What is Void Runners?
Void Runners is a twin-stick roguelike for one to four pilots where beams link every pair of ships in the crew and shred whatever they sweep. A run crosses three sectors of four jumps toward the Hive Carrier, Severance and the Leviathan, on Steam in Q1 2027.
Void Runners is a twin-stick roguelike for one to four pilots, built for a couch but playable online, where beams link every pair of ships in your crew. Where you fly relative to the rest of the crew is the decision the whole game is built around.
The beam is the game
Each pair of ships in the crew is joined by a beam that shreds anything it sweeps. That single rule turns positioning into the main verb: the store page frames it as spread out to cover the field, swing the web through a swarm, or pull in tight to crossfire an elite. Three stances, one crew.
Because the beams run between ships rather than from ship to target, moving one pilot changes the firing line of everyone linked to them. Covering more of the field means thinner beams; concentrating three or four beams on one elite means leaving the rest of the screen alone. The crew has to agree, each jump, on which trade it wants.
A run in three sectors
A run crosses three sectors of four jumps. Each sector ends at a guardian, so a full clear is a climb of twelve jumps with three gatekeepers. Between jumps the crew votes on the route rather than following a single fixed path.
Built for the couch first
One to four pilots share a screen or play online, and the two mix: two on the sofa and two at home is a supported crew, the same as four on their own machines. The Steam page lists shared and split-screen co-op alongside online co-op and cross-platform multiplayer, and local co-op uses up to four controllers.
What makes it a roguelike
Each run is a salvage raid through generated sectors, and the build you carry out is assembled from what the run gives you. Parts are picked at a refit table between jumps and bought with the scrap the crew salvages, so a run's identity is decided as you go rather than before you start.
| System | How it works |
|---|---|
| Crew | 1-4 pilots, one screen or online, mixable |
| Core mechanic | Beams link pairs of ships and shred what they sweep |
| Run structure | Three sectors of four jumps, a guardian at each sector end |
| Build | 59 parts, a refit table between jumps, synergies from pairing |
| Downed pilots | Eject in an escape pod, crew flies over to revive |
| Release | Q1 2027 on Steam, wishlist open |
Where to go next
Read how a salvage run works for the loop itself, co-op and multiplayer for crew setup, and sectors and guardians for what waits at the end of each sector.
