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Space Mash

Space Mash is a bullet-hell shooter in the retro style of the earliest arcade games. To help beginners, older players and those with a motor impairment, there are five levels of slow-down that can be activated…

7 October 2025

Space Mash is an arcade developed by Paul Thomas, released 7 October 2025 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Space Mash is

Space Mash is an arcade game developed by Paul Thomas and released in 2025. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Space Mash is a bullet-hell shooter in the retro style of the earliest arcade games. To help beginners, older players and those with a motor impairment, there are five levels of slow-down that can be activated at any time during game play.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Space Mash launched on 7 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and Silent Hill f.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Silent Hill f.

Official trailer

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When did Space Mash come out?
Space Mash was released on 7 October 2025 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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