Tiamat X
Released May 2015
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet.
33% positive · 125 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $1.99
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Evaluation
Tiamat X is a self-described tribute to classic side-scrolling arcade shooters, shipping as a complete six-level game on May 29, 2015. The store description presents the game as a finished product with a fixed feature set — six levels, an original music score, and various accessibility options — with no mention of future content, expansions, or ongoing development plans.
The developer's post-launch activity consisted entirely of maintenance work: a bug fix in February 2016 addressing a Steam client compatibility crash, and an audio quality improvement patch in August 2017 (remastering music and sound effects). No new levels, major content, or expansions were ever announced or released. The developer has not posted any updates since August 23, 2017, but the game's content was never structured around ongoing additions — it launched as a complete package and was supported only with polish and stability fixes.
There is no DLC, no season pass, no roadmap, and no developer statement suggesting additional content was ever planned beyond the base game.
Evidence
Store description presents Tiamat X as a complete product: six levels of shooting action, original music, and a fixed set of features. No mention of future content, DLC, or ongoing development.
Update 1.4.5 released with audio remastering and sound improvements. This is the last known developer communication — a polish/maintenance patch, not new content.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
BBQ Games
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
The evil Choazid Empire has launched a surprise attack on your homeworld, establishing a heavily fortified base from where their forward assault group burrows deep underground, capturing subterranean lifeforms and transforming them into vicious biomechs.
With it being only a matter of time before the Choazids start converting your people, it's up to you to take the controls of one of the few remaining Tiamat dragonship prototypes: the X class fighter, a craft capable of immense firepower - provided you pick up enough upgrade caches during a mission where you must dodge and blast like there's no tomorrow.
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet. As such, your PC will have to do, and it is much to the designer's regret that he can't plumb a coin-slot into his rig for that truly authentic seaside amusement-park experience.
Get some big speakers, though. Really, we do recommend them for this game.
Key features include:
With it being only a matter of time before the Choazids start converting your people, it's up to you to take the controls of one of the few remaining Tiamat dragonship prototypes: the X class fighter, a craft capable of immense firepower - provided you pick up enough upgrade caches during a mission where you must dodge and blast like there's no tomorrow.
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet. As such, your PC will have to do, and it is much to the designer's regret that he can't plumb a coin-slot into his rig for that truly authentic seaside amusement-park experience.
Get some big speakers, though. Really, we do recommend them for this game.
Key features include:
- Auto fire - this is primarily intended as an accessibility option and allows the player to not have to worry about using a fire button.
- Quick fire - don't like mashing buttons/keys, then this is for you. Press and hold to fire.
- Color blind filter - this filter adjusts the game thereby making it more colour blind friendly. We just hope we have got it right!
- Six levels of intense shooting action.
- Original music score.
- Steam Achievements.
- Steam Leaderboards.
- Steam Trading Cards - featuring artwork designed exclusively for these cards!.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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