Fit check
Is Xion worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Arcade shoot ’em up fans who want destructible voxel environments
- Players who enjoy designing and upgrading spacecraft
- Players seeking randomized levels with an end boss in each stage
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a story-focused campaign with narrative progression
- Players who prefer exploration or puzzle-solving to repeated shooting and boss encounters
- Players looking for multiplayer shooting as a central activity
Our take on Xion
The page emphasizes destruction and spacecraft construction, while the described structure is a sequence of randomized shooting levels with an end boss in each. Ship design and upgrades are highlighted, but the overview gives little detail about how those systems develop across the game.
What is Xion?
Xion is an arcade shoot ’em up set in destructible voxel landscapes.
Players design and build a spaceship, then upgrade it. The game features multiple randomized level types, including cityscapes, red valleys, islands, volcanoes, and outer space. Players shoot their way through the levels and face an end boss in each one. The gameplay combines shooting, exploration, environmental destruction, and spacecraft customization, with ship building and upgrades as part of the progression. The game draws on 1990s arcade and shoot ’em up conventions.
How Xion plays
- 01Randomized levels
- Stages can use settings such as cityscapes, islands, volcanoes, and outer space.
- 02Destructible voxel landscape
- The environments can be destroyed as players shoot their way through them.
- 03Buildable spaceship
- Players design and construct their own craft, then upgrade it.
- 04End-boss encounters
- Each level has a boss that the vendor characterizes as a challenge for seasoned players.
Xion compared to similar games
Abyssus focuses on multiplayer shooting through hand-crafted roguelite levels, while Xion features randomized stages, destructible voxel landscapes, and spacecraft building. Sundered: Eldritch Edition is described as a metroidvania, whereas Xion follows an arcade shoot ’em up structure with an end boss for each level.
Xion: platforms & release
Is Xion worth it?
It is worth it if: arcade shoot ’em up fans who want destructible voxel environments. Skip it if: players seeking a story-focused campaign with narrative progression.
Where can I download Xion?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Xion's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Xion on?
Windows only.
