CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
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Very Positive (223) - 91% of the 223 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Mar 11, 2019
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Reviews

“it’s undeniably one of the deepest, most addictive and fun arcade shooters you can buy on Steam and one that no self-respecting gamer should be without.”
Infinite Frontiers

“It’s doing its own thing, and it’s doing it quite well.”
80/100 – TouchArcade

“CounterAttack: Uprising is a highly enjoyable shmup for fans of the genre and with very few cons it's an easy pick-up even if you're not a fan of the genre!”
9.5/10 – WiiWareWave

About This Game

CounterAttack: Uprising is a Scrolling Space Shooter (SHMUP/STG) with deep customization, local 4 player CO-OP, and cross-platform online CO-OP for up to 8 players. Blast across 32 levels on the branching campaign, see how long you can last on the endless survival modes, or switch it up and make a custom level and campaign with the built in editors!

Earth is under attack! The Automations, humanity's own creation, have rebelled. They will stop at nothing short of the complete annihilation of their former masters. There is but one hope, the Experimental Space Fighter program. Fight solo or team up for intense co-op action, 1 - 4 player locally or 2 - 8 players online, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

8 Player Cross-Platform Online CO-OP and 4 Player Local CO-OP


All levels, modes, leaderboards, and difficulties are available in CO-OP. Use support attachments to work together, or set powerups on free-for-all and grab them before anybody else does. Use Auras and support attachments to help your friends, or focus only on damage and blast a way through. If you die you become a turret on a surviving ship to continue blasting.

Create New Weapons to Destroy the Automatons

600+ attachments including engine turbos, Support Fighters, Auras, Weapon Replacements, Attack Drones, Weapon Modifiers, Shields, Evasion, Critical Hit Change, and more! Weapons can combined to create new and unique abilities. Millions of combinations with some powerful (and sometimes wacky) effects! Go all followers and turrets, or buildup weapons that pack a deadly punch. Show off your creations on the workshop, or try one created by somebody else!

Choose from the 8 pilots with unique ultimate and innate abilities


Each pilot has a unique ship, ultimate weapon, and innate ability. Ayumi has the ultimate Tactical Nuke and Analysis ability, Biff as the ultimate Big Biff Laser and Big Boy ability, Marcus has the ultimate Mesonwave and Meson Blades ability, Joe has the ultimate Overcharge and Action Joe ability, Sarah has the Quantium Shield and Survivor ability, Sloane has the Fighter Squadron and a Sloane Aura ability, Carl has the ultimate Plasma Strike and Rocker ability, Jinx has the ultimate Hack Wave and Autorekt ability.

Battle through a branching 32 level campaign and 3 endless survival modes


31 bosses (32 if you count the sun). Branching campaign with secret wormhole paths, 4 difficulties from Easy to Very Hard, 3 modes, catering from novices to veterans. Easy to pickup, hard to master.

3 Endless Survival stages including a Horizontal Flood, Vertical Flood, and a procedurally generated wave survival!

Level Editor & Campaign Editor

Check out the workshop for the latest player made Campaigns and Levels, or create your own! Custom levels unlock attachments so you aren't forced grind the base game to unlock attachments (though the unlock rate is lower on custom levels).

System Requirements

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows XP
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 8600 / ATI 4650
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel i5
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 760 / ATI HD 7950
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OSX
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or M1
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: OSX
    • Processor: Intel i5 or M2
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Linux
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: SteamOS
    • Processor: Intel i5
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space

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