Trenchworms

Trenchworms is a real-time arena shooter inspired by Liero, where every worm moves and fights at once. You dig through the battlefield, fire through cover or use a ninja rope to launch yourself across the arena.

Shape the arenas

Fight across 20 arenas: 10 have destructible dirt to tunnel through, while the other 10 are open maps focused on rope movement and mid-air battles. You can blast away terrain, work around indestructible obstacles or use the Dirt Cannon to build ground and cover, even in arenas without dirt.

Campaign and local play

The 15-mission revenge campaign has illustrated briefings, escalating fights, weapon rewards and a final boss. You can also take on AI opponents alone or play locally with two people sharing a keyboard. Same-screen battles support 2–6 players using controllers.

Multiplayer modes

Play LAN duels or Steam matches with up to six participants and optional AI bots. Quick Play finds a match, or you can browse public games and create named public or private Steam lobbies. Steam multiplayer includes:

• 1v1 duels
• Free-for-all deathmatch
• 2v2 and 3v3 Team Deathmatch
• 2v2 and 3v3 Capture the Flag

Hosts can adjust the number and difficulty of bots, lives—including unlimited lives—match length, the number of flags needed to win and weapon cooldowns. They can also set a rising lava sudden-death timer.

Weapons and pickups

Build a five-weapon loadout from an arsenal of 26. The weapons include Spider Mines, drilling rockets, heavy explosives and the Dirt Cannon, which reshapes the arena. Health, weapon and mystery pickups can change the course of a match or make it stranger.