- Congratulations to the Winners! - 1 March 2026
Thank you to everybody who came!After three games, the player's with the highest scores won some items, congratulations!OGW Megane with 6,435,787 got a Gold Chip AND Scrap! cadoresgares with 4,312,727 got a Gold Chip!brightshadow with 2,966,928 got a Silver Chip!While they didn't make it into the top 3, DW and xiomeilin were close, and got a Copper Chip for their trouble!We did have one disconnect in one of the games, so as a consolation prize Bullway received a Silver Chip! We're also diving deep into the logs to find the issue and make the netcode more resilient. The Autoeye was blasted so hard it didn't see what hit it!Stay tuned for the next scheduled game!See you out there pilots! o7-never.
- Online Game Saturday February 28th (PT)! - 14 February 2026
Greetings Pilots!Join us Saturday February 28th (PT) to save the Earth from Automaton Annihilation!I'll be hosting three games Saturday the 28th with large rooms. I'll host the games in USW, but all are welcome to join! First run:11:00 PT - Saturday Feb 28th20:00 CET - Saturday Feb 28th04:00 JST - Sunday March 1st Second Run:17:00 PT - Saturday Feb 28th02:00 CET - Sunday March 1st10:00 JST - Sunday March 1st Third Run:21:00 PT - Saturday Feb 28th06:00 CET - Sunday March 1st14:00 JST - Sunday March 1stAs an added bonus, I'll hand out some CounterAttack Steam items to the highest scoring pilots. The winners will be the top 3 scores after all games. Scores are not added together, meaning it's whatever we see on the score screen. So bring your highest scoring builds, and let's blast some bots!See you out there! o7-never.
- Announcing Outpost Ginga - 10 February 2026
Hello everyone!We are excited to officially announce our upcoming title, Outpost Ginga.While CounterAttack: Uprising put you in the cockpit, Outpost Ginga moves you to the command center. This is a single-player, tactical Spiral Tower Defense game set in the same universe, focused on deep weapon customization and resource management.During the Automaton War, when Outpost Ginga was attacked, the command and control room was never recovered. Long assumed destroyed by the Automatons, it actually escaped into the depths of space by initiating an uncalculated FTL jump. Now, with no idea where they are, the crew must fight to survive against a strange new enemy.The "Attachment System" ReturnsIf you enjoyed tinkering with ship builds in CounterAttack, you will feel right at home here. We have reintroduced and adapted the reagent-based Attachment System for Outpost Ginga.Instead of ships, you w…
- Congratulations to the Winners! - 15 December 2025
Thank you to everybody who came!After both games, the player's with the highest scores won some items, congratulations!Garven with 6,435,787 got a Gold Chip! OGW Megane with 4,312,727 got a Silver Chip!rei_the_colaman with 2,966,928 got a Copper Chip!Xemadous with 2,880,078, the runner up, got some Scrap!We mostly did hard or special levels, with one autoeye defeated in the second game. Lots of automatons to blasted!The next scheduled game is aimed for sometime in January 2026. I'll announce more details as we get closer. See you out there pilots! o7-never.
- Online Game Saturday 13th (PST)! - 11 December 2025
Greetings Pilots!This Saturday (and Sunday in CET/JST) let's save the Earth from Automaton Annihilation!I'll be hosting two games Saturday the 13th with large rooms. I'll host the games in USW, but all are welcome to join! 11:00 PST - Saturday Dec 1320:00 CET - Saturday Dec 1304:00 JST - Sunday Dec 1418:00 PST - Saturday Dec 1303:00 CET - Sunday Dec 1411:00 JST - Sunday Dec 14As an added bonus, I'll hand out some CounterAttack Steam items to the highest scoring pilots. The winners will be the top 3 single-run scores after both games. Scores are not added together, meaning it's whatever we see on the score screen. So bring your highest scoring builds, and let's blast some bots!See you out there! o7-never.
- Bugfix and Steam Deck improvements - 8 December 2025
Greetings pilots!Today's patch has some bugfixes and Steam Deck improvements:Fixed issue with Wave Survival online game synchronization preventing waves from spawningFixed some input helper text's having incorrect descriptions'Shield Wall' spawns further forward with command or battle corvetteSteam Deck now shows correct glyphs (button icons)
- Online Game Saturday! - 25 September 2025
Greetings Pilots!A lesser used feature of CounterAttack: Uprising is the very large online rooms. By default rooms for up to 8 players can be created, but by using the command "/foursquared" you can set the limit to 16. It's also possible to go higher, with the theoretical max being 99. This Saturday, 27th of September, I'll host some 32 or 64 player online games. Lets see how high it can go! The games will be open to cross-platform, so join with any system. I'll have the room open at least 30 mins before and aim to start the games at the following times:11:00 (11am) PST13:00 (1pm) PST18:00 (6pm) PST20:00 (8pm) PSTAs an added bonus, I'll hand out some CounterAttack Steam items to the highest scoring pilots. See you out there! o7-never.
- Bugfix Update - 21 September 2025
Greetings Pilots!Today's patch 1.1.5r1345 contains a few fixes and no new features. Fixed controller assignment bug when loading local CO-OP gameFixed online ship-firing synchronization issue on high latency gamesFixed "bullet enemies" sometimes spawning with too much velocityFixed bug that caused some action combinations to stop workingFixed missing UI attachment filter button in the online Game Room sceneFixed Steam Deck set resolution issue Fixed incorrect text appearing on the Big-Picture keyboardThank you to everybody who reported issues and please let me know if you find any other bugs by making a post in the Betas & Bugs discussion forum.See you out there o7-never
- Regional Price Update - 26 July 2025
Greetings Pilots! We haven't updated the CounterAttack pricing for a very long time, and thanks to a recent comment we were reminded of this. Today the pricing has been updated to the latest Steam recommendations. The price in USD hasn't changed. Fly safe o7 -never.
- Quality of Life - 25 March 2025
Greetings Pilots! This and the recent updates have been focused on bugfixes and quality of life improvements. There are not button icons showing cooldown for actions as well as specials and even powerups. The upgrade computer is now equipped (and unlocked) by default for new players, and it's priorities have been slightly changed to help the initial power spike. Of course you can unequip it and play like before as well! There are also a few new localizations! New Stuff Added Use Powerup and Use Special button icons on powerup bar -Can be disabled in Player Options in the pause menu or from main menu->options Added Traditional Chinese localization Added German localization Added Portuguese (Brazil) localization Added Hungarian localization Added Italian localization Changes & Improvements ‘Upgrade Computer’ is now a default attachment and equipped for new Pilots Upgrade Computer is now d…
- More Bundles! - 18 March 2025
Greetings Pilots! We have a lot of new bundles! I'm very happy to add Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles to the list! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51493/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51494/ Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles are both Shoot 'Em Ups (STG / SHMUP) from Qute Corporation. And they're 95% off for the Spring Sale! Check them out! And here's an updated list of all the bundles! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47449 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47133 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/50934 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/44885 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45712 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45014 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47349 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45072 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45181 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45002 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47868 https://…
- Hotfix - 19 February 2025
Fixed controller assignment issue for local multiplayer games
- February Update - 16 February 2025
Greetings Pilots! Today's patch is mostly bugfixes, but also a few small improvements. Improvements -Improve online sync in cross-platform games -Improved lighting on several planet levels -Made Plasma projectiles slightly darker around the rim -Added default savegame name text when saving game -Added helper graphic when playing as Sarah on the Tutorial level -Several (minor) optimizations Balance / Changes -Increased Prototype Cruiser main gun damage 330->380 -Alternate Action Buttons are now enabled by default Fixes -Fixed Missiles and Support Fighters not targeting always asteroids -Fixed online game over screen not progressing to new game in some situations -Fixed issue where control-icons would show incorrect controller -Fixed issue with laserang projectiles not getting correct attachments applied -Fixed issue with offscreen enemies breaking killstreaks on several levels (including…
- Small December Patch - 15 December 2024
A small patch to address some recently reported issues. -Fix autotargeting issue on vertical levels (again) -Fix Bob Oboc and other followers not targeting asteroids when they have plasma -Fix issue with some enemies spawning off screen and breaking killstreaks (if you find more please let me know) -Fix a broken Wave Survival wave type (it would just sit there for ~60 seconds before progressing to the next wave)
- Bundles Galore! - 3 December 2024
Greetings Pilots! I'd like to announce the latest bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/47449/SHMUP_Action__ESCHATOS_x_CounterAttack/?curator_clanid=4777282 Steam only shows 3 bundles at a time, there are actually a lot more! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45072/Space_Roguelites__Power_of_Ten_x_CounterAttack_Uprising/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45939/Indie_Arcade_Shoot_em_Ups/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46342/Space_Flight_and_Fight__CounterAttack_Uprising_x_DV_Rings_of_Saturn/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45712/Arcade_Shmups__CounterAttack_x_REVO/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46378/Action_Adventure_Shooter/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45659/Survival_Roguelites_in_Space__Star_Survivor__CounterAttack_Uprising/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45181/CrossPlatform_CoOp_Mayhem__WAVECADE_x_CounterAttack/ https://store.steam…
- Small patch - 12 October 2024
-Regression fix explosions (nukes, MiniNukes) not destroying asteroids -Fix 'classic' bonus dmg calculation
- Patch Oct 9th - 9 October 2024
Small patch to fix some bugs Fixes -Fixed Spatial Charge missing enemies (regression from previous missile fix) -Spatial Charge and Drill missile now stack differently - now gives a bonus missile -Fixed issue with powerups spawning on the gameover scene -Fixed incorrectly rotated notification text on vertical levels when out of powerups and using the panning camera Changes -Asteroids and moving station pieces now destroy enemy projectiles -Enemy Projectiles have increases velocity on Very Hard and Impossible -Minor Steam Deck optimization -Increases power/attract speed of Carl's Quantium Magnet
- Oct 1st Update - 1 October 2024
Fixes -Fixed disappearing rocket bug (Thanks Crystaliss!) -Fixed issue with Slowing Beamer giving incorrect achievement on Outbreak -Fixed player ship being destroyed with no explanation when disconnecting from an online game -Fixed Mine Level Boss not progressing Waves on Wave Survival -Fixed rare crash involving enemy explosions Changes -Snake Drones, Outward Drones, and Distant Drones now give +1 drone that doesn't stack -More free lives drop on Casual and Easy mode -Add 'Always Fire' option by request - though it's not recommended as you lose all buildup and holdfire modifiers -Shield Regenerators now stack (diminishingly)
- Small Patch - 20 September 2024
Jinx's Ultimate (Hackwave) hacked enemy lifetime increased 10s -> 25s Hacked enemies now orbit their owner when no targets are found Joe's Action now gives a VERY short (0.2s) evasion spin Added reload buttons for abilities
- Small bugfix patch - 18 September 2024
Fixed hang on Wave Survival Changed default Game Mode from Arcade to Casual Fixed Game Mode resetting to Arcade Fixed several localization issues Make Tri-Beamer's beam sound a less overpowering Fix Missile rotation bug Fixed cosmetic thruster flames appearing in the wrong spot on vertical survival levels Add friends related high scores to game over screen
