Impulse Reactor
A deep roguelite bullet-purgatory set in a dying galaxy.
3 Steam reviews
Details
- Developer
- Ian Roberts
- Publisher
- Ian Roberts
- Released
- May 23, 2026
- Price
- $1.99
- Platform
- PC
About this game
- Spaceship shooter + rogue lite made with assets from the Unity store / Humble Bundle
- Enemies grow stronger as you play. Destroy enemy ships as quickly as possible to level up so you don't get overwhelmed!
- Gain prestige to increase your power permanently and tackle higher difficulties
- TONS of unlocks - new ships, weapons, stages, passive items, and more
- Best played with a controller (keyboard works too)
- Local co-op (Requires at least 1 connected gamepad)

++|IMPULSE REACTOR PROGRAM: SUBJECT BRIEFING|++
Classification: OMEGA | Authorized Personnel Only
++|THE COLLAPSE: INCIDENT SUMMARY|++
The Collapse occurred 30 years ago. Duration: 4.3 hours. Cause: unknown. Origin vector: unknown. Casualties: an estimated 97% of the human population. All attempts at communication with Earth: silent. The enemy has not been named. Internal designation: XENOS. They have not communicated, negotiated, or paused in their assault on humanity.
++|THE IMPULSE REACTOR: PROGRAM OVERVIEW|++
Following the Collapse, the IMPULSE REACTOR program was greenlit under emergency wartime authorization. Standard ethical review: suspended indefinitely. IMPULSE technology reverse-engineers Xeno hardware at the neural level. Conventional pilots cannot interface with it, the cognitive load is fatal. Subjects integrated from birth, however, show a 2% compatibility rate.
++|SUBJECT BRIEFING: [REDACTED]|++
Designation: [REDACTED]
Age: 17
Birth Flight Hours Logged: 14,000+
Personal Effects: None on record
Next of Kin: None on record
++|CURRENT DIRECTIVE|++
Intelligence has yielded a possible system of enemy origin. Confidence rating: 31%. You are being deployed. This is the first offensive action humanity has taken in 30 years.
Target coordinates: [REDACTED]. Designation: SITE ZERO. What you will find there is unknown. Whether the Xenos know you are coming is unknown. Whether this is a trap is unknown. You are authorized to engage any and all Xeno contacts on approach. Rules of engagement: unrestricted.
Proceed.
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