A neon arcade roguelite with no gun. Momentum is the only weapon: surf the dark at full speed and ram everything to wreckage. This free demo is the whole ten-zone dive, anomalies and all, down to the thing waiting at the end. The stars are not ready. Go anyway.

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About This Demo

Surf the dark. Smash the stars.

You are loose in a vast neon void with no gun and no trigger to hold. Momentum is the only weapon. Build speed, ram everything to dust, charge your core to OVERLOAD, and tear a path across ten zones to the thing waiting at the edge of the dark. Free. No ads, no timers, nothing sold inside the run.

This demo is the whole dive

Not a sliver. You get the full ten-zone arc, the guardians, the anomalies, the route map, the shrines, and the fight that ends it. Unlimited runs, and the salvage you bank carries between them. The full game opens up what comes after.

Momentum is the weapon

There is no trigger to hold. You surf. You dash. You smash asteroids, towers, and hunters apart by hitting them hard enough, then ride the wreckage straight into the next kill. Charge your energy to OVERLOAD and become the most dangerous thing in the zone. Snap up a kinetic barrier when the void closes in. Chain a dash-nova through a crowd and watch it come apart.

Every run is a different void

Each zone reshuffles into a new shape: open void, asteroid belts, pylon corridors, fence mazes, dense cluster fields. Then the anomalies bend the rules.
  • SWARM: the void teems with far more hunters.
  • GOLD RUSH: salvage doubled, and well defended.
  • VOLATILE GEOMETRY: the debris detonates, so smash at speed or bleed.
  • MAGNETIC STORM: rogue currents drag your ship off course.
  • OVERCHARGE: your energy charges faster, and so do your enemies.
  • HUNTED: apex predators stalk you from the first second.
  • BOMB FIELD: drifting space mines blink, then blast, so dash clear of the fuse.
Every anomaly radiates from a rift somewhere out in the dark. Find it and seal it to end the effect, or leave it humming and take the risk.

Route the dive

Between zones you choose your path. Chase the rich zones for salvage, the bounty zones for elite kills, or the calm zones to catch your breath. Every card you pick is a bet.

Mutate, evolve, break the run

Trade hull at the shrines for mutations that bend your ship's rules, then pair the right two to evolve them into something stronger. Bank salvage between runs into permanent upgrades. Get deeper. Get stranger.

Break the guardians

Something waits at the end of every zone, and a guardian falls to the same rule as everything else: hit its corners, at speed, until it shatters. Three kinds hunt you here, and the tenth zone fuses two of them into one fight. Clear it and the dive is yours.

Built to be felt

A neon look drawn in pure light, an adaptive score that mixes to the fight, hit slow-mo, screen shake you can dial to taste, and full controller support.

In the full game

  • Five more guardian kinds, and deeper fusions to match.
  • Depth loops that rewrite the rules of a run once you have beaten it.
  • Keystones and cursed nodes, and the synergies between them.
  • The full roster of prismatic perks, overload cores, ships, and trails.

The stars are not ready. Go anyway.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz (Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent)
    • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 capable GPU; integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any DirectX compatible
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz (Intel Core i5 or better)
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Dedicated GPU or modern integrated (Intel Iris Xe / equivalent)
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 11 Big Sur
    • Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core i3
    • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal-capable GPU (integrated)
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 12 Monterey or newer
    • Processor: Apple M1 or newer / Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU or Metal-capable
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any
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