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SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

SWARMRIDERS is a action, free to play and indie game developed and published by Walter Machado.
Released on June 15th 2016 is available in English on Windows and Linux.

It has received 486 reviews of which 431 were positive and 55 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified SWARMRIDERS into these genres:

Action Free to Play Indie Bullet Hell Arcade Fast-Paced Pixel Graphics Retro Twin Stick Shooter Shooter Cyberpunk Horror Shoot 'Em Up 2D Survival Horror Zombies Singleplayer Action-Adventure Hack and Slash Rogue-lite

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP
  • Processor: 2.5Ghz+
  • Graphics: 1GB
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 120 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Processor: 2.5Ghz+
  • Graphics: 1GB
  • Storage: 120 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2023
Fun and simple. If you have like 5 minutes to play a small game and just want something arcadey, then this will do.
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June 2023
SwarmRiders is a free 'n short bonus for fans of the UberMosh series in the form of a endless runner/endless mob mashup. No complaints, pretty fun. Can technically be 100%ed within 160 seconds, assuming perfection upon first try, but took me around 30 minutes. Music is great and doesn't get too repetitive, which I was anticipating, but was glad it didn't. Walter Machado's games have some banger songs. Anyone looking to try this out, I can recommend it, and it would be awesome inside an arcade machine.
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March 2023
As always another great fun game by Walter Machado. This is the only one so far that I was able to perfect, still pretty difficult too. Ubermosh is looming on the horizon for me to beat and I keep putting them off haha. Definitely try it out! Keep making more games please!
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June 2019
I am not of this world, cruel machinations bring forth hedonistic paradigms. I must flee this place... Future generations must learn, and take heed of lessons learned of events foretold by the ancients. To those unexposed to what transpired here, it will not be forgotten. WELCOME TO ZION UBERMOSH SWARMRIDERS is a free to play version of ubermosh, twin stick shooter, slightly simplified. You are constantly driving to the Southeast and destroying what is left of the seemingly real world Sentinels. With the illusory veil shattered in the afterglow of the UBERMOSH arena, the true nature of the world exposed. We must start again. More here — [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28295405/]Station Argus
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Feb. 2018
Exactly like its sister series, Ubermosh, Swarm Riders is a volatile, frenetic, blast of a time. Flee from a swarm of voracious insects, all while blasting away as many as you can. How long can you last? Not long. But don't worry: the game restarts at instant speed so you can try over and over and over again.
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Frequently Asked Questions

SWARMRIDERS is free to play on Steam.

SWARMRIDERS is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

SWARMRIDERS received 431 positive votes out of a total of 486 achieving a rating of 8.27.
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SWARMRIDERS was developed and published by Walter Machado.

SWARMRIDERS is playable and fully supported on Windows.

SWARMRIDERS is not playable on MacOS.

SWARMRIDERS is playable and fully supported on Linux.

SWARMRIDERS is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for SWARMRIDERS. Explore additional content available for SWARMRIDERS on Steam.

SWARMRIDERS does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

SWARMRIDERS does not support Steam Remote Play.

SWARMRIDERS does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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SWARMRIDERS
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Walter Machado
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Walter Machado
Release 15 Jun 2016
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