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Phoenix 2
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“I guess it's mostly ok. However auto shooting and microtransactions might throw you away. General concept of levels divided into separate chapters is working well. Multitude of different ships which can be unlocked (microtransactions). Level of difficulty is too easy.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Phoenix 2 is a game I can pick up for a few minutes and suddenly realise I have been playing for much longer than I planned. It is a vertical shoot em up where I am flying through waves of enemies while trying to avoid a ridiculous amount of bullets and lasers. The controls are…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I thought I could put up with the mod system—until I actually started digging deep into it.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Developer Stream
We will be running a developer stream on the main page to show off Phoenix 2 and explain how it generally works. From selecting the best ship to equipping mods for a specific mission. Enjoy!
Phoenix 2 Update 8.3
A new update has arrived with a much-requested addition as well as improved device support. Press and hold the Traces conversion button to increase the amount of Traces to convert. New landscape orien
Phoenix 2 turns 10
Phoenix 2 has been available on multiple platforms, starting in July 2016. In 10 years, you achieved together: Unique Missions 6.302.520 Total Flights 836.267.730 Waves Beaten 8.967.106.272 Invaders D
More Phoenix 2 streams!
We will continue our live streaming this week. The response to the streams last week during Bullet Fest were very positive, so we will keep it up this week.
Phoenix 2 Bullet Fest
To celebrate Bullet Fest we will be doing some live streams throughout the week. Spread the word about your favorite Bullet Hell games during Bullet Fest this week. There is no better time to give Pho
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Procedural Generation · Replay Value · Indie · Colorful · Time Attack · Old School · 2D · Singleplayer · Retro (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · In-App Purchases · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://firigames.com/phoenix2 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Any 64-bit CPU that supports SSE3 and F16C (Intel Ivy Bridge or newer, AMD FX or newer) Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Internet connection is required to play.