Dark Star: Space Shooter

Fly one ship against everything the galaxy has left. Dark Star is a fast arcade space shooter built for one thumb and short sessions - drag to fly, and you are always firing.

WAVE AFTER WAVE, THEN SOMETHING BIGGER
Enemies arrive in formations you can read at a glance: swarmers that rush you, gunners that lead their shots, turrets that hover and wall off the arena. Survive five waves and something much larger comes through. Five bosses - SENTINEL, WARDEN, HYDRA, COLOSSUS and NEMESIS - each with phases that change how it moves and what it fires. Put NEMESIS down and the run keeps going.

FIVE SHIPS THAT ACTUALLY FLY DIFFERENTLY
VANGUARD is balanced, and free. WARHAWK trades speed for a wide spread. TALON is the quick one, twin-linked. WRAITH fires fastest. IRONCLAD hits hardest and turns slowest. Every hull has its own size, speed and fire pattern - and a smaller hull is a smaller target, not just smaller art.

EARN ALL OF IT BY PLAYING
Coins drop from wrecks. Spend them in the HANGAR on new hulls and six weapon colours: Ion Blue, Ember, Venom, Plasma, Crimson and Solar Gold. No paywall, no energy meter, nothing to wait for.

POWER-UPS WORTH DIVING FOR
Repair and shields to stay alive. Weapon upgrades to raise your tier. A bomb that clears the screen and dents a boss. Magnets that drag loot to you. A beam that melts a lane straight through the wave.

SIX SECTORS TO FLY THROUGH
DEEP SPACE, VIOLET NEBULA, ASTEROID BELT, GLACIAL DRIFT, SOLAR FLARE and THE VOID, each with its own parallax sky.

PLAYS OFFLINE
No account, no sign-in, no connection required. Your high score lives on your device.

One thumb. Portrait. Good for ninety seconds or an hour.