From Press Release:
24 APRIL 2026 – Indie developer, Strangely Named is excited to confirm that their latest title, OBLITACRATER, is out now on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S, alongside its full 1.0 release on Steam. Built around high-risk, high-reward runs, OBLITACRATER sees players battling an onslaught of enemy swarms while managing a single, ever-growing score that can be lost in an instant.
Capturing the essence of arcade classics like Space Invaders, OBLITACRATER blends pick-up-and-play accessibility with modern roguelike design and bold, fast-paced action. Players battle through endless waves of enemies and adapt their ship with powerful upgrades. But the real challenge is knowing when to escape.
In OBLITACRATER, every drop onto the beautifully stylised planet is a high-stakes gamble as you’re always contributing to one single running score. The goal is to build up your score, rise through the leaderboards and decide on the best moment to end your run.
The risk is that death in OBLITACRATER hits harder than ever. Your running score (and leaderboard position) resets to zero when you’re defeated, effectively putting you back to square one. It’s your choice how you want to play. Do you risk one more drop with your powerful loadout, or escape safely and continue building your score in the next run?
As you progress through each run you’ll have the opportunity to unlock powerful upgrades to your ship, which range from stat boosts, like increased movement speed, to secondary fire modes, like rockets and mines. The riskiest (and often most fun) options are the random upgrades, which could give you a powerful upgrade… or a painful downgrade.
Key Features:
- 10 Horrifying (and yet oddly cute) alien critters to blast!
- Ranked, Friends and Timed Leaderboards
- 50 unique upgrades
- A range of high powered weaponry including Rockets, Lasers and Mines
- Fast paced movement and dodging
- Smooth Traversal on a full 3D spherical planet
- Support for hundreds of enemies on screen
- Challenge yourself in Dead Run Mode, where just one hit from an enemy is lethal
Excited to see players across all platforms drop in for the first time, developer Sen says: “We’re thrilled for players to drop into OBLITACRATER and start climbing the leaderboards. We’ll be right there with you, chasing that number one spot. And once you’ve got the hang of things, jump into Dead Run mode, where the real challenge begins!”
OBLITACRATEER is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam.
