Phoenix 2
Arcade bullet-hell shooter built around ships with distinct special abilities
Firi Games · Released Jun 2, 2026
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 265
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 18
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 2 days ago
- Oct 26, 2026
What is Phoenix 2?
Phoenix 2 is a free-to-play 2D space shooter about fighting the Invaders. You destroy enemy waves and bosses while dodging bullets and lasers across 30 story missions. Daily challenges give all players identical missions, with global leaderboards ranked by completion time.
For you if...
- +you enjoy short sessions focused on improving your performance
- +you like collecting ships and learning different playstyles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer slower combat with fewer attacks to dodge
- −you want cooperative missions or direct multiplayer battles
What players say
70% of 265 reviews are positive
Players praise the simple controls and fast action. Complaints center on microtransactions and the ship-mod system added in an update, which players describe as pay-to-win. Players also criticize resource-heavy upgrades and progression tied to daily missions.
Screenshots and trailer
Phoenix 2 system requirements
Minimum: 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Phoenix 2?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Any 64-bit CPU that supports SSE3 and F16C (Intel Ivy Bridge or newer, AMD FX or newer)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- Notes
- Internet connection is required to play.
Recommended
- Notes
- 4k display.
Does Phoenix 2 have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Phoenix 2 run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, In-app purchases
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does Phoenix 2 use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Arcade
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Bullet Hell
- Procedural Generation
- Replay Value
- Indie
- Colorful
- Time Attack
- Old School
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- Retro
- Action
- Score Attack
- Top-Down Shooter
- Controller
Recent updates
- Oct 26, 2026 · Phoenix 2 Update 8.4
- Sep 16, 2026 · Phoenix 2 Update 8.3
- Jun 2, 2026 · Steam Deck support
- May 29, 2026 · Engram Adjustments Now Live
- May 19, 2026 · Small Fix applied