms and avoid destroying the ground beneath your feet as you cross canyons, archipelagos and sugary deserts. Weapon systems and play styles can complement one another to set up effective combinations.

Campaign and co-op

The campaign supports single-player and co-op for two to four players, both locally and online. It has three difficulty settings, from a more relaxed experience to its hardest mode, where cooperation and individual skill are needed to overcome enemy formations and pursue high scores.

Playable characters

• Dredrick ‘Deadeyes’: the legendary Space Viking Raider who leads the crew.
• Nakano ‘Zica’ Zicarus: an audacious munitions expert and technical prodigy.
• Tommy K.: the crew’s Berserker, who experiences memory loss and psychedelia.
• Athelia: the crew’s second-in-command and pilot, fiercely loyal to Dredrick.

Key features

• Ten campaign missions with fully voice-acted dialogue.
• Single-player and local or online co-op for up to four players.
• Three difficulty settings.
• A selection of music.