Tether Survivors

Your weapons swing off an elastic whip-tail — sling it through the swarm and survive the clock.

How to play

Move and your weapon nodes whip along behind you on a springy elastic tail. The tail's momentum is the whole game: snap it across enemies to sweep them, and avoid letting the chasing swarm touch you. Killing enemies grants XP; level up to draft an upgrade. Survive until the timer runs out to win; lose all your health and the run ends.

• Weapons auto-attack along the trailing tail — your movement aims them.
• Whip your tail through clusters by changing direction sharply.
• Level up to draft upgrades that reshape your build mid-run.

Controls

• Desktop: Arrow keys or WASD to move, or hold the mouse to steer toward the cursor.
• Phone & tablet: hold and drag to move the survivor.

Game modes

• Daily seeded run shared by everyone.
• Practice with adjustable difficulty.

Tips & strategy

• Carve tight turns and circles so the heavy tail lashes back through enemies twice.
• Pick upgrades that widen or lengthen the tail's sweep when the swarm gets dense.

About Tether Survivors

Tether Survivors is an original take on the survivor-style horde shooter, built around momentum and an elastic weapon-tail. A free browser game made in-house at PlayPendium.

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