Indie game development studio Nanopike, is thrilled to announce the release of their indie story-driven top-down bullet hell - Galaxy Highways. This fast-paced space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, various weapons, upgrades and massive boss fights, will launch on PC via Steam on 19th May 2025.
Short Description
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Release trailer: https://youtu.be/RyaHj5LqSV8
About Galaxy Highways
Take on the challenge as a space pilot in this adrenaline-fueled space shooter. Complete a variety of objectives, from attacking enemy forces to defending friendly ships. Blast your way through unique alien ships, space stations, bosses and defend your allies including miners, probes, and convoys against all odds. All that while listening to an original rock & synth soundtrack.
Master various ships
Choose from a variety of unique ships, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. With each successful mission, boost your ship's weapons and defenses via temporary upgrades.
Unlock and upgrade weapons
Explore an arsenal of weapons to match your playstyle. With lasers, rockets, mines, and defensive turrets at your disposal, you'll never run out of options. As you make your way through the game, earn credits to unlock more weapons and upgrade your existing ones.
Build the docks and battleship
You can buy upgrades for your ships in the docks. Upgrades will enhance your ship's capabilities, including HP, primary weapons, dash rate, continual reload, attack or defense drones and more. Each upgrade will build or upgrade a structure within your docks. You can get additional upgrades by completing optional and special objectives. The docks central structure, your battleship, will slowly take shape, becoming stronger and more powerful. When you've earned enough upgrades, you'll unlock the special battleship levels!
Experience an interesting story
In a distant future, humanity's expansion leads to the discovery of mysterious jump gates created by an unknown civilization. But with this discovery comes a fateful encounter with alien forces, resulting in destruction of Earth and forcing the remnants of humanity to retreat to the edge of the galaxy. As one of the few skilled pilots in the Last Hope colony, it's up to you and a few others in special forces to protect the colony against the alien forces that threaten humanity's existence.
Listen to a Rock & Synth Soundtrack
Listen to a high-energy blend of hard rock guitars and retro-inspired synths. The music was crafted to match the fast-paced, arcade-style action of the game while channeling the spirit of classic space shooters and 90s nostalgia.
About Nanopike
Nanopike is an indie game development studio located in Košice, Slovakia, which was founded with the sole purpose of doing what its founders enjoy doing the most – developing video games. We are a team of creative people who work hard to fulfill their dream and bring interesting games and fun to the game scene.
„We are just a small but enterprising fish in the sea of game development!“
Links
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1650370/Galaxy_Highways/
Release trailer: https://youtu.be/RyaHj5LqSV8
Official Web: https://nanopike.com/galaxyhighways/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/Galaxy_Highways
Discord: discord.gg/vJ8QdVv