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Galactic Wars

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Galactic Wars

itch.io €2.00

Galactic Wars is a PICO-8 arcade shooter that Volcano Bytes built during January 2017 as an entry for the One Game A Month challenge, released free to play in the browser alongside Windows, macOS and Linux downloads. The ship moves freely in all four directions while enemy craft arrive in preset formations, and the game is short by design, running about ten minutes to a single closing boss fight. The developer names Gradius, Galaga and R-Type as models, and later reworked the cart into a commercial expanded version, Galactic Wars EX.

Year
2017
Developer
VolcanoBytes
Publisher
VolcanoBytes
Orientation
Horizontal

SCREENSHOTS

STORY

A whole fleet of alien ships are arriving from all over the Multiverse to destroy the human race. You are the chosen pilot to face them, aboard the last ship, a little hope for the human kind!

Your mission is to destroy all alien waves before they reach Earth.

You will enter enemy territory piloting your ship, avoiding destruction by the ships and enemy arms, trying to save humanity in the definitive battle .

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Prices are cached from each storefront and may be out of date. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.

RELEASES 4 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
PC
Windows
2017
Original release
MAC
macOS
2017
Original release
LIN
Linux
2017
Original release
WEB
Web browser
2017
Original release

GAME DATA

Orientation
Horizontal
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