What it is
Star Swarm is a real-time conquest puzzle you can play with one thumb. Every planet you own grows ships in proportion to its size. Swipe from one of your planets to another world and half the garrison launches; arrivals either reinforce a friendly planet or fight for it.
Neutral worlds are the interesting part. They cost ships you need right now in exchange for production you will want in a minute. On lane maps you also have to read the geometry — a choke point you hold is worth more than two planets you cannot defend.
Star Swarm is a working title
The game is finished enough to show; the name is not final. If it changes before release, this page changes with it.
Screenshots
Captured from the current build. Store screenshots will be taken from the release build.
Features
- A 100-level campaign. Every level is played to completion by a simulated opponent before it ships, so nothing is unwinnable and every par time is measured rather than guessed. Then I played all hundred myself, start to finish.
- Four difficulty settings. Easy through Extra Hard, applied to every mode. The hardest opponents build rally-waypoint supply networks and out-produce you outright.
- Lanes or open space. Some maps restrict travel to visible star lanes and choke points; others let you move system to system freely.
- Fog of war and up to four factions. Remembered worlds keep the last thing you saw. Free-for-all maps turn the board into a three-way problem.
- Maps bigger than the screen. Expanded and massive boards scroll and pinch-zoom, with dozens of planets beyond the first view.
- Rally paths. Double-tap and swipe to set a standing supply route that streams surplus ships forward while you think about something else.
How Star Swarm will be sold
No ads and no subscription. The free edition is a real, replayable game; a single non-consumable in-app purchase permanently unlocks the rest. The exact split between free and paid content is shown inside the game before you buy anything, and the purchase restores on every device signed in to the same store account.
Not on the stores yet
Coming to the App Store and Google Play. There is no download, beta, or web build linked from this site. If you want a note when it goes live, email support@lynchpin.games.