Space Shooter
Blast through numbered enemy waves, grab power-ups and take down the mothership every fifth wave.
Space Survival
Hold out in a closed arena while asteroids, chaser drones and shooter drones close in. Your ship fires on its own; your job is to move, collect crystals and stay alive.
Controls
| Arrows or W A S D | Move in any direction |
|---|---|
| (automatic) | The ship fires at the nearest threat by itself |
| P or Esc | Pause / resume |
| R | Restart |
| Joystick | Move in any direction |
|---|---|
| (automatic) | Firing needs no button |
On touch screens a control pad appears below the game. You can show or hide it with the Touch pad button above the game.
How to Play
- Press Start Game. Your ship sits in the middle of a square arena with walls on every side.
- Move with the arrow keys, W A S D or the touch joystick. The ship turns toward the nearest threat inside the arena and fires at it automatically.
- Destroyed threats drop green energy crystals. Fly over them before they blink out after about nine seconds.
- Pick up hexagonal capsules for power-ups: S Shield, T Slow Motion, M Magnet and R Rapid Fire. The Power chip in the HUD shows what is active and how many seconds are left.
- Touching a threat or an enemy shot costs one of your 3 hull points. After a hit you are briefly invulnerable while the ship blinks.
- The run ends when the hull reaches 0. The threat level rises every 20 seconds, so each minute gets harder.
Objective
Survive as long as you can. Time is the main source of points, and destroying threats and collecting crystals adds to it. There is no final wave: the arena keeps getting more crowded until your hull gives out.
Difficulty progression
The threat level (shown as Level in the HUD) goes up every 20 seconds. Each level shortens the time between spawns (from about 1.5 seconds toward a floor of 0.3 seconds), makes chaser drones faster and asteroids drift faster, and raises the share of chasers. Shooter drones, which keep their distance and fire aimed shots, join from level 2 and become more common and fire more often at later levels. Every time the level rises, a small group of extra threats enters at once.
Scoring
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Time survived | 10 points per full second |
| Asteroid destroyed | +10 |
| Chaser drone destroyed | +15 |
| Shooter drone destroyed | +25 |
| Energy crystal | +5 each |
| Power-ups | No points, but they keep you alive longer |
Your personal best is stored only in this browser. Scores are for fun and are not official records.
Tips
- Keep moving in wide loops rather than standing still. Chaser drones steer toward where you are, so a steady circle drags them into your line of fire.
- Stay away from the corners. With walls on two sides you have only one escape direction when a group arrives.
- Shooter drones are worth 25 points but fire aimed shots. Sidestep across their line of fire instead of backing straight away, and the shots will miss.
- Save risky crystal grabs for when you have Shield or Slow Motion active. A crystal is only 5 points and a hull point is much more valuable.
- Magnet pulls every crystal in the arena toward you for 10 seconds, so pick it up right after a busy stretch when many crystals are on the floor.
- Rapid Fire nearly triples your fire rate. Use it to thin out a crowd by flying toward the densest group while it lasts.
- While Shield is active, ramming a threat destroys it and still earns its points.
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About Space Survival
Space Survival is a twin-stick style arena game with one stick removed: aiming and shooting are automatic, so all of your attention goes into positioning. The ship always targets the nearest threat inside the arena, which means where you stand decides what you shoot. Moving toward a group focuses fire on it; drifting away gives you room but lets the crowd build up.
The three threat types push you in different ways. Asteroids drift across the arena in straight lines and larger ones take up to three hits. Chaser drones home in on you, and shooter drones hang back and fire aimed shots. Every 20 seconds the threat level rises and the mix gets denser, so a good run is about managing space and choosing which power-up to take at the right moment. Your personal best is saved locally in your browser.
Categories: Space Survival Games, Asteroid Games, Space Shooter Games. Space Survival is an original game made for Space Arcade Games. Its gameplay is arcade-style and fictional, not a scientific simulation (see our disclaimer).
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to press a button to shoot in Space Survival?
No. The ship fires automatically at the nearest threat inside the arena. You only control movement, with the arrow keys, W A S D or the touch joystick.
How long do the power-ups last?
Shield lasts 8 seconds and blocks all damage, Slow Motion lasts 6 seconds and slows threats and enemy shots to 40 percent speed, Magnet lasts 10 seconds and pulls crystals toward you, and Rapid Fire lasts 8 seconds. The Power chip in the HUD shows the seconds remaining.
Where do power-ups come from?
A power-up capsule appears somewhere in the arena every 14 to 20 seconds, and destroyed threats occasionally drop one. Capsules disappear after about 10 to 12 seconds and blink shortly before they do.
What happens when a threat touches my ship?
You lose one of your 3 hull points and the threat is destroyed without awarding points. Your ship then blinks and is invulnerable for about a second and a half. At 0 hull the run ends.
Is my best score saved?
Yes. Your personal best is stored in your browser's local storage on this device. Nothing is uploaded and there is no online leaderboard.