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Sailboat Games · Published by Sailboat Games
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Experience the unique mix of modern fast-paced multiplayer action with intuitive twin-stick controls and a retro pixelart look. Battle against other pilots in quick PvP sessions of classic versus and space racing - or team up with friends in Co-op to defend against aliens and hunt difficult bosses.
Action · 2026 · More free games
About this game
Space Fighter is a 2D top-down multiplayer action game where you pilot starfighters with up to 8 players.
Experience the unique mix of modern fast-paced multiplayer action with intuitive twin-stick controls and a retro pixelart look. Fight in quick PvP sessions or explore at your own pace in multiple Co-op modes.
Experiment with many unique starfighters and a huge variety of customizations to create loadouts that fit YOUR style of play!
Best played with friends - or join up with anyone around the world!
PvP Modes
With intuitive controls and only 4 active abilities, multiplayer fans of all skillgroups can jump in at any time. Master the unique movement and experiment with different loadouts and team compositions to beat the competition!
Play together with up to 8 players across 10 maps:
Versus
Free for All
Team Deathmatch
Duel
Capture the Flag
Zone Control
King of the Hill
Racing
Master the race track by avoiding hazards and obstacles while hitting booster fields
Collect powerups too enable weapon systems or gain speed
Create private, friends-only, public or LAN lobbies.
Includes a fully featured spectator mode useful for casting, streaming and creating events!
Co-op Modes
Fight against aliens with abilities and dynamic behavior, solve puzzles and beat powerful bosses for fans of tower defense hard boss fights alike. Choose different maps to get the difficulty you seek and compete on the leaderboards when your ready!
Play together with up to 4 players across 5 maps:
Siege
Fight through increasingly harder waves of enemies
Buy powerups and upgrades while managing your economy
Construct obstacles and turrets to help you survive even longer!
Contracts
Explore hand-crafted linear levels
Solve puzzles and over come challenges
Eliminate a unqiue boss each level
Compete on leaderboards for speed
Loadouts and Customization
Create and customize your own loadouts with millions of possibilities:
16 primary weapons
11 tools that provide utility for your role
12 starfighters each with a unique ability
42 skins to give your starfighters a new look
13 engine trails
Unlock new equipment by spending your credits gained from finishing games and completing challenges.
Cosmetics and Items
Collect and unlock more than 70 profile and ship cosmetics in the form of avatars, banners, engine trails and skins.
Cosmetics can be obtained in one of several player-friendly ways:
Unlocking them with in-game credits earned through gameplay
Completing achievements
Purchasing them directly with real currency
Receiving random rewards upon completing games
All items not available for in-game credits are tradable on the Steam market!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10, 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-4100
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 4.3
- Storage: 50 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Release Roadmap
Greetings Pilots,today I can share the current state of the roadmap leading up to the release. There is still a lot of work ahead, but it is looking promising. Note that this is the current plan and is subject to change. The major milestones include:PlaytestDate: Start of AugustSign up through the store pageNumber of testers will be gradually increasedDemoDate: Around 1 month after playtest releaseReleased with enough runtime to get Steam Deck and Steam Machine verification for Next FestSteam Next FestDate: October 19thBe sure to check out, share and play the demo during Next Fest!ReleaseDate: Around 1 month after Next Fest endsIf your curious about post-release support, I will be posting a separate roadmap in time.Expect at least a couple free content updates and of course balancing and bug fixes.And while you wait for the playtest, make sure to share Space Fighter with your friends and wishlist!Stay tuned, Sailboat GamesRead full article on Community Announcements (Sailboat Games)






