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Nanopike · Published by Nanopike · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 97% positive (62 reviews) · 26 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
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Action, Adventure, Indie · 2025 · More £5 - £15 games
Embark on a story-driven adventure where you pilot advanced ships through treacherous space zones. Choose weapons, protect allies, and construct your ultimate battleship to face escalating enemy waves. Set against a rock & synth soundtrack, every mission in Galaxy Highways is a thrilling test of skill and strategy.
About this game
Take on the challenge as a space pilot in this adrenaline-fueled space shooter. Complete a variety of objectives, from attacking enemy forces to defending friendly ships. Blast your way through unique alien ships, space stations, bosses and defend your allies including miners, probes, and convoys against all odds.
Master various ships
Choose from a variety of unique ships, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. With multiple ships to pilot, you can explore the galaxy and engage in fast-paced combat in a new way each time. Take your battles to the next level by pursuing optional objectives. With each successful mission, boost your ship's weapons and defenses.
Unlock and upgrade weapons
Explore an arsenal of weapons to match your playstyle. With lasers, rockets, mines, and defensive turrets at your disposal, you'll never run out of options. As you make your way through the game, earn credits to unlock more weapons and upgrade your existing ones.
Build the docks and battleship
You can buy upgrades for your ships in the docks. Upgrades will enhance your ship's capabilities, including HP, primary weapons, dash rate, continual reload, attack or defense drones and more. Each upgrade will build or upgrade a structure within your docks. You can get additional upgrades by completing optional and special objectives. The docks central structure, your battleship, will slowly take shape, becoming stronger and more powerful. When you've earned enough upgrades, you'll unlock the special battleship levels!
Story
In a distant future, humanity's expansion leads to the discovery of mysterious jump gates created by an unknown civilization. But with this discovery comes a fateful encounter with alien forces, resulting in destruction of Earth and forcing the remnants of humanity to retreat to the edge of the galaxy. As one of the few skilled pilots in the Last Hope colony, it's up to you and few others in special forces to protect the colony against the alien forces that threaten humanity's existence. Strike against the alien threat, steal their resources, and research new technologies that will give humanity a fighting chance. Battle your way through enemy forces, complete critical objectives and sabotage their efforts to discover the colony.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB Video RAM - GeForce GTX 760
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.0.4 is live!
🚀 Galaxy Highways - Patch 1.0.4 is live!Hey everyone!We’ve just released a small new patch for Galaxy Highways, bringing a few new additions, improvements, and fixes to the game.Here’s what’s new:Added a German community translation – huge thanks to our amazing community of translators! 💖Fixed several UI issues related to translationsUpdated the Artbook included in the Artbook & Coloring Book DLC with various fixes and small improvementsAdded new Jump Gate sounds – each gate now has its own unique sound!Added a new Extras section to the main menu, where you can rewatch all in-game cutscenes and find quick links to the Artbook & Coloring Book DLC and the SoundtrackFixed a missing translation in the Boss Respawn windowAdjusted the loading text to better fit within the loading screen artwork when using languages with longer translationsA huge thank you to our amazing community and to everyone around the world who continues to play and support Galaxy Highways!We’re incredibly grateful for all the positive reviews the game has received. Your support means a lot to us, and we’ll continue improving Galaxy Highways while also working on our next, still-unannounced title. 👀Stay tuned!– Nanopike TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (nanopike.studio)Community & EventsOfficial
Steam Bullet Fest 2026 and News!
Hello pilots!We're excited to announce that Galaxy Highways is currently participating in the Steam Bullet Fest 2026!To celebrate the event, Galaxy Highways is available with a 40% discount until June 15, 2026.In addition, all currently available DLCs are also on sale:Digital Artbook & Coloring Book DLC – 30% offOfficial Soundtrack DLC – 30% offIf you've been waiting for the perfect moment to join the fight against the Mantis invasion, now is the time!☄️Upcoming Patch 1.0.4We're also working on the upcoming Patch 1.0.4, which we plan to release soon. The update will include:Full German localizationImprovements and corrections to existing localizationsVarious bug fixes and gameplay improvementsA brand-new Extras section in the main menu with ability to rewatch all in-game cutscenesAdditional quality-of-life enhancements📦Physical Collector's EditionWe are also working on a special limited physical boxed edition of Galaxy Highways in cooperation with visiongame.cz – the Czech & Slovak Video Game Archive.The release will be limited in quantity, and we'll provide more information about availability and purchasing options in the future.📢Major Update PlansWe're also planning a larger content update that will introduce a brand-new Boss Arena game mode, allowing players to challenge powerful bosses in a dedicated gameplay experience.We'll have more details to share once development progresses further.🚀New unannounced game!We've also started development on a brand-new, currently unannounced game from Galaxy Highways universe.It's still early, but we're incredibly excited about this project and can't wait to reveal more when the time is right.Thank you all for your support, reviews, feedback, and for helping make Galaxy Highways possible.See you among the stars!— The Galaxy Highways TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (nanopike.studio)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.0.3 is live!
🚀 Galaxy Highways - Patch 1.0.3 is live!Hey everyone!We’ve just released a small patch that brings new/updated translations, and some bug fixes to Galaxy Highways. Here’s what’s new:Removed the Localizor link for community translations (the service is being discontinued). From now on, community translations will be handled via Discord + Google SheetsAdded more community translators to the credits ❤️Updated all community translations to their latest versionsAdded Hungarian community translation – the game is now available in Hungarian!Added a fallback font to correctly display characters not supported by the primary font (e.g. some Cyrillic characters)Fixed several UI translation-related bugsThank you to our amazing community for the continued support and translations! 🌌Read full article on Community Announcements (nanopike.studio)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.0.2!
🚀 Galaxy Highways - Update 1.0.2 Released!Hey everyone! We’ve just released a new update that brings several improvements, new translations, and important fixes to Galaxy Highways. Here’s what’s new:🌍 New Languages AddedThe game is now available in five new languages:ItalianPolishPortuguese (Brazil)Spanish (Latin America)RussianWe’re also happy to share that community translations for Hungarian, Czech, French, and German are in progress!💖 Big thanks goes to our community translators for your work and support! Thank you!👉 Want to help us bring Galaxy Highways to even more languages? Join our localization effort on Localizor and contribute to your native language!🧭 UI & Localization ImprovementsFixed multiple UI layout issues caused by long translation texts.Added support for translation validation and override system, allowing us to replace incorrect community translations when needed.Applied overrides for all currently community-translated languages.Added community translators to the game credits!🐞 Bug FixesFixed Roman numerals for levels in Chapter III.Removed leftover localization backup files from the game build.Corrected various typos across multiple translated texts.Fixed a typo in credits (yes, we caught it!).🧩 Unity Engine Security UpdateThe game now runs on a patched version of Unity, which addresses a recently reported security vulnerability. You can read more about this issue here: 🔗 Unity Security Advisory – September 2025🐧 About Linux SupportWe’ve also spent time testing a native Linux build, but unfortunately, we ran into configuration issues preventing us from properly publishing it on Steam.While we know some of you would love a native version, we found that Galaxy Highways runs very well under Proton, so we’ve decided to focus our efforts on other priorities for now.We’ll keep you updated in the future if we revisit native Linux support.🍂 Autumn Sale + Update 1.0.2 Sale – 20% Off!Right now, Galaxy Highways and all DLCs are 20% off as part of the Stea...Read full article on Community Announcements (nanopike.studio)AnnouncementsOfficial
Galaxy Highways is OUT NOW!
Hello everyone! After 5 years of development alongside our full-time jobs and families, Galaxy Highways is finally here! We poured our hearts and a piece of ourselves into this game, and we're incredibly happy to finally share the full experience with you. So far, the feedback has been amazing. We’re receiving so many positive feedback here on Steam and also across social media. It truly means the world to us. Thank you! What to expect in the full version 🎮 18 handcrafted pixel-art levels across 3 story chapters Each chapter featuring a unique enemy faction from the Mantis species. Every enemy is little bit different and has it's own unique attacks. 🚀 3 playable ships, each with distinct primary weapons and stats to match your playstyle Incruster – A balanced all-rounder with average HP, DPM, and dash energy regeneration. Bulldog – A fast but fragile glass cannon with powerful laser attacks and high DPM, but much lower HP. Arrowhead – A tanky missile ship with high HP and larger size, but slower movement, lower DPM, and weaker dash regeneration. 🧨 13 additional secondary and special weapons to create your build 7 secondary and 6 special weapons, each with unique visuals and mechanics including rail gun, missiles, homing missiles, arc gun, defend turrets, mines, blast waves, and more. ⚙️ Temporary level upgrades and permanent upgrades Dock serve as upgrade hub, with each upgrade represented by a base building. You can upgrade your ship HP, primary weapon damage, dash regeneration, temporary upgrade (boost) time limits, continual reload and more. Some of the upgrades can also be unlocked through optional side missions with their own unique enemy challenges. 👾 11 unique boss fights Each boss has distinct mechanics, plus a variety of mini-bosses like various mantis battleships, space stations, and enemy convoys. 📘 A sci-fi story Fully voiced animated comic cutscenes (with subtitles), text-based briefing dialogues and in-game dialogue during missions. 🏆26 Steam achieveme...Read full article on Community Announcements (nanopike.studio)
