SWARMRIDER OMEGA

An endless runner with twin-stick shooting against dense enemy swarms

Walter Machado · Released Sep 19, 2017

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 125
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 78; daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Nov 4, 2024
Minimum PC: 4 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is SWARMRIDER OMEGA?

A single-player cyberpunk arcade game built around short survival runs. You keep moving and shooting, using different classes and special powers against the swarm.

For you if...

+you chase better scores in brief arcade sessions
+you like pixel art and retro presentation

Not for you if...

−you prefer slower action over rapid reactions
−you need varied objectives beyond surviving each run

What players say

86% of 125 reviews are positive

Players praise the soundtrack and straightforward controls. Common complaints concern the difficulty and visual clutter, especially explosions that obscure enemies and aiming.

Screenshots and trailer

SWARMRIDER OMEGA system requirements

Minimum: 4 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run SWARMRIDER OMEGA?

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Minimum

OS: Windows XP
Processor: 3.2 Ghz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 150 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Does SWARMRIDER OMEGA have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does SWARMRIDER OMEGA 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, Linux
Achievements: 7
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish - Latin America, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bangla, Belarusian, Bosnian, Kannada, Catalan, Kazakh, Cherokee, Sinhala, Konkani, Croatian, Dari, Slovak, Slovenian, Estonian, Filipino, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Yoruba, Irish, Icelandic, Khmer, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malayalam, Malay, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Persian, K'iche', Kinyarwanda, Kyrgyz, Quechua, Sotho, Sindhi, Sorani, Swahili, Serbian, Tajik, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Tatar, Tamil, Telugu, Uyghur, Wolof, Urdu, Uzbek, Valencian, Xhosa, Zulu, Scots.

Does SWARMRIDER OMEGA 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