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NEW • Built for iPhone Duo and iOS 27 • Crystal Mine: alloy and cores pile up while you're away • Weekly Ladder: climb your power bracket every week • Rank up every card, not just Legendaries • Share your best runs, streaks and pulls BETTER • Warp: pick every draft you skipped, then 30 s to prepare • New music and sound effects
One tower. Endless swarm. Every direction. Hold the Nexus as the swarm closes in from all 360°, draft a new build every run, and find out how far you can go. Nexus Swarm is a roguelike tower defense game where you don't place towers. You are the tower. Spend scrap mid-fight to upgrade the Nexus: damage, attack speed, multishot, crit, range, HP, regen, Frost Nova and Shockwave. Then hold on. A NEW BUILD EVERY RUN • Every 3 waves, draft 1 of 3 augments • 26 run-only powers across 7 families: Fire, Frost, Shock, Pierce, Crit, Guard and Econ • Take 3 from one family to unlock its set bonus BOSSES THAT SHAKE THE SKY • A boss every 10 waves (every 7 in Sector 4) • Each boss arrives with a warning banner and a boss bar • A named boss in every sector 5 DEEP-SPACE SECTORS • Teal galaxy, violet gas giant, ember red dwarf, aurora and black hole • Endless waves that keep getting harder. How far can you go? COLLECT & RANK UP • 45 collectible cards for 3 slots: Weapon, Armor and Reactor • Common to Legendary, with 6 Legendaries to chase • Card packs show their odds and have pity protection • Rank up Legendaries with Legendary Essence: +10% per rank, up to 2× • Permanent Workshop upgrades between runs 5 MINUTES OR ALL NIGHT • Save your run and resume anytime • Warp: start at half your best wave and skip what you've already beaten • Auto-buy upgrades and speed up to 3× • Play offline: core runs work without a connection (ads and purchases need one) BEAT YOUR BEST ON GAME CENTER • Weekly Swarm Score leaderboard: a new race every week • All-time leaderboards for every sector • 13 achievements to unlock SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY • Daily missions, a weekly ladder, a login streak and the Daily Drop • Ring Pass: a new reward track every month, with a free track for everyone • Ring Pass Pro: an optional lifetime unlock. One-time purchase, not a subscription.