Astro Chickens

About Astro Chickens

Astro Chickens is an endless arcade shooter with a sense of humour. You pilot a ship across ten environments while waves of alien chickens sweep down toward you, and every fifth wave puts a boss in your way. Destroying enemies earns coins, power-ups drop mid-wave, and every ship carries its own special ability on a cooldown - those are what carry you through the waves that would otherwise overwhelm you.

There is no finish line - the point is how high a score you reach before the chickens get through. Three difficulty settings mean you can play it as a relaxed shooter or as a genuine test, and the short wave structure makes it easy to stop after any run.

How to play

From the lobby, pick an environment and a ship, choose Normal, Hard or Insane difficulty in Settings, and press Launch Mission. On the Get Ready screen, press Space or tap the canvas to begin. Move your ship to dodge incoming fire, collect the coins and power-ups that drop mid-wave, and trigger your ship's special ability with Space or the right mouse button - it recharges on a cooldown, so have it ready for the boss every fifth wave.

Controls

• Move your ship - dodge fire and collect drops
• Space or right mouse button - trigger your ship's special ability (cooldown)
• Space or tap the canvas - start from the Get Ready screen

Tips to win

• Your special recharges over time, so use it when a wave turns dangerous - just make sure it is ready again before every fifth-wave boss.
• Grab power-ups when the path is clear; flying into enemy fire for a pickup ends more runs than it saves.
• Start on Normal to learn the boss patterns, then move up - Insane punishes anyone still learning them.

Astro Chickens strategy guide

Astro Chickens is a survival shooter, so your score depends on how long you last. You pilot a spaceship across 10 environments and blast endless waves of alien chickens before they reach you. There is no finish line, only a higher score. Every choice, from dodging to collecting drops, should serve one goal: surviving one more wave.

Set up the mission before you launch. In the lobby you choose an environment and a ship, then pick Normal, Hard or Insane in Settings before pressing Launch Mission. Each ship has its own special ability, so the ship you choose changes how you play. Start on Normal to learn how waves and bosses behave, then raise the difficulty once you are surviving comfortably.

Collect coins and power-ups, but not at any cost. Destroying enemies earns coins, and power-ups appear mid-wave to help you survive. It is worth moving to grab them, but flying straight into enemy fire for a pickup is a common way to end a run. Check the path is clear first, then go.

Use your special ability on a rhythm. Abilities are triggered with Space on desktop or the right mouse button, and they work on a cooldown that recharges over time. Since it comes back on its own, holding it forever wastes it. The best habit is to use it when a wave gets dangerous and make sure it has recharged before the next boss.

Every fifth wave is a boss fight, so plan around it. Count the waves as you play and treat waves four, nine and so on as the warm-up to a boss. Arrive with your ability ready and enough room to dodge. Surviving the bosses is what separates a short run from a high score.

Astro Chickens FAQ