Space Defender: Frontier Squadron
A top-down space shooter with deep RPG progression. Fly a voiced story in four acts, from a war across three galaxies to the gravity wells of Kepler, lead your wingmen, hunt pirate captains and hold a collapsing front. Solo, or with a friend on the second controller.
- Release date
- September 25, 2026
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Developer
- Petit Vaisseau
- Publisher
- Petit Vaisseau
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About Space Defender: Frontier Squadron
The frontier is falling. Hold the line. Twin-stick arcade combat, a squadron to lead, a front that moves without you and a story you play in flight. Made by a solo French developer.A real story, in four actsFly for Admiral Voss and Ilse Marin, with ARIA at your side. Scripted dialogue and events, voiced in six languages, played over the radio in the middle of the fight. Escort the Armada and face a choice at the Threshold, then go on to Kepler, the abandoned mining world of Act IV: gravity wells that pull everything in, descents into dark shafts, the port of Ferrum and four heavy ships from its yards.
Several endings wait at the end of the war, and one of them only opens to pilots who dealt with the pirate captains in a certain way. Play togetherLocal co-op: a friend plugs in a second controller and flies a wingman at your sideWorks on one machine, or over the internet with Steam Remote Play TogetherYou keep the command, they keep the gunsHours of depth, not just a shooter17 ships and over 60 pieces of equipment: lasers, railguns, flak, guided missiles, turrets, shields, generatorsManage your energy: every item you fit changes how your ship flies and fightsA research tree, plus mining, salvage, trade, refining and recycling15 kinds of contracts with modifiers, and a signature mission in each galaxyFour difficulty levels, a Veteran mode and 3 save slotsA directional dodge to…
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