Arcade Space Survivor
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INFO:
The game is currently in development (v0.5).
The leaderboard might reset with each update!
MOBILE INFO:
For the best experience, we recommend playing on PC for optimal performance, graphics, and controls.
DESCRIPTION:
Fight against waves of enemies to become the ultimate space survivor!
Arcade Space Survivor is an arcade-styled action-roguelike.
Collect EXP, upgrade your spaceship and survive in this retro-inspired shooter.
The game offers an innovative and unique experience within the survivors-like genre.
Differences to other survivors-likes:
- Instead of HP the player has Lifes
(like in old arcade games) - Exp will disappear after a certain time
(around 10 seconds).
FEATURES:
- Online leaderboard
- Different enemy types
- Unique Upgrades (104 level, Reroll 3x)
- PowerUps (currently only Exp-Magnet)
- Point of Interests (Explosion Capture Zone, Exp-Orb)
- Deadly Meteors (Small, Medium, Big)
- Retro arcade styled graphic & sounds
CONTROLS:
| Type | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Move | WASD | Left Stick |
| Select | Space | A |
| Cancel | Escape | B |
| HUD | Space | Y |
Game by: Marvin Woelke
© 2023 MAWO (Marvin Woelke)
Development log
- Changelog 0.6.9.638 days ago
- Changelog 0.6.9.5Aug 27, 2025
- Changelog 0.5.4.6Oct 17, 2024
- Changelog 0.5.3.0Sep 28, 2024
- Steam-Page Online!May 02, 2024
- Changelog 0.4.2.0Apr 20, 2024
- Changelog 0.3.2.0Feb 10, 2024
- Changelog 0.2.2.1Nov 01, 2023
Comments
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Loved this. I didn't want to stop playing. Good shmup with an element of strategy (picking the right upgrades at the right time). Only wish that there was a delay between choosing the upgrade and resuming play because it just jumps right back in and makes it hard to get away from enemies.
Also, wave 7 (I think) went from 0 to 100 real quick haha
Thanks for your feedback! I’m glad you enjoy the game :) What’s your current rank?
There’s a slight slowdown after closing the upgrade menu, but I’m planning to add a short freeze and a sound for resuming game.
Each update will improve the balancing and also improve the wave system! It's interesting how important such little tweeks are!. The next update will include a completely overhauled upgrade system with probabilities, rarities, and rewards for Exp/Level streaks.
Cooles Update! Tolle visuals. Die Background Sonne nervt etwas (da sie auch gelb ist). Die gelben XP-Collectables respawnen lassen. Despawnen die lila Powerups eigentlich? (Bitte nicht :-). Was bedeutet die kleine gelbe Anzeige unter dem Player Char? Schußsound war zwischendurch weg. Ricky soll gebannt werden ;-) Wir freuen uns auf das nächste Update
Die Sonne ist evtl. etwas zu hell - aber schön dass du sie gefunden hast - die Spawnt nur 1x auf der Map.
Die PowerUps bleiben auf der Map!
Die kleine gelbe Anzeige unter dem Spieler ist der Exp-Streak. Sammelt man mehr Exp hintereinander ein, steigt dieser und man bekommt einen Bonus! Wenn Exp verschwindet, sinkt er wieder. Das System sowie die Anzeige wird noch überarbeitet!
Der Bug mit dem Sound ist bereits gefixt :)
Ricky zockt einfach zu viel^^
Fun game. Pls make the game faster from start. And give a machine gun ;)
Heyo, Machine Gun sounds good, I will add one :)
as the guy that made the video (abi_art) i would like to kindly say f#ck the FAST GUYS,GREAT GAME BTW
They will now spawn in a very late wave, feel free to test the game again :)
Excellent work, amazing game, everything from the sound to the art is glorious.
Your game has the potential to heal my vampire survivors addiction
Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
There will be more content such as Upgrades, Bosses, Events, Powerups, Enemy-Types (maybe Campaign & challenges)..
so replayability will increase^^
OMG yes, i can't wait
agree
Very nice game! I like the subtle touch that the number of black pixels inside each enemy ship shows how many shots they take to destroy.
Nice you noticed :)
I might come up with another way to display the health of enemies.
I also noticed the game's acronym!
BTW, thanks for supporting the arrow keys for movement. A lot of developers only impliment WASD and I personally find using my right hand for movement more comfortable.
As for another way of displaying enemy health. I like the simplicity of the game graphics at the moment. Adding health bars to everything would clutter the view I think. A couple of options I can think of are:
Only show a healthbar for enemies that are injured.
Change the colour of the enemies to indicate how damaged they are.
Fade out the enemies as they get more injured. Perhaps keeping a solid outline with just their fill fading.
Thanks a lot for the feedback :)
The game also has full controller support. Mobile controls will be implemented in the future!
You are right - a screen full of health bars would look terreble and may not fit for this game.
Fading out enemies which are injured sound like a thing I could try!
Thanks a lot :)