Stick to the end

Stick to the end is a vertical plane-shooting game where you attack enemy aircraft and bosses with a range of weapons. Each level gives you three lives, with three health points per life. To clear a level, you must destroy all its enemy planes and its boss.

Weapons and enemies

You receive weapons and tools at random and can choose which ones to use. The arsenal includes 11 kinds of ordinary bombs, one wave weapon, five kinds of lasers—including ordinary lasers, S-type lasers and lasers that turn—a protective cover, a big explosion, health and life refills, auxiliary attacks from small fireballs, and one tracking missile.

Enemy aircraft include ordinary and tracking planes, planes that can turn invisible briefly, planes with a short-lived protective cover, and planes that launch group bombs. Bosses follow 50 flight paths and fire different kinds of bullets, including lasers. You dodge their attacks and use your weapons to focus your fire on them. Across the game, there are multiple enemy types and 100 flight paths, with varied boss attacks.

Levels and progression

The game has 50 levels, each ending with a different boss. Your game progress is saved to Steam, and clearing the game earns 11 achievements. The game also features a fluorescence effect.