Swarm Survivor
Bugs crawl in from the ground and wyverns dive from above in an endless squeeze from both sides.
About This Game
Bugs crawl in from the ground and wyverns dive from above in an endless squeeze from both sides. You hold the center of the arena and never move — you only turn and swing, and your blade hits nothing behind your back.
Every kill is worth 5 points, and every point quietly makes the swarm meaner: enemies spawn on a shrinking timer and cross the field faster as your score climbs, and the wyverns never wander — each one dives on a line aimed exactly at where you stand.
When both flanks collapse at once, the spinning MAX move hops you into the air and wipes out everything in a circle around you, then locks away for a five-second cooldown, so choosing the moment is the real skill.
One touch from any creature ends the run on the spot. A pure last-stand survival test for players who like reading two directions at once.
Wyverns join at 40 points, thornback boars at 100 and moss golems at 220. Boars take 2 slashes and golems take 3. MAX defeats any monster in one hit.
Game Tips
- 🗡️ Your slash only cuts the way you're facing — your back is wide open!
- 🔥 The super-move has a 5-second cooldown — save it for when both sides swarm
- 🐉 Wyverns are faster than the bugs — watch the sky first
Controls
- ◀ / ▶ buttons : Attack in the direction you press
- 🔥 MAX button : Spinning super-move that sweeps everything nearby (cooldown)
- ← → : Attack left/right
- Space · Enter : Super-move
Game info
- Players
- 1 player
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.05.06
- Last updated
- 2026.11.05
- Version
- v1.9
- Scoring
- pts · Higher is better
- Monthly ranking
- Supported
- Controls
- Touch · Keyboard
Dev Log
- v1.9
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v1.8
Enchanted forest
- New forest ruins and four-frame monster animations
- New tougher boars and golems appear as your score grows
- Larger score numbers and controls that fit short screens
- v1.7
Sound and vibration
- Added vibration feedback
- Added a game over sound
Earlier versions (7)
- v1.6
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v1.5
iPhone fix
- Fixed buttons hidden behind the iPhone home bar
- Smaller MAX move blast radius
- v1.4
Keyboard update
- Changed the MAX move key to Space or Enter
- v1.3
New hero, fixed reach
- Removed weapon upgrades
- New hero art and slash animations
- v1.2
Keyboard controls
- Added arrow keys or A/D to slash and Space to use MAX
- v1.1
Leaderboard
- Added a leaderboard
- Starts right away without a title screen
- v1.0
First release
- Slash left or right to fend off bugs and diving eagles
- Spinning MAX move and weapon upgrades up to Excalibur
