Velocide Overdrive

Update 1.4.0 — Light, the precision Boss, enters the arena! Hey Drivers! The new Velocide Overdrive 1.4.0 update is here, and it introduces its most technical playstyle yet with a brand-new Boss: Light, built entirely around precision and skill, timing, and distance management. This patch also adds 7 new power-ups, 2 new elimination effects, along with many comfort, readability, and balance improvements. Available June 25, during the Steam Summer Sale. The game and the Supporter Pack are both -20% during the event. A single copy is enough to play together, locally or remotely via Steam Remote Play Together. New Boss: Light — a precision challenge (1 to 4 players) Light is a tiny, dazzling point of light that races around at full speed, splits in two, spawns decoys, raises reflector shields, and changes its behavior every run. Here, the goal is no longer just to survive: you have to score points by hitting Light with your power-ups and your most precise shots. Light opens a brand-new Boss category in Velocide Overdrive — Precision / Skill — and joins Boss Mode alongside Synthetic and Galleon. Pick up the Divine Lasers that appear in the arena, aim at Light, and land the cleanest sho

Update 1.3.0 — Boss Mode is here! Hey Drivers! The 1.3.0 update for Velocide Overdrive adds a brand new way to play: Boss Mode, playable solo or in co-op with friends. Survive Synthetic or board Galleon and his corsairs. To celebrate this new mode, every in-game unlockable skin is now unlocked by default for all players. This update also brings 10 new power-ups, 7 new arenas, 4 new head skins, 2 new elimination effects, many gameplay improvements, rebalances and multiplayer stability fixes. Available May 29. New mode: Boss Mode New mode playable from 1 to 4 players: face a special boss solo or in co-op. Multiple difficulty levels are available depending on the boss: Easy, Medium, Hard or Extreme. Each boss offers a different play style and a strategic approach unique to each fight. New stats are available in the Hall of Fame to track your exploits. Defeating a boss earns you an achievement medal tied to the boss and its difficulty. Boss: Galleon — Easy and Hard Galleon is a pirate boss patrolling an arena transformed into an ocean. You will wage a fierce naval battle to sink enemy ships and find the treasure of the seas. Use the power-ups on the map to attack Galleon, repel his cor

Update 1.2.1 is here!Hey Drivers! The 1.2.1 update for Velocide Overdrive is here. It brings many bug fixes, balance changes for several power-ups, visual reworks, performance optimizations, and improved controller support — especially in Steam Remote Play Together. Power-up renames (clarity)Shield → Reflector: the power-up wasn't just blocking, it was already bouncing every projectile back at the attacker. The new name describes what it actually does. Zombie → Virus: the name Virus better matches the concept of propagation. Gameplay balanceFlamethrower (buff)Range 45 → 68 px (+51%). Duration 4 s → 5 s (+25%). (New) The caster slows to 90% during use, giving a better mobility / area-control trade-off and giving pursued players a chance to escape. Tesla (buff)Electrocution chance per tick 5% → 7%. (New) Each Tesla tower now displays a dashed circle showing the bolt range. The Tesla also got a visual rework. Pyramid (buff)Attack-speed ramp boosted by +25%: max attack rate is now reached in ~16 s (instead of ~21 s). Smoke Screen (buff)Smoke cloud size +20%, final death-explosion puff +20% — the fog is slightly denser. Virus (nerf)Contact contagion aura: -40%. Pestilence cloud 62

Update 1.2.0 is here!Drivers, the 1.2.0 update for Velocide Overdrive is here. It brings 5 new power-ups, 3 new arenas, 2 new head skins, 2 new elimination effects, 2 new player colors, 18 new ambient tracks, a long list of UI improvements and several gameplay balance changes. New power-upsMonochrome (purple, 10 s) — turns the entire arena black and white. Trails, power-ups and projectiles are all desaturated and the scene snaps to a full black-on-white or white-on-black look (randomized per pickup). Colors return to their original state at the end of the effect. Agony (purple, ~6 s) — razor spikes grow inward from every wall of the arena, plus a 45° spike at each corner. Spikes are lethal on contact for everyone, including the caster. Stackable effect. Space Gates (divine) — spawns a pair of stargate portals that stay active until the end of the round. Entering from the lit face teleports you to the partner as a comet of your own color. Entering from the wrong face is lethal. When a portal is used, a fresh one spawns to keep the pair alive for the rest of the round. Inferno (divine) — opens a meteor rain over the arena. Each meteor is telegraphed by a ground marker and, on landing