Skimmer

You fly a fast ship along a continuously wrapping planet. Alien landers descend to grab the humanoids on the ground and haul them skyward, if one reaches the top, it becomes a deadly mutant. Shoot the landers, catch falling humanoids, and set them back down to keep the surface alive.

• Fly in both directions to patrol the whole wrapping world.
• Destroy a lander carrying a humanoid, then catch the falling person and lower them safely.
• Lose all your humanoids and the surface turns into a swarm of mutants.

• Desktop: Left/Right or A/D to fly and reverse, Up/Down to climb and dive, Space to fire, B for a smart bomb, H for hyperspace, P to pause. Keyboard recommended.
• Phone & tablet: keyboard play recommended, this fast shooter needs many distinct inputs.

• Patrol proactively, intercept landers before they reach a humanoid rather than chasing abductions.
• Save smart bombs for the moment the screen swarms with mutants.
• Catch a dropped humanoid immediately; a falling person dies if they hit the ground.

Skimmer is a tribute to the fast side-scrolling defense shooter of 1980, patrol a wrapping planet, gun down alien landers and catch the humanoids they try to abduct, all while reading a long-range scanner. Famously demanding, it set the bar for arcade intensity.

Skimmer is an original take on the horizontal-scrolling rescue shooter genre, free to play instantly in your browser.

A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.