Red Planet Rescue

About the game

Fly a rescue shuttle through the canyons of Mars, land on narrow pads to pick up stranded astronauts, and dock with the drifting mothership. Shoot your way through the asteroid belt: big rocks split into smaller ones, and the belt keeps drifting back in. Friendly fire is on, so watch your aim near teammates and the people you came to save. Further in, enemy ships shoot back: patrol drones in sector 2, raiders that strafe the astronauts on the pads in sector 3, and attack waves in sector 4. Every enemy telegraphs its shot, and the launch drop and docking corridor are always safe. The free demo has the first two sectors. Play solo, with up to four on one screen, or online with friends anywhere in the world: host a game and share the code, and a dropped connection picks up where it left off. Playing alone? Add up to three bot pilots who fly their own rescues, fight off enemies and leave the nearer pads to you. Three save slots keep separate campaigns, so the whole household can play without overwriting each other. Every sector keeps score, with bonuses, stars and a world high score board right on the home screen.

• Thrust-and-gravity arcade flight
• Precision landings on canyon pads
• Weapons that split asteroids, with friendly fire
• Enemy drones, raiders and attack waves that telegraph every shot
• Four sectors to unlock; the free demo has the first two
• Aim with the right stick; overheat the gun and it locks until it cools
• Up to four players in split-screen, online, or both
• Bot teammates fill empty seats in solo and couch games
• Three save slots for separate campaigns
• Team scores, bonuses and stars, with local and world high score boards
• A home screen with the world high scores for each sector up front
• Auto or manual docking with the mothership
• Normal or inverted thrusters, in Settings
• Keyboard or gamepad, with rumble
• macOS, Windows and Linux, plus iPad on the App Store