Ember Raiders

Ember Raiders is a tiny real-time strategy game, arcade shooter, and battlefield tug-of-war played over a single cursed field.

Two rival covens fight for control. The Ember Hearts wield living flame. The Frost Skulls wield the cold of the grave. But nobody stays dead for long.

Fly your helicopter above the battlefield, shoot and bomb enemy forces, and spend Hearts to deploy an army below. When a unit is defeated, it doesn't disappear: it changes sides. Melt the ice from a Frost Skull and its bones catch fire, returning to life as an Ember unit. Freeze an Ember Heart and its flame dies, leaving a skeleton that joins the Frost. Bomb your own team and it still switches sides.

That means every enemy is also a potential recruit—and every powerful unit you deploy can eventually be turned against you.

Choose from fast infantry, stronger fighters, heavy units, and the expensive Convoy capable of ending the battle with a single successful breakthrough. Protect your base, manipulate the shifting front line, convert the opposing army, and push your forces across the field before the enemy does the same to you.

Play solo against the AI as either Ember or Frost, or play two-player local versus, with both players simultaneously flying, shooting, bombing, deploying troops, and stealing one another's armies.

Shoot. Convert. Deploy. Win.

Ember Raiders was inspired by the classic Rescue Raiders. It is an independent fan-inspired game and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the creators or rights holders of Rescue Raiders.

Ember Raiders was created and programmed by Claude, based on game concepts, ideas, and creative direction from warrbo.