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Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.
Swordship is a futuristic lightningfast dodgeem up which flips the script on the traditional arcade shooter. Turn both the tide of battle and enemies on themselves by dodging, weaving and diving your way through an onslaught of enemies hellbent on tearing your Swordship apart.
This addictive actionroguelike pushes you to make splitsecond decisions that will either bring you glorious victory against tyranny, injustice, and become a symbol of hope to The Banished, or see your unsung heroics sink to the bottom of the sea. With an adrenaline fuelled soontobe a modern classic soundtrack this game will transport you to a grim watery future.
Features
Guns are cool but dodging is your best weapon The Swordships manoeuvrability allows you to outwit the enemy by tactically positioning and dodging enemy fire
Ship Abilities Collect powerboosting components and experiment with different play styles in your runs
RiskReward Upgrades Choose between risking it all by banking stolen containers for massive score boosts or, play it safe for passive upgrades and extra ships that will fit your play style
Weather Learn to master the different weather conditions to get through the randomly generated levels
Story
The world after global warming. Humanity has taken refuge in three gigantic underwater cities at the bottom of the ocean.
Those who are expelled from the cities, for lack of space, barely survive on the burned lands. Meanwhile the megacities exchange millions of containers loaded with goods every day.
At the commands of ultrafast boats, a few inhabitants of the underwater cities started stealing these precious containers, in order to deliver them to the banished.
Some are more successful than others.
This game is a marvel. … Brisk, stylish and compulsive, this is everything an arcade game should be
ESSENTIAL EuroGamer
Swordship isnt a marathon, but an exhilarating sprint
8 EDGE
… one of the most inventive and polished indie games of 2022. … At its high points, it offers the most thrilling and satisfying experiences of the year.
Forbes
