A side-scrolling shooter flown from the cockpit. Read what's ahead through the canopy, the terrain in the side view and the lanes in the top view — all three on screen at once. Harvest magic stones from alien beasts, buy the weapons you want, and dive into seven worlds the Ordo turned into nests.

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Planned Release Date: March 2027

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About This Game

A side-scrolling shooter, from the cockpit

Terrain rushes past the canopy. Walls close in. Bosses loom above you. SPATHA takes the arcade shooter of the 1980s and puts you in the pilot's seat — while keeping the precise, readable play of a classic side-scroller.

Three views, one ship

Three screens fly with you, all at once:

  • Front view — the pilot's eye. What's coming straight at you, and how far it is.

  • Side view — the terrain from the side. Ceilings, floors and the gaps between them.

  • Top view — the ground from above. Lanes, flanks, and what's coming up behind.

Every enemy, bullet and stone appears in every view, as it is. Read all three, and pick the view you steer from — the one that fits the moment. Switching well is the skill.

Magic stones, your loadout

The Ordo's beasts carry red crystals inside their bodies. Shoot them down, collect the magic stones, and spend them on what you want, when you want it: SPEED, MISSILE, TWIN, BEAM, OPTION and SHIELD. Missiles drop and crawl along the ground. TWIN fires forward and up. BEAM grows as you hold the button, then flies free.

Lose your ship and you lose your weapons — but they spill out as stones where you fell. You come right back into the fight and can win them back.

Seven worlds, seven surprises

The Ordo latch onto worlds and hollow them into nests. One by one, you dive inside.

  • A mining pit deep inside a lava asteroid, where the Ordo run a crystal refinery

  • A hollowed-out moon whose space folds back on itself — fly off the top and come in from the bottom

  • The ancient geoglyphs of a vanished civilisation, on a planet you dive into through fire

  • A test space colony, its spin stopped and its gravity rewritten

  • A dark sea beneath the ice of a frozen moon

  • A living underworld of lava and cells

  • The fortress at the very heart of the moon

Each world has one idea of its own, and at the end of every one, the guardian Orbis waits.

Arcade at heart

  • Learn the stages, master the loadout, chase the high score

  • Clear all seven and the next loop begins — harder

  • Gamepad, arcade stick and keyboard

  • Original soundtrack

  • Buy once. No ads, no microtransactions

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The music was generated with an AI music tool (ElevenLabs), then selected, edited and looped by the developer. Some 3D models (the player ship, enemy drones and creatures) started from AI-generated meshes (Tripo) and were rebuilt and repainted by hand. The title logo was redrawn by hand from an AI-generated sketch. Parts of the store text and its translations were written with AI assistance. No content is generated by AI while you play.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Quad-core CPU, e.g. Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 or better
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: 1920x1080 recommended. Gamepad or arcade stick recommended.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or better
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or better
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 12 Monterey or later
    • Processor: Apple M1 or later (Apple silicon only; Intel Macs are not supported)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 integrated GPU
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Apple silicon Macs only. 1920x1080 recommended. Gamepad or arcade stick recommended.
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS 14 Sonoma or later
    • Processor: Apple M1 Pro / M2 or better
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple M1 Pro / M2 GPU or better
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
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