Press Kit
FOXFIRE
A top-down space roguelite with real thrust physics, evolving weapons, and 18-minute runs.
At a glance
- Title
- FOXFIRE
- Studio
- Tom & Ollie (Australia)
- Company
- Project Smith Pty Ltd (Australia)
- Genre
- Survivor-like, roguelite, arcade shooter, space
- Platform
- PC via Steam (Windows 10 64-bit+)
- Engine
- Godot 4 (C# / .NET)
- Input
- Keyboard & mouse, controller
- Status
- In development — targeting Early Access in Q1 2027
- Run length
- 18 minutes per Stage 1 run
- Ship hulls
- 5
- Stages
- 5 planned
- Weapons
- 19 base, 19 evolutions
- Wingmates
- 7 planned (1 implemented)
- Steam app ID
- 4714090
- Steam page
- store.steampowered.com/app/4714090
- Website
- getfoxfire.com
- Press contact
- [email protected]
Pitches at three lengths
Lift any of these verbatim. They are written to be quoted directly without rewrites.
Full Thrust. Full Inertia. Full Auto.
FOXFIRE is a top-down space recon roguelite with real thrust physics, evolving weapons, and 18-minute runs. Features five distinct ships with thematic mechanics and specs, and an arsenal of 38+ weapons and evolutions. Built for fans of the Vampire Survivors loop but with objective-based missions instead of stages and a way higher movement ceiling.
FOXFIRE is a top-down space recon survivor-like by Australian indie studio Tom & Ollie. Players choose from five distinct ships — Military, Freighter, ODEC, Scout, and Crescent Moon — and assemble auto-fire arsenals from 19 base weapons and 19 hidden evolutions across 18-minute roguelite runs. The differentiator is movement: thrust and inertia adds a layer of challenge and immersion to the basic WASD movement of most survivor-likes. Targeting Early Access on Steam in Q1 2027.
What makes FOXFIRE different
- Real thrust-and-inertia movement. Momentum-based dodging replaces the basic WASD grid-movement used by most survivor-likes.
- Five distinct ships. The five ships all have their own thematic mechanics and specs, allowing for runs tailored to your fight or flight preferences. The Military is the baseline all-rounder. The Freighter is a freight train that punches through enemy formations. The Scout is the light, high-skill ceiling switchblade that slides through the gaps. The ODEC has retro controls and time dilation while the Crescent Moon is more mechanically challenging with fused A/D thrust.
- Auto-fire arsenal with hidden evolutions. 19 base weapons and 19 evolutions unlocked by maxing a weapon and pairing it with the right passive.
- 18-minute Roguelite runs with a dedicated escape window. The FTL drive completes near the end of the run; the final 100 seconds are a tense countdown while the final boss attempts to renovate your hull.
- Hand-drawn pixel art. Includes 60+ unique alien sprites, pilots and ships all in a retro style.
Quotes available for review use
Pre-written, attributable, lift-ready. Substitute Tom or Ollie as appropriate; either developer stands by all three.
"Most survivor-likes treat movement as friction to remove. We treat it as the system. FOXFIRE is the version of the genre for players who want momentum to matter."— Tom & Ollie, FOXFIRE developers
"It's like a levelled up Asteroids with Vampire Survivors and Open World Galaga DNA."— Tom & Ollie, FOXFIRE developers
"We saw that the Bullet-heaven genre was oversaturated, but one-dimensional, and wanted to raise the intensity. FOXFIRE's dynamic movement and fast-paced tactical problem solving makes it the kind of game actual gamers want to play."— Tom & Ollie, FOXFIRE developers
Screenshots
Direct download links
Trailer
Watch on YouTube · Video ID: Bk94km6AjvU
Logos & key art
Studio
Tom & Ollie are an Australian indie game studio. FOXFIRE is their current project, in development for PC via Steam.
FOXFIRE is developed and published by Project Smith Pty Ltd, an Australian company. See the company page for legal entity and business details.
Press contact
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Coverage & showcases
Showcases
Supanova Comic Con & Gaming — Sydney 2026. FOXFIRE is showing on the floor at Supanova Sydney, 19–21 June 2026, Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. Supanova is Australia's national pop-culture expo circuit: six cities annually since 2002, a Sydney attendance peak of 50,800, and its 100th convention passed in November 2024. Event details.
Beer and Pixels — Sydney. FOXFIRE demoed at Beer and Pixels, IGDA Sydney's monthly games-industry meetup, on 9 June 2026.
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