Two opposing warships trade fire across a red and blue nebula.
TACTICAL WARSHIP-BUILDING ROGUELITE

COMMAND, ADAPT, CONQUER.

Customize your warship.

Customize a modular warship and command it in real-time space battles. Slow time to use abilities, intercept incoming missiles, and protect your hull. Unlock new equipment for your next attempt in this single-player roguelite.

PC / WINDOWS · SINGLE-PLAYER · Q2 2027

01CUSTOMIZE YOUR SHIP

Choose your strategy.

Place weapons and support systems on a hull that can be blown apart. Launch missile barrages, fire railguns from a distance, or send fighters ahead. Combine the equipment you find to try a different build each run.

Four loadouts in action: a missile battery, a railgun cruiser, a fighter carrier and plasma cannons.DOWNLOAD CLIP ↓

02TACTICAL SLOW MOTION

Slow time. Make the call.

Slow the battle to choose your next move and activate abilities. Jump behind an asteroid to block a salvo, or pull enemy ships together with a gravity anomaly.

Both sides can shoot down incoming missiles. Your attacks have to get past the enemy’s defenses, too.

A shielded cruiser beside a gravity anomaly filled with hull fragments, with enemy ships and asteroids nearby.
A gravity anomaly pulls ships together. Collisions tear pieces from their hulls.View full size ↗

03UPGRADES & NEW ATTEMPTS

Upgrade your ship.

Between battles, expand your hull and make room for new weapons and support systems. Choose which parts of your ship to improve before the next fight.

Ship Refit shows the cruiser on the left, active upgrades below it, and hull parts and stored modules on the right.
Expand your hull and equip stored modules between battles. Your active upgrades are shown below the cruiser.View full size ↗

DURING A RUN

Research new ways to fight.

Choose research branches that suit your ship. Unlock weapon blueprints and improve the systems you rely on.

Unlock a fighter hangar blueprint through the research tree; the selected upgrade is explained on the right.
Field DoctrineEnlarge ↗

Interceptor HangarAdd a bay that launches two fighters and rebuilds them for free.

BETWEEN RUNS

Unlock your next starting loadout.

Permanent unlocks give future attempts more starting options. Some weapon archives are earned by defeating specific enemies.

Legacy Matrix organizes starting weapons, hull systems and support modules, with unlock conditions shown for locked equipment.
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Starting equipmentResearch weapons, hull systems and support modules for future attempts.

More from the battlefield.

Fighter attacks, an EMP missile exchange, and a burst of laser fire.
Choose an ability and send a missile salvo toward enemy ships among the asteroids.
Command a missile salvoChoose an ability and send a missile salvo toward enemy ships among the asteroids.Enlarge ↗
Light Laser Cannons fire rapid blue bursts from a cruiser equipped with lasers and Flux Lances.
Bring energy weapons into the fightLight Laser Cannons fire rapid blue bursts from a cruiser equipped with lasers and Flux Lances.Enlarge ↗

WATCH IT IN ACTION

The Terminal Swarm trailer.

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MEET YOUR CREW

You are not alone. Can you save them from the Terminal Swarm?

An admiral, an engineer, a cyborg, and a coffee maker share your journey. Your choices shape their stories and loyalties.

  • Halloway giving an order, in a blue uniform with tied-back curls.

    ADMIRAL HALLOWAY

    Disgraced union admiral, hardened by the weight of responsibility.

  • Sparky with a worried expression, wearing a scarf and an amber jacket.

    SPARKY

    Your first engineer, a man of the people.

  • Vex with a determined expression and green-lit cybernetic implants.

    VEX

    The mysterious cyborg with the big picture in mind.

  • Mother's red-lit coffee machine with two waiting mugs.

    MOTHER

    Your own bridge coffee maker and much more.

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TERMINAL SWARM

Your next ship starts here.

Terminal Swarm is coming to PC.

Follow development and register your interest in future playtests.

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