An inventory management action-roguelite.
Upgrade, rearrange, and synergize your layout mid-run.

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“It's part bullet hell, part inventory management, and it gave me a big case of the 'just one more go' fever.”

Polygon

Explore & Survive

Delve down through the clouds into a sky-world rife with danger and riches. Discover ruins filled with Scrap, Relics, and XP to power up your ship.

Survive against hordes of Biotes, the lingering biotech experiments of past civilizations. Defeat bosses to gain the power to break through cloud layers and descend deeper into the depths of the sky.

Unlock and upgrade airships, each with its own unique Engine Grid layout and abilities, lending themselves to entirely new strategies and builds.

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Dive Deep

Engine Grid

Your ship's Engine Grid is an inventory management puzzle. Install Engine Parts and optimize their placement, each part interacts with the grid in unique ways, creating powerful synergies.

Airships

Unlock airships with distinct hull layouts, unique abilities, and individual upgrade trees. Each ship demands a completely different strategy and rewards dedicated mastery.

Discoverable Relics

Find relics hidden in sky ruins that fundamentally change how you play, opening up new strategies and enabling builds you couldn't plan for at the start of a run.

Horde Combat

Survive waves of diverse Biotes in action forward bullet-heaven combat. As you descend deeper through cloud layers, the danger, and the rewards, scale with your build.

Bosses & Mini-Bosses

Face bosses and mini-bosses that will test your skills and builds. Breaking through each cloud layer requires defeating a boss, each one a genuine challenge.

Weapon Upgrade Trees

Weapons have their own upgrade trees that redefine how they function, adding another layer of depth to your build and forcing careful decisions every run.

Missions & Sky Islands

Complete missions to unlock new Engine Parts, ships, and relics. Sky Islands scattered through each stage hold powerups, rewards, and materials for those willing to seek them out.

Overcharge

The Overcharge healing mechanic rewards aggression. Hanging back won't keep you alive, so push into the horde to stay in the fight.

Endless Mode & Modifiers

Push your buildcraft to its limit in Endless Mode, or replay stages with Difficulty Modifiers for a tougher challenge and bigger rewards.

See It In Action

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Get Cloudbreaker

Cloudbreaker is out now on Steam for Windows and SteamOS / Linux, with Steam Deck and controller support. If you enjoy it, leaving a review on Steam is the best way to help us out.

Press & Media

Media Kit

Logos, screenshots, GIFs, key art, trailers, and a full fact sheet are available in our press kit. Reach out if you need anything else.

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Quick Facts

  • Developer & Publisher: Ballast Games
  • Team: Brendan Tipney & Anand Friesen
  • Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
  • PC Release: September 15, 2026
  • Platforms: Windows, SteamOS / Linux, Steam Deck
  • Genre: Roguelite, Survivors-like
  • Contact: ballastgamesteam@gmail.com