All four official trailers embedded, seven screenshots archived, and the game-data sheet refreshed from the official press kit.
DARKSWARM WIKI
Thousands of enemies. Four operatives. One way out.
The fan-made community wiki for DarkSwarm — the top-down tactical co-op shooter from Bitfire Games and Ghost Ship Publishing. Class intel, mission briefings and verified data, built before launch.
DEVELOPERBitfire Games
PUBLISHERGhost Ship
STATUSTBA · EA planned
OPERATIVES4
SQUAD1–4P CO-OP
Official trailers
4The reveal and the swarm-tech deep-dive, embedded right here — playback stays on this site. Full quality and the rest of the set live in the media hub.
Latest updates
5Bitfire's reveal trailer dropped alongside the Steam news post. Watch it on the media page or on Steam.
Site structure, all category hubs, class pages and guide foundations are published.
Start here
STEP 01
Learn the basics
What DarkSwarm is, who makes it and how the extraction loop plays.
STEP 02Pick an operative
Four classes are confirmed. Meet the squad and watch their pages fill in.
STEP 03Read the contract
Valstorm contracts, procedural colonies and the one-way-out extraction.
STEP 04Track the playtests
Alpha and beta tests are announced on socials. Wiki data lands here first.
Explore the wiki
Every section is live and structured. Data marked TBA fills in as playtests and Early Access publish real numbers.
Classes4
The four confirmed operatives. Role pages, loadouts and abilities land as they are published.
NEWWeaponsTBA
Stats, tiers and unlocks. The table ships as TBA and fills in from the first playtest build.
TBAEnemiesTBA
Strain taxonomy, threat ratings and weaknesses for everything that wants you dead.
TBAMissionsStructure
How Valstorm contracts work: deploy, objective, and the one way out.
STRUCTUREGuides3
Getting started, picking an operative and reading the extraction loop.
NEWUpdatesLIVE
Every wiki change and every tracked DarkSwarm news beat, newest first.
LIVEMedia4+7
Official trailers embedded, official screenshots archived — every link back to Steam.
OFFICIALWhat is DarkSwarm?
DarkSwarm is a top-down tactical co-op shooter for 1–4 players with twin-stick and extraction-shooter DNA, set in a sci-fi horror universe. Alien swarms have overrun abandoned space colonies; you play a bioprinted mercenary supplied by Death on Demand, on contract for the Valstorm corporation, running dangerous jobs on lost colonial worlds. The swarm mutates to counter your tactics.
Squads of four operatives — Assault, Engineer, Support and Infiltrator — deploy into procedurally generated facilities to recover resources and data, then fight their way back out. An orbital mission commander, Sara, directs operations from above. The art is handcrafted by the team, without generative AI.
Game data
| Developer | Bitfire Games (founded 2022) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ghost Ship Publishing |
| Genre | Top-down tactical co-op shooter |
| Sub-genres | Extraction · Twin-stick · Sci-fi horror · PvE |
| Players | 1–4, online co-op · drop-in late join |
| Setting | Overrun colonial worlds · Tendral (revealed) |
| Contractor | Valstorm (PMC) |
| Mercenary program | Death on Demand — bioprinted |
| Platform | Steam · Epic (announced) · Steam Deck |
| Release | TBA — EA planned (Q1 2026 target passed) |
| Languages | EN audio · 9 text langs incl. 简体中文 |
| Controller | Full controller support |
Source: Steam store page & official press kit — snapshot Oct 2, 2026 · Open on Steam ↗
FAQ
What is DarkSwarm?
A top-down tactical co-op shooter for 1–4 players by Bitfire Games, published by Ghost Ship Publishing (the Deep Rock Galactic publisher family). Squads of bioprinted mercenaries run extraction contracts against alien swarms on lost colony worlds.
When does DarkSwarm release?
Not announced. The Steam page lists a coming Early Access launch (expected around 2027), with alpha and beta playtests announced through the game's social channels first. This wiki tracks every confirmed date.
What are the four classes?
Assault, Engineer, Support and Infiltrator are confirmed on the Steam page. Their gear and loadouts are not published yet — each class page here will fill in during playtests, with TBA labels until then.
Is this the official wiki?
No. darkswarm.wiki is a fan-made community wiki, not affiliated with Bitfire Games or Ghost Ship Publishing. Game artwork used here is official promotional material, credited to its creators.
Where does the wiki's data come from?
Only from verified sources: the Steam store page and the developer's official channels. Until playtests publish real numbers, data-driven sections ship as visibly labeled TBA placeholders instead of guesses.