Red Tether features explosive top-down space action with a unique "indirect combat" system. You will face massive space fleets and fierce oppositions, while being armed with nothing but tether-harpoons and your wits. Fight tether-based space battles that revolves entirely around linking yourself with opponents or them with each other. Crash vessels into another using contracting tethers. Rip off enemy weapons and attachments with well placed harpoons. Outmaneuver the fleet by graple-swinging around objects. Use your ship as a battering ram by slamming yourself into the opposition. Experience fresh "combat-puzzle" gameplay that requires split-second tactical decisions amid fast paced action. Carefully consider how to use ships against another, when to disarm and when to destroy and how to utilize the changing battle environment. Learn to counter various fleet elements, including attack ships, support crafts and logistic units. Fight through 50+ pre-made waves, or face randomly generated fleets in endless mode. Clash with 16+ massive boss enemies and turn them into screen-filling explosions. Dodge clearly telegraphed enemy attacks and potentially turn them against your opponents. Avoid or exploit various hazards like flammable fuel spills, electrified hulls, coolant clouds and magnetic fields. Unlock 18+ player ship variants that offer distinct playstyles, advantages and challenges. Improve your craft with 120+ stackable ship and tether upgrades. Catch and collect 14 bio-mechanical fish to gain advanced tech. Discover 10+ star system zones and the new enemies they throw at you. Piece together the game's lore by finding black boxes among all the ship-debris. Get a tiny glimpse at a complex sci-fi universe. The story continues in Hyperspace Dogfights, Swirl W@tch and Hyperspace Deck Command. Enable various challenge modes for the lategame. Basic controller support and assist options.
