Press kit
Holdout Squad
Everything needed to write about the game, on one page. Use any of it freely in coverage of Holdout Squad.
Fact sheet
| Game | Holdout Squad |
|---|---|
| Developer and publisher | Indie App Studios |
| Platform | Android (closed testing) |
| Status | In closed testing. Public release date to be announced. |
| Price | Free in this version. No advertising and no purchases. |
| Genre | Action, co-op wave survival shooter. One to four players, online. |
| Audience | Teens and adults (13+). |
| Website | https://holdout.indieappstudios.com |
| Press contact | techemayo@indieappstudios.com |
In one line
Hold the line with up to three friends against ever bigger waves, with perks, bosses, revives and push-to-talk voice chat.
In one paragraph
Holdout Squad is a co-op wave survival game for one to four players. Creatures pour into a walled arena, a city or a container dock from every side, and each wave is bigger than the last, with a boss every fifth wave. Between waves every player picks one of three perks: damage, fire rate, health, speed, regeneration, piercing shots, a shotgun or armour. Downed teammates can be revived by standing beside them, and a push-to-talk voice channel keeps the team talking. Play top down or in first person; players in either view share one match. There are no accounts, no ads and no purchases in this version.
Features
- One to four players in the same match, on phone or keyboard.
- Top-down and first-person views, switchable at any time.
- Five enemy types: grunt, runner, brute, spitter (ranged) and the titan boss.
- Eight perks offered three at a time after every wave; rifle and shotgun.
- Revive teammates; enemies scale with the number of players.
- Push-to-talk voice chat that is relayed live and never recorded; mute any player.
- Three maps with cover that blocks movement and shots.
- Heal items that appear at random moments and places and vanish if not taken.
- A list of the best runs per map; no accounts.
- Settings for look sensitivity, camera distance, volume and microphone.
Screenshots
960 by 540. Full-size files are in the zip.
Logo and key art
Credits
Indie App Studios. Art, code, sound and music were generated or written for this project; sound and music are produced inside the game. Tools used include Unity, Blender and locally run image-generation models.