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Tim Cornish · Published by Tim Cornish
Mixed — 70% positive (33 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Drift 4000 is a new take on the old asteroids-style space shooter. You will find yourself in an increasingly difficult fight for survival against waves of enemy fighters, with periodic breaks to refit your custom ship with weapons, ammunition and unique abilities.
Free to Play
Free
Action, Indie, Free To Play, Casual · 2018 · More free games
Drift 4000 invites you into a non-stop space combat experience where you pilot a customizable ship through relentless enemy attacks. Dive into the thrill of survival and strategy as you upgrade and adapt in this indie, free-to-play adventure.
About this game
Drift 4000 is a new take on the old asteroids-style space shooter. You will find yourself in an increasingly difficult fight for survival against waves of enemy fighters, with periodic breaks to refit your custom ship with weapons, ammunition and unique abilities. Can you fight through to the end?
If you're up for a challenge, download it for free right now and see if you have what it takes to escape the Drift!
Despite being listed as a casual game, Drift 4000 is not for the faint of heart; it is quite difficult and only the best will triumph. I made this game several years ago but only recently ported it to windows 7 and above so I could release it to the public.. let me know what you think, and if you have any good suggestions I will include them.
Coming soon is a tutorial video that will explain how to manage your ship's systems, as well as tips on how to succeed.
Drift 4000 is originally inspired by the game Drift (version 1.02) by Dirk Vandenheuvel. I spent many hours playing that excellent game and I suggest you give it a try. You can still find it here (file name: drift102.zip):
http://cd.textfiles.com/nightowl/nogames3/011a/
If you're up for a challenge, download it for free right now and see if you have what it takes to escape the Drift!
Despite being listed as a casual game, Drift 4000 is not for the faint of heart; it is quite difficult and only the best will triumph. I made this game several years ago but only recently ported it to windows 7 and above so I could release it to the public.. let me know what you think, and if you have any good suggestions I will include them.
Coming soon is a tutorial video that will explain how to manage your ship's systems, as well as tips on how to succeed.
Drift 4000 is originally inspired by the game Drift (version 1.02) by Dirk Vandenheuvel. I spent many hours playing that excellent game and I suggest you give it a try. You can still find it here (file name: drift102.zip):
http://cd.textfiles.com/nightowl/nogames3/011a/
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-3570K
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Onboard
- Storage: 512 MB available space
- Sound Card: Onboard
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Drift 4000 update 1.20
**BUG FIXES** NOTE THAT ERROR MESSAGES WILL NOW SHOW UP IF THE GAME CRASHES (copy the message and post in bug reports). - Z79 turret broken. - Turrets not adding mass to the ship. - Asteroid powerups not adding armour (with alblative armour upgrade). - Cannon and dual-cannon turrets using twice as much ammunition as they should. - Previously stored engines not being upgradable. - Alien engine not being attachable to fighters. - Some stored modules duplicating. - Cruiser fuel gauges giving false readings after quick-loading the game. - Hardpoint placements on some cruisers. - Several derelict menu bugs (graphical glitches when attaching engines, rare crashes when selecting modules, wrong batteries attaching, etc). - Graphical glitches for some engine trails. - Various text inaccuracies and typos. **CHANGES** - Added "disruption" active ability that focuses on inhibiting enemy ships in range. - Added drone bay and arc cannon modules (cruiser weapons) on alien derelicts. - Missile launchers and flamers can be attached to cruiser weapon slots for huge buffs (as you can with LASERs). - Button added to toggle servos on / off (once purchased) on applicable modules. - Warp engine manual warp upgrade now allows you to warp to a specific position on the screen (hold warp key to slow time then click with mouse). - Cruiser operations is automatically installed on all cruisers (previously found as a passive ability on alien derelicts). - When no missile type is selected / no missiles are remaining, basics missiles with no upgrades can still be fired for free. - Cruisers can lock targets in any direction, not just the forward arc, and have half time to lock. - All basic and detonated missiles can be guided and there is no limit on guidance time. - Ballistics suite removed (obsolete). - New controls added for all cruiser weapons (no longer share controls with missile launcher, flamer and LASER). - Titanium and AP bullets only spawn on human derelicts, neutron bullets only spawn on...Read full article on Community Announcements (Saibot)Patch NotesOfficial
Drift 4000 update 1.12
- Added an undo option to the derelict: press 'ctrl +z' to undo up to 50 actions on the derelict. - Initial derelict spawns with fixed items instead of random ones. - Coolant tanks can now be acquired from overwatch and radiant conductor abilties. - Fixed 'threat detection' on sensors.Read full article on Community Announcements (Saibot)Patch NotesOfficial
Drift 4000 update 1.11
- Reduced cost of special ammunition (titanium = 3, AP and neutron = 5). - Reduced cost of armour (now 2 score to repair each point instead of 3). - Increased power drain on refraction and shield abilities. - Removed auto-deactivation on phantom ability. - Fixed a bug that would crash the game while viewing the "Ballistics" upgrade on missile launcher turrets.Read full article on Community Announcements (Saibot)Patch NotesOfficial
Drift 4000 update 1.1
- Added a checkpoint when you dock to the derelict. Clicking "CONTINUE" from the main menu will load the game at the point when you last docked to a derelict so you can try different loadouts on the same wave. Quick loading will load the game at the last save (i.e. when you last undocked from a derelict) so you don't have to rebuild your ship every time you die. - Fuel tanks now automatically jettison when they completely run out of fuel (you will still need to manually jettison them to prevent engine sputtering when they get low). - Fixed rare crash when selecting chassis.Read full article on Community Announcements (Saibot)
