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Syder Arcade
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Pretty cool game, just a pity that the buff drops aren't random (the same enemy drops the same buff every time) so every run is the same.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I give it a solid "meh" these days. Controller support is lackluster, and I genuinely thought certain functions were broken until doing some digging and finding that, nope, that's just how the game is. It's not a bad game, but it's hard to strongly recommend today. If it's on…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Get the 2025 Syder Reloaded instead which is basically the same game but improved and at a minimal price difference. Gorgeous graphics, some of the best I've seen in a shoot 'em up, but lacking in variety. The "original" feature is being able to flip your ship and fly right or…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Syder Reloaded now available with a special offer for Syder Arcade players
Hello Syder pilots! Almost exactly 13 years after the release of Syder Arcade, the remastered version of Studio Evil's first title is now available on Steam ! This is not just a new edition, it's a br
Syder Reloaded is Coming to Steam!
Ready for more furiously overcharged, hybrid shmup action? Syder Reloaded is coming to Steam! From Spring 2021, Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to Amiga shmups with upgrade
Announcing Syder Reloaded
Hello community! It's been a while since our last announcement, but finally we have a chance to come back and give you an exciting update. As some of you may already know, we recently announced Syder
Humble Bundle and update!
We are excited to announce that Syder Arcade is now part of the 9th Humble Bundle for PC and Android ! Paying above the average, you will get nine DRM free games for PC and Android. All the games in t
Humble Bundle and update!
We are excited to announce that Syder Arcade is now part of the 9th Humble Bundle for PC and Android ! Paying above the average, you will get nine DRM free games for PC and Android. All the games in t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · Action · Arcade · Bullet Hell · Shooter · Sci-fi · Space · Retro · Singleplayer · Side Scroller · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.syderarcade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Processor: Pentium D, 3GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM (Not recommended for Intel integrated graphics) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Any sound card