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Byte Wars

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App ID 2396170
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher AccelByte
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 30915496
Last Record Update 3 September 2025 – 06:45:38 UTC ()
Release Date 21 July 2025 – 02:32:53 UTC ()
❓ 67.06%
3 reviews
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In-Game
😌 Casual 💡 Strategy 🕹 Arcade 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🏽 2D

Byte Wars is a strategic top-down rocket shooter where every shot counts. Take control of a spacecraft, rotate to aim, and launch a single rocket at a time, carefully navigating the pull of nearby planets that warp your trajectory in real time.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer AccelByte
ReleaseState released
Publisher AccelByte
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 21 July 2025 – 02:32:53 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/sHuvb89MVG
https://www.linkedin.com/company/accelbyte
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 21 July 2025 – 02:32:53 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 July 2025 – 11:04:00 UTC () (1753182240)
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Is free on the store? Yes
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
controllertagwizard Yes
Early Access Release Date 21 July 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 13 April 2023 – 13:52:26 UTC (), in changelist #18429609

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

😌 Casual 💡 Strategy 🕹 Arcade 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🏽 2D 🌆 Futuristic 🌠 Space 🥊 PvP 🐤 Early Access 🤝 Co-op 💥 Action 🕹️ Multiplayer 👥 Online Co-Op 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Online Co-op In-App Purchases Early Access Steam is learning Multi-player PvP Co-op

Assets

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library_hero ↴
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library_logo ↴
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timestamp22 July 2025 – 11:04:30 UTC
Trailers
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Launch Options

0. Unnamed launch option
Executable AccelByteWarsSteam.exe
Arguments -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewars -Client_ClientId=e05695706e8d4451a86b205b6af1d108 -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewars.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystem]:NativePlatformService=Steam -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bEnabled=true -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:SteamDevAppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bUseSteamNetworking=false -ini:Engine:[/Script/AccelByteUe4Sdk.AccelByteSettings]:AppId=2396170 -ForceEnableFTUE=false -DemoMode=true
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Beta Branch default
1. branch unreal-demo
Executable AccelByteWars.exe
Arguments -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewars -Client_ClientId=e05695706e8d4451a86b205b6af1d108 -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewars.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io -demomode=true -ForceEnableFTUE=true -ini:Engine:[/Script/AccelByteUe4Sdk.AccelByteSettings]:AppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystem]:NativePlatformService=Steam -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bEnabled=true -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:SteamDevAppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bUseSteamNetworking=false
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unreal-demo
Beta Branch unreal-demo
2. branch unreal-stage
Executable AccelByteWarsSteam.exe
Arguments -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystem]:NativePlatformService=Steam -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bEnabled=true -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:SteamDevAppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bUseSteamNetworking=false -ini:Engine:[/Script/AccelByteUe4Sdk.AccelByteSettings]:AppId=2396170 -ForceEnableFTUE=true -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewarsstage -Client_ClientId=759282d07ed24d198644cb338d7294ab -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewarsstage.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unreal-stage
Beta Branch unreal-stage
3. branch unreal-dev
Executable AccelByteWarsSteam.exe
Arguments -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystem]:NativePlatformService=Steam -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bEnabled=true -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:SteamDevAppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bUseSteamNetworking=false -ini:Engine:[/Script/AccelByteUe4Sdk.AccelByteSettings]:AppId=2396170 -ForceEnableFTUE=true -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewarsdev -Client_ClientId=03d8cee4281b463eb3a4909bb2bfb8aa -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewarsdev.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unreal-dev
Beta Branch unreal-dev
4. branch unity-live
Executable ByteWars.exe
Arguments -ABNamespace bytewarstemplate -ABBaseUrl https://demo.accelbyte.io -ABOverrideServiceUrl true -ABClientId 601d4ff018fc4052b696937f991314b5
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unity-live
Beta Branch unity-live
5. branch unity-stage
Executable ByteWars.exe
Arguments -ABNamespace gamedevex-bytewarsstage -ABBaseUrl https://gamedevex-bytewarsstage.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io -ABOverrideServiceUrl true -ABClientId 759282d07ed24d198644cb338d7294ab
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unity-stage
Beta Branch unity-stage
6. branch unity-dev
Executable ByteWars.exe
Arguments -ABNamespace gamedevex-bytewarsdev -ABBaseUrl https://gamedevex-bytewarsdev.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io -ABOverrideServiceUrl true -ABClientId 03d8cee4281b463eb3a4909bb2bfb8aa
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unity-dev
Beta Branch unity-dev
7. branch qa-test
Executable AccelByteWars.exe
Arguments -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewarsdev -Client_ClientId=03d8cee4281b463eb3a4909bb2bfb8aa -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewarsdev.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch qa-test
Beta Branch qa-test
8. branch unity-private-dev
Executable ByteWars.exe
Arguments -ABPublisherNamespace accelbyte -ABNamespace gamedevexbytewarsdev -ABBaseUrl https://development.accelbyte.io -ABOverrideServiceUrl true -ABClientId 681c00b69b8a41c3ae648cdedc7b2541
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unity-private-dev
Beta Branch unity-private-dev
9. branch unreal-private-dev
Executable AccelByteWars.exe
Arguments -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystem]:NativePlatformService=Steam -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bEnabled=true -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:SteamDevAppId=2396170 -ini:Engine:[OnlineSubsystemSteam]:bUseSteamNetworking=false -ini:Engine:[/Script/AccelByteUe4Sdk.AccelByteSettings]:AppId=2396170 -ForceEnableFTUE=true -PublisherNamespace=accelbyte -Client_Namespace=gamedevex-bytewarsdev -Client_ClientId=03d8cee4281b463eb3a4909bb2bfb8aa -Client_BaseUrl=https://gamedevex-bytewarsdev.prod.gamingservices.accelbyte.io
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description branch unreal-private-dev
Beta Branch unreal-private-dev

Configuration

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