Neon Swarm
Pilot an auto-firing neon ship through endless enemy waves, dash through the swarm, pick an upgrade after every wave and take down the Hive boss.
Neon Swarm is a glowing arena survival shooter where your ship aims and fires on its own, so all your attention goes into movement. Weave between pink chasers, orange dashers, armored hexagon tanks and splitters that burst into fast mini drones, then hit dash to ram straight through a crowd while you are briefly invulnerable. Every kill raises a combo multiplier and drops cyan gems that pay out even more points.
The first wave is a gentle stream of slow chasers, but each new wave sends more enemies, faster spawns and new types, with turret ships firing back from wave six. After clearing a wave you choose one of three upgrades: faster fire, twin barrels, piercing or heavier rounds, thrusters, a quicker dash, a stronger gem magnet, extra hull hearts or a Nova Dash that releases a damaging ring. Every fifth wave the Hive boss arrives, spraying rings of bullets and hatching drones. Your best score, best wave and a lifetime pilot rank are saved between runs.
It suits players who like twin-stick style arena shooters and roguelite upgrade picks in short, intense runs. Tip: keep moving in wide circles so the swarm bunches up behind you, then turn and dash through the pack.
How to play
Move your ship to dodge enemies and bullets while it fires automatically at the nearest target. Dash to smash through enemies while invulnerable. Kills build a combo and drop gems for bonus points. Clear a wave to choose an upgrade; every fifth wave brings the Hive boss. You have three hearts; the run ends when they are gone.
Controls
- WASD / Arrow keys: Move
- Hold left mouse: Fly toward the cursor
- Space / Shift / right-click: Dash
- 1 / 2 / 3 or click: Pick an upgrade
- Drag (touch): Virtual stick to fly
- DASH button (touch): Dash
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart after game over
Category: Action games
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