How to Play Voidbloom

Controls

Keyboard

• Move: WASD or the arrow keys.
• Attack: automatic — you never aim.
• Choose an upgrade: press 1, 2 or 3 to pick one of the three offered powers (you can select while still holding a movement key).
• Sprint: hold Shift or Space for a short speed burst with a cooldown.
• Pause: Esc or P.

Touch (mobile & tablet)

• Move: press and drag anywhere to steer with a virtual joystick.
• Attack: automatic, exactly as on desktop.
• Upgrades and pause are on-screen buttons; sprint has its own tappable control.

Automatic attacks

Your vessel fires on its own, continuously. There is no aiming and no fire button — positioning is the skill. Line enemies up, keep space at your back, and let your build do the damage while you concentrate on not being touched.

Leveling up

Destroyed enemies drop green shards. Fly near them and they are pulled in, filling the experience bar at the bottom of the screen. When it fills you level up and the game offers you three powers — choose one:

• a brand-new weapon,
• an upgrade to a weapon you already carry, or
• a passive system that boosts stats like damage, speed, regeneration, crit or magnet radius.

Weapons & passives

You can wield up to four weapons and four passive systems in a single run, each upgradeable to level five. The final level of every weapon transforms it into a stronger version. Weapons behave differently — some pierce in a line, some chain between targets, some orbit you. One weapon, Echo Squadron, automatically deploys a weaker copy of your vessel and its current weapons; higher levels make those echoes tougher, stronger and more numerous.

Also watch for pickups: hearts repair your hull, magnets pull in every shard around you, and gold coins are the only thing that survives the run — they bank automatically when it ends.

Bosses & the schedule

The void gets hungrier the longer you last — faster spawns, tougher blooms, new enemy types. Bosses arrive on a timer: the first at 3:00, then at 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00, each with distinct attack patterns.

Winning a run

Survive to 12:00 and defeat the final boss, the VOIDMOTHER, to clear the void. Clearing it awards a large score bonus.

Endless mode

Beating the VOIDMOTHER is not the end unless you want it to be. After victory you can choose to descend deeper into an endlessly scaling void and push your score as far as you can before the swarm finally catches you.

Pausing

In solo play, pause any time with Esc, P, or the pause button. Note that Void Clash multiplayer does not pause — matches run live for everyone, and during a clash level-ups do not stop time, so you pick a power (six seconds) while you keep flying.

Multiplayer basics

• Void Clash is live multiplayer for two to eight pilots in one sector — last pilot alive wins.
• Kills are weapons: destroy an elite to send a surge wave at a rival; drop a boss and everyone takes a hit.
• A cooperative Team Raid lets a small squad clear shared boss rounds together against the clock.
• Multiplayer requires a free account — create one with just a callsign to host or join a lobby by code or invite.

Accounts & verified runs

Online features — cloud saves, the global leaderboard, friends and multiplayer — run on a free account. Each signed-in run is stamped with a unique run code shown on the result card. Anyone can paste that code into Leaderboard → Verify a Run (or open a shared verify link) to confirm the recorded score, duration, level and outcome. Practice runs and coin-revived runs stay off the global leaderboard.

Beginner strategy

These tips follow directly from how the game works:

• Keep moving. Standing still lets the swarm close in from every side; a slow, wide orbit keeps enemies in front of your guns.
• Commit to a build. Runs are short, so leveling one or two weapons and their supporting passives beats spreading upgrades thin.
• Respect the hull bar. When the screen pulses red, disengage and hunt for hearts instead of pushing for kills.
• Use elites and magnets. Elites drop coins and rare pickups; grabbing a magnet vacuums nearby shards for a quick level.
• Plan for the boss timer. Try to have a level or a repair banked before 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 and 12:00.

Community Wiki

Looking for detailed weapon statistics, boss guides, vessel information, sector mechanics, progression systems and player strategies? Visit the Voidbloom Wiki, a community-editable gameplay reference initially seeded using current public game information. This page remains the primary beginner guide; the wiki goes deeper.

More: About Voidbloom · Latest Updates