Star Vortex

Star Vortex is a top-down space shooter with action RPG progression. Humanity is fighting wars on every front when a new threat suddenly attacks its forces. You pilot a fighter tasked with finding gateway keys so you can escort a mothership back to Earth and warn it of the danger.

Explore the sectors

You travel through randomly generated space sectors, fighting enemies, gaining experience and collecting equipment. Choose whether to head straight for a sector’s boss, explore to level up, or detour to scavenge for rare and legendary upgrades. Navigation helps you plot a course, but danger can come from environmental hazards or sudden attacks by the invaders.

Some systems expose your ship to heat, which can burn it without protection, or corrosion, which damages it over time. The invaders may also attack without warning. Sectors include skirmishes with small groups, stranded pilots to rescue and escort, enemy convoys to intercept, warzones, elite enemies and gigantic bosses. Each race and faction has strengths and weaknesses, so you can adjust your equipment—for example, using heat resistance and non-heat weapons against the Junkers, or corrosion resistance against the Outcasts.

Build your ship

As your pilot gains experience and levels up, you can upgrade your ship from a small fighter through a destroyer and cruiser to a battleship. Leveling also unlocks larger ships and additional weapon and equipment slots. Three large upgrade trees and a deep item system let you develop builds around your preferred playstyle and discover equipment synergies.

At the mothership’s shipyard, you can design your ship’s appearance, choose its parts and colors, and place its weapon and equipment slots. You can save designs and share them using the ship design import and export options. Weapons and abilities include lasers, projectile weapons, rocket launchers, automatic turrets, homing missiles, energy pulses, time dilation, drones, cloaking fields, grapple guns and tesla coils.

Modes and co-op

You can play the story solo or in online or LAN co-op. You can also enable PvP to battle your friends. The game has various difficulty settings and a Hardcore Mode for players seeking a greater challenge.