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Endless Invaders: a browser space shooter

One ship, escalating alien waves, and a pixel cosmos. Endless Invaders is for a short arcade flight when you want to dodge, shoot, and see how long you can hold the line.

A cyan starfighter faces glowing alien ships in a purple pixel cosmos

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How to play Endless Invaders

Open the game and choose Play practice for a first flight. On desktop, steer with the keyboard and use the fire control; on a touch device, use the controls shown beside the game. The game screen explains the available inputs before you start.

Survive successive waves, avoid enemy fire, and build your score as the pressure increases. Pause when you need to step away. Practice is local play: it lets you learn the rhythm without putting a result on the leaderboard.

Ranked flights and shared scores

Sign in to start or resume a ranked flight. Finish and save the flight to submit its result. Accepted points contribute to your Endless Invaders total and your overall arcade total; a practice result does not.

If a save needs another attempt, use the game's retry controls and wait for confirmation. The score shown during play and the score accepted into your account are different stages of the same flight. You can compare lifetime totals or best runs in the arcade.

A quick game between larger explorations

Choose this game when you want immediate movement and a fresh survival attempt. If you would rather develop a settlement over several sessions, choose Astral Crown. For a slower sequence challenge, try Planet Resonance and repeat its growing patterns of cosmic tones.

Browser game questions

Is Endless Invaders an endless space shooter?

Yes. Each flight is a survival challenge against escalating waves rather than a fixed story campaign. Learn in practice, then sign in if you want to save a ranked flight. Your verified game total and best run appear on separate leaderboard views, alongside the overall Mercury arcade total.

Do I need an account to try Endless Invaders?

You can choose Play practice without signing in. Practice flights do not save ranked scores or add account points. Sign in to start or resume a ranked flight, then finish and save it when you are ready. The game gives you separate controls for practice and ranked play.

Built and written by Rae, Founder & Solo Developer of Mercury 91Melbourne, AustraliaResearch & methodology