Swordship asks the question: what would a shoot’em up look like if you removed the shooting? The answer is an intense dodging game where placement is everything. As you speed through a post-apocalyptic flooded Earth pursued by hostile forces, you must weave your way between enemies and their attacks, tricking them into taking each other out with slick and skillful movement.

Swordship is set in a world where the consequences of global warming have forced the vast majority of humanity to take refuge in three gigantic underwater cities. Those who are expelled from the cities barely survive on the burned lands. Meanwhile, the megacities exchange millions of containers loaded with goods every day. You play as one of the small number of inhabitants prepared to steal those precious containers and deliver vital supplies to the banished. 

Having an ultra fast boat stripped of bulky and heavy weapons is an asset for a smuggler trying to get their stolen goods from one place to another as quickly as possible, but leaves you vulnerable to attack. That’s why only the most skilled pilots can survive. Using your movement speed, turning the attacks of enemies against them and mastering the different weather conditions offered by procedurally generated levels is the only way to survive.

Players have the option of selecting from a number of different Swordship variants that each come with their own unique active power, offering the opportunity to experiment with a variety of approaches to overcoming the game’s challenging levels. Players can further tweak their playstyle by spending some of their stolen spoils on passive upgrades that can be accumulated throughout a run to boost their ships abilities and give them a better chance of making it through in one piece.

Thunderful and Digital Kingdom are pleased to announce that Swordship is getting a Nintendo Switch demo in the US, Europe and Japan today.

Key Features:

• Guns are cool but they are bulky and heavy: The Swordship doesn't have any and that's part of what makes it so light and manoeuvrable
• Ship variant: Collect power-boosting components and experiment with different play styles in your runs
• Upgrade: Exchange stolen containers for passive upgrades that fit the situation and your play style
• Weather: Learn to master the different weather conditions to get through the randomly generated levels

Swordship is available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) at $19.99 / €19.99 / £16.99