Strikers 1945

Nationwide shooting fans, the wait is over! Following Sengoku Ace and Gunbird, the third installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooter series!

Released Dec 30, 2025Positive · 94% of 17

Steam Deck VerifiedActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpAction RoguelikeBullet HellTop-Down Shooter

Developer: Zerodiv

Publisher: KMBOX

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About Strikers 1945

Nationwide shooting fans, the wait is over!

Following Sengoku Ace and Gunbird, Saikyo's third vertical-scrolling shooter!

A hardcore shooter set during World War II.

Choose your plane from six real-world legendary fighters.

Diverse formation attacks with escort option planes.

Enemy forces feature numerous superweapons never deployed in actual combat.

・STORY・

Summer 1945. World War II ended. The world seemed to have regained a semblance of peace.

However, the mysterious international organization “CANY,” long rumored to be colluding with military high commands worldwide, secretly seized control of the military. They plotted to subvert the entire world from within using a new class of weapons that had never reached actual deployment.

The Allied Command Headquarters, quickly detecting the unsettling movements across nations, secretly assembled the world's finest fighter planes and their pilots. They formed the special forces unit, the Strikers, to oppose CANY.

Here, the curtain rises on the final world war, hidden in the shadows of history.

● 8-way joystick + 2 buttons.

● Buttons correspond to Shot and Bomb.

● Supports 2-player simultaneous play and mid-game joining.

● Power-ups occur in 4 stages; each stage equips one escort aircraft (up to 4 total).

● While escorts are present, charging the shot button enables unique formation attacks for each aircraft.

・Aircraft Introduction・

P-38 Lightning

　SUBWEAPON: Homing Missile

　FORMATIONI: Parallel Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: 1-ton Bomb

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P-51 Mustang

　SUBWEAPON: Rapid-Fire Rockets

　FORMATIONI: Shield Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: B29 Support Bombing

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Spitfire

　SUBWEAPON: Heat Missile

　FORMATIONI: Wide Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: Fire Blade

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Messerschmitt Bf109

　SUBWEAPON: Search Vulcan

　FORMATIONI: Drill Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: Shu-Tsu-Ka Dive Bomber Squadron

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Zero Carrier Fighter

　SUBWEAPON: Drop-type Small Bomb

　FORMATIONI: Wide Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: God Wind

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Shinden J7

　SUBWEAPON: Large Rocket Shell

　FORMATIONI: Assault Formation

　BOMBBBBBB: True Samurai Sword

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Game details

Developers: Zerodiv
Publishers: KMBOX
Release date: Dec 30, 2025
Genres: Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Top-Down Shooter, 2.5D, 2D, Pixel Graphics, 1990's, Retro, Destruction, Score Attack, Co-op, Local Co-Op, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Local Multiplayer, Nostalgia, Remake
Modes: Single-player, Multiplayer, Split-screen co-op
Controller: Full controller support
Steam features: 32 achievements, Family Sharing, Remote Play Together

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
Simplified Chinese	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
Traditional Chinese	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
Japanese	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
Korean	Supported	Not supported	Not supported

System requirements

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5 1.7GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Storage: 70 MB available space

Ratings

Steam reviews

Positive

94% of 17

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Steam Deck & Linux

Steam Deck Verified

Everything works with the default controls
Shows Steam Deck button icons
Text is readable on the Deck screen
Runs well with the default graphics settings
External controllers don't work for the main player