Fight your way through procedurally-generated destructible environments as a squad of elite mercenaries. Use your skills, wits, and teamwork to eliminate the alien threats in daring operations deep inside the colonies infested by the alien DarkSwarm.

The game is set in a dark futuristic world ravaged by corporate warfare for dominance throughout the cosmos. The corporations have no moral qualms whatsoever, and will deploy everything from nuclear strikes to engineered xenobiological weapons to claim and protect their assets. 

Winning is all that matters.

The monstrous alien DarkSwarm infecting the outer colonies might just be a consequence of this galactic struggle. Though this is currently unverified speculation. Regardless, the DarkSwarm is a constant threat to be dealt with by the corporations. Hired expendable bodies has proven an effective tool.

In such a world there is a lot of profit to be made. Your team of elite mercenaries  are there to cut the biggest slice of the war-cake while fighting the DarkSwarm and completing extremely dangerous missions for the corporate elite.

Ghost Ship Publishing and Bitfire Games are excited to announce the Closed Alpha for DarkSwarm!

Brave souls are invited to sign up for the Closed Alpha on Steam right now, which will go live on September 2nd.

“We’re incredibly excited to be launching DarkSwarm’s Closed Alpha this September, opening the doors to new players to try out what we’ve been working on for so long,” said Hans Oxmond, CEO and Co-founder at Bitfire Games. “We’re so thankful to our amazing playtesters who’ve already helped shape the game into what it is today - every ounce of feedback has been invaluable, and we’re looking forward to continuing to build the game alongside our community as we push towards our launch in the future.”

What to expect

• Tense co-op missions
• Dangerous, swarming enemies
• Fun, teamwork-driven gameplay
• Procedurally generated levels
• Four distinct biomes
• Customized experience through weapon and character skins

...and much more

Key Features:

• Loads of blood & gore
• Solo play + Local & online co-op
• Huge swarms of nasty aliens
• 4 distinct player classes (With the option for more down the line)
• Cunning gameplay like stealth, hacking and tactical play
• Procedural map generation - never play the same level twice
• Semi-destructible environment
• Guns, gadgets, progression and things that go boom

DarkSwarm is in development for PC (Steam) and unspecified consoles.