Star Hive: The Menace

Star Hive: The Menace is a missile-control game about defending humanity from an alien invasion. After humans reach Mars and discover an alien reconnaissance ship, scientific and military experts conclude that an advanced civilization is preparing a mass invasion. Nations form a coalition and build a space defense fleet, including a large freighter filled with missiles.

Control your missiles

Each attack involves launching a missile from the launchpad, guiding it through an asteroid belt, accelerating it and reaching the enemy fleet. You steer missiles toward targets and can trigger their detonation at any time after launch. A missile also detonates if it hits an object before reaching the fleet.

The missiles’ “Stasys” systems can capture asteroids to use as shields against enemy projectiles or as weapons. You can release a captured asteroid at any time, allowing simultaneous attack strategies.

Game modes

Story mode has 10 stages, each with 10 waves of attacks. Waves include regular combat ships and five bosses, with one boss appearing every two waves. Arcade mode includes a leaderboard of the top 100 Steam user scores.

In both modes, alien ships and their projectiles move faster with each wave.