Burning Skies Arcade
Lt Blitz has the city sieged, and it's your job to destroy his troops. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your jet and and try to take on this challenge! Burning Skies is a free, endless retro shmup, that will take you right back to the era of arcade machines, with modernized graphics and gameplay!
- Release Date:7/11/2024
- Franchise:NukGames
- Developer:NukGames
- Publisher:NukGames
- Last Updated:1/5/2025
- Steam App Id:2290190
Burning Skies Arcade
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Burning Skies Arcade has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 99% lower than its previous all-time peak of 75 players achieved on 8/5/2024.
Burning Skies Arcade Review
Burning Skies Arcade has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 84 / 100. This score is calculated from 32 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Positive rating. These are split between 27 positive reviews, 5 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
Track historical reviews and overall rating trends for Burning Skies Arcade using the chart below.
Burning Skies Arcade DLC
Burning Skies Arcade has 3 downloadable add-ons available for purchase on Steam which include Burning Skies Arcade - Extra Skins, Burning Skies Arcade - Supporter Pack, and Burning Skies Arcade - Master Challenges.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Burning Skies Arcade - Extra Skins | DLC | 7/24/2024 | View |
 | Burning Skies Arcade - Supporter Pack | DLC | 7/11/2024 | View |
 | Burning Skies Arcade - Master Challenges | DLC | 8/4/2024 | View |
About Burning Skies Arcade
Burning Skies Arcade is an Indie, Casual, Action, and Free to Play game developed by NukGames. On 7/11/2024, it was released on the Steam Store by NukGames.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Burning Skies Arcade on the Steam Deck but some functionality may not be fully supported.
It also supports 16 languanges in-game including English, Portuguese-Brazil, French, Italian, and German. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Burning Skies Arcade supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Full controller support
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Leaderboards
- Partial Controller Support
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Burning Skies Arcade has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Procedural Generation
- Destruction
- 1990's
- Pixel Graphics
- Controller
- Shooter
- Retro
- Perma Death
- Bullet Hell
- Old School
- Action-Adventure
- 1980s
- Combat
- Top-Down Shooter
- Top-Down
- Casual
- Action
- 2D
- Score Attack
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Burning Skies Arcade and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
Burning Skies Arcade is available in 16 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Burning Skies Arcade data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 5). Burning Skies Arcade on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2290190
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 5). Burning Skies Arcade. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2290190