Bend the light, shatter the swarm and survive the rift for as long as you can.
Choose a mode
How to play
Survive the rift for as long as you can. Shattered enemies drop light shards: collect them for points and to charge your Nova, a blast that clears the screen. Clear a wave to pick an upgrade, chain kills quickly to raise your score multiplier, and expect a boss every fifth wave. Dashing makes you untouchable for a moment.
Keyboard and mouse
WASD
Move
Mouse
Aim (auto-fire)
Space
Dash, or right-click
Q
Nova
Esc
Pause
Touch
Left thumb
Move
Right thumb
Aim, or leave it to auto-aim
Dash
Phase through danger
Nova
Clear the screen when charged
Controller
Left stick
Move
Right stick
Aim, or auto-aim
A or RB
Dash
X or LB
Nova
Start
Pause
Know the swarm
Elites, from wave 11
Rift mutators, from wave 11
Each late wave can bend the rules. The active mutator is shown under the wave bar.
Weapon cores
After the wave 10 boss, boss rewards offer a weapon core that replaces your gun: Lance Beam, Scatter Cannon, Rail Driver or Seeker Swarm. Your other upgrades still apply.
Modes
Settings
Auto-fire
Visual effects
Frame rate
With auto-fire on, your ship shoots wherever you aim. Turn it off to fire only while holding the left mouse button. Low effects turns off the glow pass and halves particles for slower devices.
Wave clear
Choose an upgrade
Paused
The run keeps going while this menu is open. Your ship is still in the fight.
Your build
Co-op
Two to four pilots share one rift online. Waves are bigger, bosses are tougher, and two threats only appear here: the Leech and the Conduit pair. From wave 10 you will meet the Arbiter, a boss whose shell only cracks when it is hit from two sides at once. Downed pilots can be revived by standing next to them.
Host a room
You get a four-letter code to share with your friends.