QUANTUM ARENA COMBAT
Top-down, Newtonian, Subspace-inspired dogfighting. Thrust, drift, bomb, and outfit your ship. Closed beta for Mac and Windows.

Download the beta
All releases: GitHub releases · Project page: github.com/chrispian/qspace
Install
- Mac: unzip and open
QSPACE.app. macOS will say it "could not verify" the app (it isn't notarized yet). Click Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to QSPACE (enter your password). You only do this once. On macOS 14 or older, right-click the app and choose Open instead. Prefer Terminal?xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine QSPACE.app - Windows: unzip and run
QSPACE.exe. If SmartScreen warns, choose More info then Run anyway.
Play online
- Start the game and pick Play online (beta) (top of the menu).
- First time: choose I have an invite code - create account, enter your invite, then a username and password (8+ characters).
- The server address is filled in. Fly out of the safe zone and fight. Kills count toward the leaderboard below.
No invite yet? Ask whoever sent you here. Invites are single-use.
Quick controls
Arrows / WASDturn and thrust
Ctrl or Spacefire guns
Tab / Shift+Tabbomb / mine
Shiftafterburner
1-9, 0, - , =change ship (online: needs full health)
V T B G O J Rdecoy, rocket, brick, thor, burst, portal, repel (when you hold them)
Lleaderboard
H / Shift+Hhide HUD / step through HUD items
Escmenu, settings and full controls list
Screenshots
Click a screenshot to enlarge.
Leaderboard
| # | Pilot | Kills | Deaths | K/D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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