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Eschaton: Battle For Eternity

About this game

Controls

  • Move: WASD

  • Shoot: Left Mouse Button

  • Sonic Wave: Right Mouse Button or E

  • Pause (with volume controls): Left Shift

Features

  • Fast arcade shooter gameplay built for short, intense runs

  • Weapon upgrades, escalating enemy waves, and multiple boss fights

  • Built-in speedrun timer + end-of-run score and accuracy grading

  • Steam Achievements included

  • Controller support and Steam Deck compatibility are in development

Eschaton: Battle For Eternity is a top-down, arcade-style sci-fi space shooter built for quick runs, tight reactions, and “one more try” replayability. Blast through vivid, colorful space battles, collect weapon upgrades, and take on multiple boss fights as the action ramps up.

If you love score-chasing, Eschaton supports a built-in run timer for speedrunning and delivers an end-of-run breakdown including score and accuracy—perfect for players who want to route runs, optimize patterns, and push for personal bests. There’s also an active speedrun presence on , and Steam Leaderboards are planned so the community can compete directly in-game.

This project began as a demo/proof-of-concept I created as a student project in Fall 2018. In 2025, I returned to expand it into a more complete game—adding an upgrade system, more enemy ships, expanded scoring, a health UI and lives system, multiple bosses, additional scenes, improved balance (more spawns, faster pacing, higher difficulty), and a polished HD OST, while also removing inconsistent bugs.

Everything in the game was created entirely by me: 3D & 2D assets, animations, sound effects, music, and code. It’s a personal homage to classic arcade influences like Galaga, Batsugun, and Mars Matrix.

The current release is intentionally compact—five levels with multiple bosses—but it’s designed to be fast, challenging, and highly replayable. More updates/sequels are planned over time, including more levels and music, and potentially narrative elements like cutscenes and dialogue.

Thanks for checking out my passion project!

Achievements

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Stage 1: Mothership Z

Stage 1: Mothership Z

0.1%

Defeat the Stage 1 boss.

Stage 2: Crimson

Stage 2: Crimson

0.1%

Defeat Boss A in Stage 2.

Stage 2: Cobalt

Stage 2: Cobalt

0.1%

Defeat Boss B in Stage 2.

Stage 3: Piranha Dragon

Stage 3: Piranha Dragon

0.1%

Defeat the Stage 3 boss.

Stage 4: First Blood

Stage 4: First Blood

0.1%

Defeat Boss 1 in Stage 4.

Eschaton: Battle For Eternity

Eschaton is a vivid, fast-paced top-down arcade sci-fi space shooter with weapon upgrades, intense boss fights, dynamic SFX, and an original metal-meets-synth soundtrack. Chase high scores, accuracy ranks, and speedrun times while killing aliens in this chapter of a longer legendary saga.

Developer

Aaron Lehnen

Publisher

Aaron Lehnen

Release Date

28 January, 2026

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