Sky Shooter

Classic vertical shooter. Move to dodge, auto-fire hits everything in front of you.

Score: 0 Best: 0 Lives: 3 Stage: 1 Special: 0% Coins: 0 Weapon: Normal

How to play

←/→/↑/↓ keys or drag to move
Your plane auto-fires forward
Destroy enemies for points
3 lives — colliding costs one
Kill enough enemies and a boss appears — beat it to clear the stage
Each stage is harder and has its own sky; look out for formations and tougher orange planes
Kills fill the Special gauge; press Space / X when it reads 100%
Shift / C = roll: a short dodge, invulnerable for 0.7 s (3 s cooldown)
Shoot a floating weapon item (N/S/T/L) to change which weapon it holds, then fly into it to equip
Collect coins; spend them in the shop after every boss
Kills sometimes drop power-ups (each lasts 7 seconds):

Power-ups

RRapid fire — shoots twice as fast
PPower — each bullet does double damage
MMulti-shot — three bullets at once
WWingman — a helper plane fires beside you (max 2); it is lost when hit

Special attacks

Jet — Bomb: wipes every enemy and bullet on screen, damages a boss
Falcon — Laser: a beam straight up for 1.5 seconds
Hornet — Missiles: 10 homing missiles
Phantom — Phase: 5 seconds invulnerable with rapid fire

Stats

CategoryArcade

Avg. session1–3 min

About Sky Shooter

Sky Shooter is a free retro-style vertical shooter in the tradition of classic 1940s-themed arcade games. Choose one of four planes, fly through the sky, shoot down enemy planes, collect power-ups and defeat a boss at the end of every stage. There are no downloads and no accounts, and it works with a keyboard or with touch.

Each stage gets harder, with faster enemies, more shooters and tougher bosses, and each stage has its own sky: dawn, sunset, night sea, deep space and an inferno. Between stages you can spend the coins you collected in an upgrade shop.

How scoring works

Ordinary enemies give 10 points and shooters give 30. Defeating a boss gives 300 points multiplied by the stage number.
Kill enough enemies in a stage and the boss appears. Defeat it to clear the stage and gain one life (up to five).
Kills also charge the Special gauge. Each plane has its own special attack: Jet drops a bomb, Falcon fires a laser, Hornet launches homing missiles and Phantom turns invulnerable for a few seconds.

Tips to improve

Save the Special for the boss or for a crowd of shooters. It charges again from kills.
Use Roll (Shift or C) to dodge a bullet pattern. It makes you invulnerable for a short time with a cooldown.
Shoot weapon items to change which weapon they hold before you pick one up.
Spend coins in the shop on rapid fire first. A faster gun also charges the special faster.

Frequently asked questions

What are the controls?

Move with the arrow keys or WASD, or drag on a touch screen. The plane fires automatically. Space or X uses the special, and Shift or C rolls.

What do the power-ups do?

R doubles your fire rate, P doubles bullet damage, M fires three bullets, and W adds a wingman (up to two). R, P and M last seven seconds.

How does the shop work?

Enemies and bosses drop coins. After every boss the shop opens, where you can buy fire rate, damage, special charge and an extra life for the current run.

Upgrade shop