Nova Breach, a top-down arena roguelike

Arena roguelike shooter · Coming to PC

Fast top-down arena combat, operatives who each move their own way, a fresh daily challenge, and progress that carries over between runs.

▶ Watch the trailer Meet the operatives

Operatives: 11
Weapons: 16
Arenas: 15
Bosses: 79
Waves per arena: 25

Breach the arena

Footage straight from the game.

Choose your operative

11 operatives, each with their own dash and two abilities. Two start unlocked, eight unlock with scrap, and one is earned with stars.

Vanguard

Free

Balanced strike operative. The finest dash in the field.

Shift
Blitz
A long attack-dash that tears through everything in its path, knocking enemies aside.
E
Frag Barrage
Lob 6 grenades in a circle around you.

Juggernaut

Free

Walking fortress. Slow, but very hard to kill.

Shift
Bulwark
Energy shield absorbs all damage for 2.5s.
E
Seismic Slam
Massive shockwave: heavy damage, knockback and a 1.5s stun.

Phantom

2,000 scrap

Glass cannon assassin. Fragile, fast and deadly.

Shift
Blink
Teleport to your cursor (limited range).
E
Ghost Protocol
For 4s enemies lose track of you and your fire rate +50%.

Pyromancer

5,000 scrap

Everything burns. Attacks ignite enemies.

Shift
Flame Nova
Ring of fire around you: damage plus a strong burn.
E
Firestorm
Meteors rain near your cursor for 5s.

Foundry

8,000 scrap

Combat engineer. Let the machines do the killing.

Shift
Sentry
Deploys an auto-turret that fires at nearby enemies for 8s.
E
Manufactory
Fabricates 3 attack drones that fight beside you for 10s.

Warp

11,000 scrap

Time bends around them. It always has.

Shift
Stasis Bubble
A zone at your cursor slows enemies AND their bullets for 4s.
E
Rewind
Snap back to where you were 3 seconds ago, restoring that HP.

Apex

14,000 scrap

Gravity is a suggestion. Enemies are a resource.

Shift
Gravity Well
Drags every nearby enemy toward a point at your cursor.
E
Repulsion Field
For 4s, enemy bullets near you are caught and thrown back.

Malice

16,000 scrap · or clear any level on Veteran

Rotting from within. Kill fast or the decay wins.

Shift
Siphon Spike
Hurl a piercing spike that drains health from everything it skewers.
E
Blight Mark
Plague every enemy on screen with decay, healing you as they rot.

Speedy

18,000 scrap

Kinetic conversion: the faster you move, the harder you hit.

Shift
Aftershock
Lay a trail of live wire that damages and slows anything crossing it.
E
Speed Force
For 6s: +50% move speed and you phase straight through enemies.

Harrow

20,000 scrap · or defeat 20 bosses

The reaper walks. Wounds are wages.

Shift
Scythe Sweep
A wide melee arc that heals you for every enemy struck.
E
Death Mark
Executes every non-boss enemy below 20% HP in a wide radius.

Tempest

Earned at 12 stars

A living storm. Earned, never bought.

Shift
Storm Surge
Lightning arcs through up to 5 nearby enemies.
E
Thunderdome
A crackling dome follows you for 6s, zapping everything inside.

The armory

16 weapons, each with its own feel and an alternate fire. Mod one mid-run and it changes shape. Push it far enough and it evolves into something else. Carry two and swap with Q. Here are four.

Blaster

Reliable sidearm. Steady damage at any range.

Alternate fire Piercing Bolt: Fires a bolt that pierces every enemy in its path.

Scattergun

Devastating up close, weak at range.

Alternate fire Slug Round: Single heavy slug with massive knockback.

Pulse SMG

Shreds with volume of fire. Sprays a bit.

Alternate fire Sticky Bomb: Launches a bomb that sticks and detonates for area damage.

Railgun

Slow, surgical, punches through targets.

Alternate fire Overcharge Beam: Instant beam that hits everything in a line for heavy damage.

Fifteen arenas

25 waves per arena, with a boss every 5th wave, each arena with its own art, enemy mix, modifier, and theme. Reach wave 15 to open the next.

Training Grounds

Where every recruit starts.

Scrapyard

Watch for the ones that go boom.

Neon District

The swarm never sleeps.

Frozen Reach

Hazard: Slick Ice

Slick ice — your boots barely grip.

Eleven more arenas wait past these, and every one ends on a boss. Some bosses only show up when they feel like it.

Know the swarm

17 enemy types, from fragile swarmers to Symbiotes that make the toughest enemy invulnerable. Here are four. Learn the rest the hard way.

Swarmer

Fast, fragile melee rushers. Harmless alone, deadly in numbers.

Chaser

Standard melee hunter. Runs straight at you.

Spitter

Hangs back and lobs projectiles. Close the gap or dodge the shots.

Bomber

Charges in and explodes on contact — kill it early or sidestep the blast.

Every run builds differently

After every wave, pick one of three upgrades from 25 run upgrades and 10 wild cards. Clear a boss to unseal an arcana, and collect the right pair to fuse them into something stronger. Which pairs? That’s for you to find out.