CloudBurst

Broadsides in the clouds

CloudBurst is a party brawler for up to ten captains. Your airship has real weight: it takes time to get moving, it never brakes, and it drifts long after you let go. Your cannons fire out of both sides and never forward, so every shot means pulling alongside somebody who is trying to do the same to you.

Run out of shells and your guns throw a blast of wind instead: shove a rival into a spire, knock a shell off course, or blow yourself clear of trouble. Fire your harpoon to grab a rival and drag them where you want them, or swing round a rock and sling yourself across the map.

Six ways to sink

Every match mixes the modes the host picks, a different one each round.

• Survive: the storm closes in. Be the last ship flying.
  
• Deathmatch: sixty seconds, unlimited lives, most sinkings wins.
  
• Sumo: a shrinking ring. Shove everyone else out of it.
  
• Checkpoints: touch all four checkpoints before anyone else.
  
• Chase: the safe water follows whoever holds the tag. Be holding it when the clock runs out.
  
• Race: the course scrolls on without you. Hit the turbo pads, and don't fall behind.

Three kinds of sky

• Islands: rocky spires that shatter under a single cannonball.
  
• Minefield: floating mines. Set off a chain and every sinking in it is yours.
  
• Bumpers: terrain that hits back. Bounce off it, bank shots off it, plan around it.

Play together, however you're together

• Up to ten players on a LAN, or online through Steam with friends and invites.
  
• Bots fill every empty seat, at three difficulty levels, so a match is always full. Practice on your own any time.
  
• A global Steam leaderboard for every mode.
  
• Paint your own airship and bring it into every game.
  
• Record your matches and watch them back.
  
• Keyboard or gamepad, with every control rebindable.
  
• 21 Steam achievements.