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- 10 November 2026
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Swarmbreak is a twin-stick shooter about outlasting a swarm that only gets bigger. Runs are quick, deaths are fast, and the next run starts in seconds.
- Fast runs with a quick restart
- Unlocks that carry over between runs: characters, weapons, perks and Threat levels
- A best survival time for every Threat level
- Steam achievements
Build your run as you play
- Perks: Choose one of three each time you level up, and stack them into a build that fits your weapon and character.
- Weapons: They drop from kills mid-run, from shotgun and rifle up to railgun and swarm missiles. Each fires and feels different.
- Power-ups: Short, powerful buffs that can turn a fight that's going wrong.
Every run counts, even the bad ones:
- XP carries over between runs. It unlocks new weapons and perks that join the drop pool in later runs.
- Characters unlock from milestones. Kill 500 enemies in one run, survive five minutes, beat bosses, or die enough times. Each milestone opens up a new way to play.
- Survive ten minutes to unlock the next Threat level. Every Threat level keeps its own best time to beat.
Each one has a passive that changes how you play. The Berserker hits harder near death. The Scout has a shield that recharges. The Demolitionist makes every bullet explode. The Revenant gets back up once.
- Bosses arrive and each has its own special attack: vent, lunge or slam.
- Enemies spawn with affixes , so you have to read them. Shielded ones soak hits, Splitting ones multiply, Volatile ones explode, Swift ones rush you.
- Threat levels are optional difficulty tiers you pick before a run. Each new level adds one new rule on top of the ones below it. The rules switch on one at a time during the run, so a high-Threat run keeps getting harder the longer you last. Threat 0 is the base game and each unlocked new level provides new challenges and rewards.
Century and Exterminator — 100 kills in a run. Then 250.
Five Alive and Double Digits — survive five minutes. Then ten.
Ascended — hit level 20 in a single run.
Boss Down , then Boss Farmer — your first boss, and your twenty-fifth.
Spin It Up — unlock the minigun.
Full Arsenal — unlock all 14 weapons.
Full Roster — unlock every character in the game.
Gearing up for early access, Graphical overhaul, achievements, balance changesI have been working hard on updating all graphical elements in game, and adding new trailers and screenshots. I truly hope and believe this will make the experience better. This includes much improved sprites, effects and general feel of the game. Its a lot less of a empty black void now...Among other things weapons and powerups got icons instead of just coloured circles. There are also more splatter effects when killing the swarm and in general more on hit effects happen to make the action pop more. Yesterday I put in the last touches on adding steam achievements and I am happy to annonce a whole 18 of them are added for now. A teaser on some of the names are : "Exterminator", "Boss Farmer", and "Perk Master". Excited to see how many players will be chasing these. As things are progressing towards my planne...
Read full update on Steam ↗A quick general update on state of thingsQuite a bit of effort have gone into the game lately after initial publish on steam.A few highlights are : Graphical polish : Shadows to all ententies to provide a bit of depth in a 2d world. Background "texture" to avoid simply walking around on a black void. A few minor other things such as tiny footprints when moving and "dust" particles that move around to create a bit of texturei have also fixed an issue where the disolve shader that was used when kiling enemies defaulted to some weird colours - everything now looks more streamlined.Oh and there are also a bit of "leftovers" left on the play area after killing an enemy...Early game balance: Scaling was insane early on... i made it more manageable to try and get most sessions to 10-20 mins for a good run. 4 new weapons added:Swarm missiles, Shuriken launcher, Plasma bouncer and Railgun - th...
Read full update on Steam ↗Steam currently lists 10 Nov 2026 as the release date.
Gearing up for early access, Graphical overhaul, achievements, balance changesI have been working hard on updating all graphical elements in game, and adding new trailers and screenshots. I truly hope and believe this…
A quick general update on state of thingsQuite a bit of effort have gone into the game lately after initial publish on steam.A few highlights are : Graphical polish : Shadows to all ententies to provide a bit of depth…