Galaxy Highways
Top-down space shooter with mission objectives and ship upgrades
Nanopike · Released May 19, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 97% of 62
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 3 weeks ago
- Aug 31, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Galaxy Highways?
A top-down space shooter set after alien forces destroy Earth and humanity retreats to a colony at the galaxy’s edge. You pilot different ships through mission-based stages, attacking enemies, defending allied vessels, and completing optional objectives to earn weapons and ship upgrades.
For you if...
- +you like fast-paced, top-down space combat
- +you enjoy choosing weapons and upgrading ships between missions
- +you like missions that mix attacks with defending allies
Not for you if...
- −you want a long campaign with several modes
- −you dislike repeating similar objective-based stages
What players say
97% of 62 reviews are positive
Players praise the ship combat and the variety of weapons and upgrades. The most common complaint is that the campaign is short; some players also find the missions repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Galaxy Highways system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 3 GHz
- Graphics
- 2 GB Video RAM - GeForce GTX 760
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 26
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Slovak, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Hungarian, German.
Tags
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Bullet Hell
- Top-Down Shooter
- Action-Adventure
- Difficult
- Adventure
- Colorful
- Pixel Graphics
- Shooter
- Action
- RPG
- Casual
- Exploration
- Top-Down
- 2D
- Sci-fi
Recent updates
- Aug 31, 2026 · Patch 1.0.4 is live!
- Dec 23, 2025 · Patch 1.0.3 is live!
- Oct 6, 2025 · Update 1.0.2!
- Sep 29, 2023 · Steam SHMUP festival and major demo update!
2 DLC available.