Escort Commander

About this game

Escort Commander is an arcade space shooter blended with strategic and tactical gameplay elements. This is not another mindless shooter. Build your fleet. Outfit your colony. Upgrade your ship. Defend the last colony. Survive.

Nearing extinction, the last remaining inhabitants of earth flee to an asteroid colony. The outlook is grim, but there is hope. An allied galactic empire has offered refuge on a habitable planet under their protection. The journey is dangerous and it is your job to ensure the colony's survival.



Two game modes: Campaign and Survival

• Inspired by classic arcade style space shooters and enhanced with unique strategic gameplay elements
  
• Casual intuitive game with a quick learning curve. Stomp out enemy spacecraft in no time!
  
• Upgrade your colony with Turrets, Fighters, and other systems to enhance your chances of survival
  
• Upgrade your ship's systems (Mass Drivers, Armor, Hull Strength, and Engines)
  
• Outfit yourself with new weapons
  
• Build your escort fleet
  
• Command your fleet to ensure the survival of the colony
  
• Upgrade Asteroids in Survival to protect your colony
  
• 28 Steam achievements
  
• 3 Steam Leaderboards!
  
• About the cost of a milkshake!
  
• Music by Bensound

Latest news

• Announcements·9 Jun 2019Official

  Hot fix 1.11

  Hi All, I just pushed out a small patch to fix a bug that was found in one of the user reviews. -Enemy Stationary Missile Turret distance calculation math adjusted.
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• Patch Notes·30 May 2018Official

  Patch 1.11

  Patch 1.11 is going live today. It's a small patch addressing a couple issues. Please find the patch notes below. Patch 1.11: Slight increase to credit drop of enemy rocket cruiser Colony Health Station will now heal asteroid bases Slight increase to Colony armor for both Survival and Campaign modes Added additional field on Survival Wave Completion Screen to display credits spent on Asteroid Base upgrades Fixed bug which caused Survival end of level wave start credits to display incorrectly
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• Patch Notes·7 Apr 2018Official

  Survival Game Mode Update - 1.10

  Hello Friends, Today an update was pushed to bring the game to 1.10. The new version includes a new game mode, Survival. Battle endless waves of enemies and see just how far you can make it. In Survival you can upgrade asteroids into bases to help defend your colony. The update also includes two additional Leader Boards to see exactly how you stack up to the rest of the Steam Community. Numerous additional enhancements have been implemented and bugs have been squashed as outlined below. Thanks for playing! Survival Mode Upgrade Asteroids into bases! 2 New Steam Leader Boards (Highest Wave and High Score) 9 New Steam Achievements Additional patch notes: Added additional asteroids Slight reduction in fleet expansion cost Slight increase in player Mix Bomb Damage Increased Vulcan turret range Slight increase to Vulcan turret accuracy Increased point defense turret range Fixed artillery shell impact to push smaller ships with more force Artillery battery will now target Enemy Assault Frigates (small enemy ship with turrets) Push direction of missile impact to enemy Rocket Frigate adjusted If there is no saved game the "Continue" buttons will now be grayed out Added particle effect to enemy bomb Increased the range for Colony credit collection fixed player health bar bug that would sometimes display negative Fixed a text alignment bug with the pause menu Fixed bug causing enemy rocket cruisers to not move sometimes after being pushed Various additional bug fixes and performance enhancements
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• Patch Notes·7 Apr 2018Official

  Survival Game Mode Update - 1.10

  Hello Friends, Today an update was pushed to bring the game to 1.10. The new version includes a new game mode, Survival. Battle endless waves of enemies and see just how far you can make it. In Survival you can upgrade asteroids into bases to help defend your colony. The update also includes two additional Leader Boards to see exactly how you stack up to the rest of the Steam Community. Numerous additional enhancements have been implemented and bugs have been squashed as outlined below. Thanks for playing! Survival Mode Upgrade Asteroids into bases! 2 New Steam Leader Boards (Highest Wave and High Score) 9 New Steam Achievements Additional patch notes: Added additional asteroids Slight reduction in fleet expansion cost Slight increase in player Mix Bomb Damage Increased Vulcan turret range Slight increase to Vulcan turret accuracy Increased point defense turret range Fixed artillery shell impact to push smaller ships with more force Artillery battery will now target Enemy Assault Frigates (small enemy ship with turrets) Push direction of missile impact to enemy Rocket Frigate adjusted If there is no saved game the "Continue" buttons will now be grayed out Added particle effect to enemy bomb Increased the range for Colony credit collection fixed player health bar bug that would sometimes display negative Fixed a text alignment bug with the pause menu Fixed bug causing enemy rocket cruisers to not move sometimes after being pushed Various additional bug fixes and performance enhancements
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• Patch Notes·11 Mar 2018Official

  Patch 1.02

  Hello Friends, Thanks for the feedback. The below known issues have been patched. Thanks again for playing! 1.02 Patch notes: Fixed Steam Achievement unlock for Comms Tower purchase Player bomb can now be detonated with right mouse button (RMB) as well as ALT key Fixed bug with player bomb not resetting if exiting room Slightly buffed missile turrets (slight damage increase, and very slight rate of fire increase) Added additional tip pop-ups
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