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Ship Fight!
A frenetic couch-coop 2D top down battler for 2-4 players, set in orbit around a black hole. Use orbital mechanics to curve your shots, outmaneuver your opponents, and survive.
Release Date:
Aug 1, 2025
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Dark Blue Shark Games
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Ship Fight will be a better final product having the community involved early and getting me feedback on what works, what doesn't, and what you would like to see. Iterating on that feedback will make for a better final game.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“It is hard to predict how long the game will be in Early Access, but my current best estimate is about a year. The goal is to include the features the community wants, while still creating a quality final game.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The goal is for the full version of Ship Fight to have more features, more content, and better art than the Early Access release.

I plan to make frequent releases containing new features and content based on community feedback. This could include more game modes, more weapons, more powerups, a fleshed out overworld flow and scoring system, and persistent upgrades after victories. I also plan to address bugs and performance issues as they arise through community testing.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Ship Fight currently has several game modes, weapons, and powerups, and a simple overworld. Each of these uses an underlying architecture that will allow me to create better and more varied versions based on community feedback. I plan for the community to help decide how the overworld progression should be structured.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, the price will increase after Early Access.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I can't wait to hear your feedback on this early version of Ship Fight, so that together we can make it an excellent final game. Come join the community on Ship Fight's Discord channel!

Because I'm a full-time indie developer, I look forward to quickly releasing updates addressing bugs you find or ideas you want to try out. I will pay careful attention to all the feedback you send me. Whatever we like as a community is what we will keep. The roadmap is therefore not entirely certain and the road will be bumpy, but I would love for you to join the community and travel the road with us to our final release.”
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Planned Release Date: Aug 1, 2025

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About This Game

Ship Fight!  A frenetic couch-coop 2D top down battler for 2-4 players, set in orbit around a black hole.  Use orbital mechanics to curve your shots, outmaneuver your opponents, and survive.

Many ways to play, including:

  • Deathmatch - kill your enemies, but keep an eye out for powerups that can change the balance of power.  Be ready to use the black hole as a slingshot to get you to a powerup before anyone else, but don't fling yourself into that electrified wall!

  • Race - Make it as far as you can through the checkpoints without getting shot, then cash in the points by diving into the black hole.  Every checkpoint is worth double the last one - will you cash in early and often, or risk more checkpoints for a bigger payoff?

  • Cargo - Earn points as long as you are carrying one or more flags.  But watch out - holding a flag disables your guns and weakens your engines.  Maybe let your opponent pick up the flag first, then come in for the kill and carry the flag away as fast as you can!

  • King of the Hill - As long as you or your teammate are the only ones in the basecamp, you are earning points.  Fend off the other team, and position yourself in the center of the camp for the most points.  But the basecamp is orbiting the black hole as well! Only a master pilot will be able to stay in the base while defending against attackers.

  • Capture the Flag - Carry the opposing team's flag back to your base to score.  Sounds easy enough, but the miniature black holes in front of each base make pickup and dropoff harder than it looks!  Careful that while you're lining up your approach, the enemy doesn't pick up a gatling gun and turn you into space junk.

  • Plus bumper cars, white holes pushing you toward certain destruction, mine-laying guns, the Aura of Death, and much more!

Ship Fight! is an indie game made by one developer (me, Michael Gundlach - hi! )  I'd love to hear what you think of it!  Join the discord server or drop me an email!

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: 10.15 Catalina
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel
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      Minimum:
      • OS: Any
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