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Flat Voxel · Published by Flat Voxel
Mostly Positive — 71% positive (21 reviews) · 10 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
ESRB eFull Controller Support
£0.95
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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £0.95 · Highest: £0.959 Oct 2026
Action, Indie · 2017 · More under £5 games
Experience the thrill of classic shoot'em ups in Thundering Skies, an intense action game from Flat Voxel. Dive into the fray and test your skills as you navigate through challenging levels inspired by the best of 16-bit gaming.
About this game
Thundering Skies is a shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre. Making an appearance are the obligatory fire and ice-themed levels, giant battleships, scratchy voice samples, huge bosses and overpowered weapons that make you feel naked when you lose them - as well some less expected features.
Includes:
- 6 stages
- 2 game modes: autosave your progress or beat it in one sit with limited credits for an extra score boost
- 4 difficulty levels, including an introductory mode
- 10 Steam Achievements
- Challenging bosses and minibosses
- Online score board
- An amazing soundtrack by Bettina Calmon
- Adjustable scanlines for that lovely CRT effect
Includes:
- 6 stages
- 2 game modes: autosave your progress or beat it in one sit with limited credits for an extra score boost
- 4 difficulty levels, including an introductory mode
- 10 Steam Achievements
- Challenging bosses and minibosses
- Online score board
- An amazing soundtrack by Bettina Calmon
- Adjustable scanlines for that lovely CRT effect
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP and up
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 50 MB available space
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Ranking fixed
So, it seems there was a good reason for not having a single new hi-score entry in almost a month: the ranking server was updated weeks ago, and score transfer had just stopped working. Problem is fixed now, and the game should have no problem contacting Earth again.Read full article on Community Announcements (ggalemb)Patch NotesOfficial
Keyboard support: game controller not required anymore
Sorry for taking so long to add such an essential functionality. Problem is, it took me some time to realize many players didn't have (or simply didn't want to use) a Xbox-compatible controller to play the game. So, here it is: WASD or arrow keys: movement / menu navigation Spacebar: fire / OK M or ESC: boost / Cancel : change weaponRead full article on Community Announcements (ggalemb)
