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2019 · Relative Software · Adventure · Arcade

CounterAttack: Uprising

CounterAttack is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

Released: 11 March 2019
Platforms: Linux Nintendo Switch Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S macOS
Genres: Adventure Arcade Horizontally scrolling shooter Indie Shooter
Developers: Relative Software
Publishers: Relative Software
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Canada
Age ratings: GRAC ALL ESRB E10+PEGI 7 ACB PG
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, English (UK), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 1hmain story2hcompletionist

About

CounterAttack: Uprising is a horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Canadian studio Relative Software Ltd. It was released on 11 March 2019

on Steam for Windows, Linux, and macOS, on 4 November 2022 for Xbox One and on 28 September 2023 for Nintendo Switch.

›Story

Earth is under attack! The Automations, humanity's own creation, have rebelled. They will stop at nothing short of the complete annihilation of their former masters. There is but one hope, the Experimental Space Fighter program. Fight solo or team up for intense co-op action, 1 - 4 player locally or 2 - 8 players online, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

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CounterAttack: Uprising is a 3D side-scrolling shoot 'em up game in which the player's task is to reach the end of the level. Between levels, players are given the option to equip upgrades called attachments for their ship. These upgrades can vary from speed boosts to weapon conversions. They can also affect the visual profile of the ship. As of 2 February there are over 650 attachments.

As the game progresses, more weapons and other upgrades are made available. The fighter the player starts with only has slots for 3 weapons and 3 attachments; however, more slots are unlocked as the game progresses. There is a large variety of weapons, ranging from plasma cannons to lightning guns to singularity cannons. While weapons can be equipped between levels, they are upgraded during levels. This may enhance power, projectile velocity, rate of fire, or the nature of the attack itself.