Martian Havoc

Martian Havoc is a shoot 'em up game inspired by retro games such as Space Invaders, Galaxian and Galaga just to name a few with an RPG twist alongside a fun and unique shield / bullet mechanic as well as catering to players of various skill ranges. This game also has leaderboards for quite a lot of categories... Are you skilled enough to be able to shoot for the top score in each of them?

Game story

The people in the International Space Station encountered a UFO of seemingly extraterrestrial origin. They were in awe until that UFO fired plasma bullets that singlehandedly melted through and destroyed the entire station with ease.

After this encounter, waves of those UFOs from the direction of Mars were seen showing up and invading the Earth. Unfortunately for the Earth, the invaders were completely impervious to the conventional weaponry Earth could fire back at it, annihilating everything Earth could offer with ease. 

As a last resort, the Earth had to release a prototype of a technologically advanced spacecraft made by a famous inventor who vanished mysteriously over a decade ago... This prototype is the only spacecraft that has the capabilities to destroy these Martians. 

All that is needed is an experienced pilot to pilot their way to saving the Earth... and after hundreds of failed applicants, you're up! Can you be the one who saves the Earth and make the Martians regret their invasion? Only one way to find out... 

Support / Bug / Feature Requests

Check this devlog post.

Version History

• v3.2.4: Minor UI changes (24-Jun-2025)
  
• Linux & Mac test release! (22-Jun-2025)
• v3.2.3: Intro cutscene fixes / improvements (17-Jun-2025)
• v3.2.2: More hotfixes (15-Jun-2025)
• v3.2.1: Tutorial Hotfix (08-Jun-2025)
• Public release!!! (07-Jun-2025)
• v3.2: Major UI Changes + More (06-Jun-2025)
  
• v3.1: Improved score upload + Enemy Rebalancing (04-Jun-2025)
  
• v3.0: Official PC port release (02-Jun-2025)
• v2: Massive game revival, overhaul, rebrand and name change to Martian Havoc from previous name (Aug 2023 - 29-Jan-2025)
• v1: Initial google play store release (April 2020 - Aug 2023)
• Beta: My community testing the game, refining based on results. (Feb 2020 - April 2020)
• Alpha: Reverting uni thesis changes, making the game align with my own vision (2019 - Feb 2020)
• Uni thesis development, migration to Unity: Mid 2017 - 2019
• Origin story: Made with a different more primitive game engine. Released it in that engine's forum at September 2015 (Will not disclose what game engine as I used my real name in that forum all those years ago)