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Everything the game will eventually tell you, plus a few things it won't. Use the index to jump around. Spoilers are gated.

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CONTROLS

One button does almost everything. The rest of the keyboard is for navigating menus and the map. Mobile players get two touch gestures covered below.

New in May 2026: the launch screen now has a TUTORIAL button. Three guided steps walk you through steering, burning, and pulling a real slingshot around Earth. You can do it in under a minute and it never counts toward your stats. Skip the rest of this page and try it first if you want.

SPACEFire a prograde burn. Costs fuel.
← →Rotate the ship (free aim).
SHIFTEnter Plan Mode. Zoom and scroll to plan your route without time passing.
MToggle the solar system map.
WToggle up to 5× time warp (15× with the Warp Field Generator tech).
ESCOpen the pause menu (ship, tech, logbook, changelog, spacify).
RRestart the run.
HRe-show the controls hint at the top of the screen for a few seconds.
Plan mode close-up: small colored arrows radiate from the ship toward each significant gravity source. Each arrow is in the body's color, length scaled by gravitational pull. The longest arrows point toward the planets currently bending the ship's trajectory.
Gravity arrows in Plan Mode: small colored arrows from the ship to each nearby body show what is actively pulling you. Length scales with the strength of the pull. If your trajectory wobbles, this is why.
Plan Mode view showing the solar system with Sun at center, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and distant bodies labeled with distances. PLAN MODE banner at top reads: arrows or scroll to zoom. HUD shows FUEL 100%, VEL 62.0 km/s, DIST 17.2M km, NEAR 0.02 AU Sun. Minimap with LOGBOOK, Spacify player, and AUTOPILOT button visible on the left.
Plan Mode (hold SHIFT). Time freezes and you can scroll around the system to plan your next slingshot. The HUD shows distance, velocity, and your nearest body.
MOBILE CONTROLS
TOUCH & HOLDTouch the screen in the direction you want to go. The ship aims toward your finger and burns. Release to stop.
DRAGMove your finger while holding to steer mid-burn.
TWO-FINGER DRAGPan around in Plan Mode.
PINCHZoom in/out.

FUEL & BURNS

Your ship starts with 100 fuel units. Every burn subtracts roughly 3 units per second held, but you'll never spend it all in one go: the engine overheats after about 3 seconds of continuous thrust. Past 75% heat the warning shows; release while in the red and the engine locks until it fully cools. Pulse short, burn precise.

The base thrust value is tiny. You are not here to fly on rocket power alone. You are here to steal energy from planets. A well-timed burn at periapsis (the closest point of a flyby) converts kinetic energy into orbital energy at maximum efficiency. This is the Oberth effect, and it is the entire game.

A slingshot in motion: the ship thrusts prograde at periapsis, steals energy from the planet, and slings off on a higher-energy trajectory. That is the entire game, on loop.

FLIGHT TIPS

Slingshot doesn't explain much. The in-game TUTORIAL button on the launch screen walks you through the core loop in three guided steps; what follows here is a deeper look at how thrust actually works under the hood.

Pure thrust barely turns you in open space

Out here you can spin the nose freely with the arrows, but a side-burn produces almost no direction change. The faster you go, the worse it gets: the same impulse divided by a larger velocity is a smaller angle. Use this only to nudge your aim toward a planet, moon, or the Sun. Real direction change comes from doing it inside a planet's gravity well.

Inside a gravity well, burning easily changes direction

Burn at the closest point to a planet (or moon, or the Sun) and the same thrust both bends your trajectory and adds free speed. That is the slingshot. The whole game is tuning when and how long to hold SPACE at periapsis.
STEERING

Aim sideways and burn to turn

Don't burn forward to go forward. Point your ship perpendicular to your trajectory and fire. Sideways burns are 5× more powerful than forward burns. The game is designed this way so you can actually steer. This is how you redirect during flybys.

BRAKING

Turn backward and burn to slow down

Going too fast or overshooting a planet? Point your ship opposite to the direction you're moving and fire. Backward burns are 9× more powerful than forward burns. This is the fastest way to brake.

PLANNING

Hold SHIFT to freeze time and plan

Plan Mode pauses the game and lets you scroll around the solar system. Your trajectory line shows exactly where your ship is headed. Use it before every major burn to make sure you're aiming at the right planet.

CORE MECHANIC

Burn close to planets, not in empty space

The same burn gives you much more speed when you're near a massive body. Fly toward a planet, wait until you're at the closest point, then fire. The planet's gravity amplifies your thrust. This is the slingshot — the entire game is built around it.

STRATEGY

Chain planets together

One slingshot isn't enough to escape the solar system. The best runs chain multiple flybys: Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn. Each planet gives you speed, and that speed carries into the next flyby.

PROGRESSION

Upgrade your ship between runs

Every run earns XP from achievements and distance. Open the SHIP tab (press ESC) to spend it on technologies: less fuel cost, more thrust, a trajectory preview line, and more. Upgrades persist forever.

HEAT MANAGEMENT

Tap the burn, don't pin it

Long continuous burns overheat the engine and lock it shut until it cools. The HUD shows your heat level — back off when it climbs. Short pulsed burns are also more efficient at slingshots, since you only burn at the closest approach anyway.

TIME WARP

Hold W to fast-forward time

Long coasts between planets are boring at real speed. Hold W to ramp up to 5× warp (or 15× with the Warp Drive tech). Burning under warp still resolves correctly — you can steer mid-warp without dropping out.

WARP SKIP

Already escaping? Skip the drift

Once you're on an escape trajectory (HUD shows the destination), hold W for 8 seconds and the game auto-completes the run. No more watching the ship coast to infinity at 0.3 c.

UPGRADES THAT HELP

Several technologies improve your fuel economy as you rank up. Here are the key ones:

Fuel Tank Extension+50% capacityMax fuel goes from 100 to 150.
Efficient Thrusters-40% burn · -30% heatEach second of thrust costs less fuel and heats the engine slower, so you can hold the burn longer before the cooldown lock kicks in.
Power Nozzle+50% thrust · -40% heatMore impulse per burn and significantly slower heat buildup. Stacks with Efficient Thrusters: both together push the overheat point from ~3 s to ~7 s.
Solar CollectorRefuel near SunTrickles fuel back when you fly close to the star, and tops up your full tank during a solar storm.
Thermal VentsNo burn cooldownEngine heat dissipators let you hold the burn forever. The default ship overheats and locks after a few seconds of continuous thrust.
Cryo Propellant-80% burn costENDGAME
Plasma Afterburner+200% thrustENDGAME

See the full tech tree for all 16 upgrades, costs, and unlock ranks.

THE SYSTEM

Every body in the game, listed by distance from the Sun. Moons are indented under their host planet. Distances are in game units (1 AU = 800 units). Small masses = weak gravity; plan accordingly.

The in-game solar system map at 8.2x zoom. The YOU marker sits near Earth with a green VIBE PORTAL just above it. The Sun and Venus are labeled; Mercury, Mars and a few outer bodies are still hidden as ???. A dashed orange line traces the ship's projected trajectory looping out and back through the inner system.
The in-game map view (press M or open the pause menu). The dashed orange line is your projected trajectory, and bodies you have not yet flown by stay hidden as ??? until you discover them.
  NAMETYPEDISTANCEMASSRADIUSNOTES
SunSunStar0200080The heart of it all. Get too close and your hull turns to plasma.
MercuryMercuryPlanet400 · 0.50 AU18010Small, fast, sunbaked. A tempting slingshot if you can survive the approach.
VenusVenusPlanet600 · 0.75 AU60022Dense gravity well. A solid early-game slingshot partner.
EarthEarthPlanet800 · 1.00 AU35025Your launch point. Every run starts on the surface at rest.
MoonMoonMoon100 from Earth158Close by and slow. First milestone on every pilot's logbook.
MarsMarsPlanet1,500 · 1.88 AU45018First real slingshot target. Tight flyby = free velocity.
PhobosPhobosMoon35 from Mars23Tiny. Easy to miss. Fear itself.
DeimosDeimosMoon55 from Mars12Mars' smaller moon. Pure terror.
JunoJunoAsteroid2,000 · 2.50 AU43·
EnckeEnckeComet2,000 · 2.50 AU12Shortest period comet. Overachiever.
VestaVestaAsteroid2,100 · 2.63 AU104Scarred but standing.
EunomiaEunomiaAsteroid2,150 · 2.69 AU53·
CeresCeresAsteroid2,200 · 2.75 AU186The biggest little rock in the belt. Actually round, mostly.
PsychePsycheAsteroid2,300 · 2.88 AU84Solid metal. Worth trillions.
IrisIrisAsteroid2,350 · 2.94 AU42·
PallasPallasAsteroid2,400 · 3.00 AU84Tilted orbit. Hard to find.
HygieaHygieaAsteroid2,500 · 3.13 AU63·
JupiterJupiterPlanet3,000 · 3.75 AU300050The king. Deepest gravity well in the system. Perfect slingshot partner, if you survive the approach.
IoIoMoon90 from Jupiter156Volcanic. Closest Galilean moon to Jupiter.
EuropaEuropaMoon130 from Jupiter125Ice world. There might be fish down there.
GanymedeGanymedeMoon180 from Jupiter208Biggest moon in the system.
CallistoCallistoMoon240 from Jupiter167Outermost Galilean. The quiet one.
HalleyHalleyComet4,000 · 5.00 AU13Elliptical orbit, eccentricity 0.85. See it once every lifetime.
SaturnSaturnPlanet5,000 · 6.25 AU220042Has rings. Getting here is a major achievement in itself.
TitanTitanMoon160 from Saturn188Orange haze. Methane seas.
EnceladusEnceladusMoon90 from Saturn44Icy. Cryovolcanoes.
UranusUranusPlanet7,500 · 9.38 AU120032Tipped on its side.
Hale-BoppHale-BoppComet8,000 · 10.00 AU24Wide orbit, eccentric. 90s kids' favorite.
NeptuneNeptunePlanet10,000 · 12.50 AU140030The last major planet. Reach Neptune and you have left the solar system, essentially.
TritonTritonRETROMoon110 from Neptune105Orbits backwards. Retrograde, literally.
MakemakeMakemakeKBO11,500 · 14.38 AU53·
PlutoPlutoKBO12,000 · 15.00 AU85Still a planet in our hearts.
CharonCharonMoon30 from Pluto33Pluto's plus-one.
QuaoarQuaoarKBO12,500 · 15.63 AU53Has rings. Yes, really.
ErisErisKBO13,500 · 16.88 AU64The troublemaker that demoted Pluto.
HaumeaHaumeaKBO14,000 · 17.50 AU74Egg-shaped and proud of it.
SednaSednaKBO14,500 · 18.13 AU43So far out, the Sun is just another star.

TECHNOLOGIES

16 technologies total. Earn XP from runs, achievements, and rank-ups, then spend it in the pause menu's SHIP tab. Every tech can be toggled on or off at any time. If a build is not working, try disabling something. Only the rank 1 starter kit is shown below. Click to reveal the rest of the tree, including the four post-ending ENDGAME technologies.

The in-game SHIP tab early in a save: 216 XP available, 0 of 0 techs active, 216 total earned. The PROPULSION column shows Efficient Thrusters and Power Nozzle ready to upgrade for 100 and 140 XP, with Engine Overclock I locked behind Rank 4. The SYSTEMS column shows Reinforced Hull, Solar Collector, Fuel Tank Extension and Gravity Mapper available to buy. Higher-rank slots are still hidden as ???. The spacecraft sits in the middle, mostly stock with a single blue thruster.
The in-game SHIP tab. Propulsion techs on the left, systems on the right, and the spacecraft in the middle updates visually as you install upgrades. Higher-rank slots stay hidden as ??? until you rank up.

PROPULSION

EFFICIENT THRUSTERS

RANK 1+

-40% fuel burn · -30% heat

Advanced fuel injectors reduce consumption

100 XP

POWER NOZZLE

RANK 1+

+50% thrust · -40% heat

High-pressure exhaust nozzle

140 XP

SYSTEMS

PILOT RANKS

As you accumulate achievements and runs, your pilot title updates. Each rank-up awards bonus XP and unlocks new technology slots in the tech tree.

  1. 00Ground ControlLaunch your first rocket
  2. 01Rookie Pilot1 achievement
  3. 02Space Cadet5 achievements, 3 games
  4. 03Orbital MechanicOrbit any body
  5. 04Gravity SurferReach Mars distance
  6. 05Slingshot AceChain 3 slingshots
  7. 06Void WalkerReach Neptune distance
  8. 07Solar DrifterEscape the solar system
  9. 08Escape ArtistEscape 3+ times
  10. 09Star CommanderOrbit 3 different bodies
  11. 10Deep Space Legend6 destinations discovered
  12. 11Cosmic VoyagerChain 5 slingshots + Pluto orbit
  13. 12Celestial Master100% all achievements
⚠ HIDDEN RANK · Click to reveal▾
  1. ★Perfect Voyager100% with zero crashesHIDDEN

SPACIFY

Slingshot ships with 12 original ambient tracks, one for every escape direction out of the solar system. The music player lives in the pause menu under the SPACIFY tab and starts out completely empty: SPACIFY OFFLINE — escape the solar system to tune in.

Every time you escape toward a new destination, that destination’s track unlocks permanently in Spacify. The tracks keep playing in the background of future runs so the soundtrack grows with your logbook. A bonus 13th track exists for players who discover all 12 destinations, but revealing how that one works is a spoiler, so it lives in the endgame section at the bottom of this page.

The Spacify pause-menu tab showing SPACIFY OFFLINE in orange, the subtitle Escape the solar system to tune in, and 12 original tracks, one for each escape direction.
Offline. The Spacify tab when you first open it. No tracks yet. Escape the solar system at least once to unlock your first song.
The Escape Velocity Reached screen the moment a new Spacify track unlocks. A pixel-art probe drifts to the right against the starfield, with the destination card showing Polaris and an ETA of 2.7M years. The left column reads Distance 8.91 AU, Speed 47.3 km/s, Fuel 80%, four new achievements (Earth Flyby, Breaking Away, Fuel Miser, Polaris) for +95 XP and an UPGRADE SHIP button. A NEW SONG UNLOCKED card at bottom right shows Alone in the Universe by Polaris. A LAUNCH NEW PROBE button sits in the top-right corner, and the bottom reads 1 of 12 escape destinations discovered.
Unlock. Every time you escape toward a new destination the track drops on the victory screen, ready to click into Spacify. Here: Alone in the Universe unlocked on the way to Polaris, 2.7M-year ETA, 1 of 12 destinations discovered.
The Spacify tab in its online state. NOW PLAYING reads Into the Nothingness, by Cassiopeia A, with transport controls (shuffle, previous, pause, next, repeat) and a progress bar at 0:53 of 2:49. Below, the track list shows To The Stars unlocked as the Original soundtrack, Into the Nothingness (Cassiopeia A) currently highlighted as the playing track, and the remaining ten destinations still locked as ??? Escape to discover.
Online. After unlocking tracks, Spacify turns into a real music player with transport controls, a scrub bar, and the destinations you have discovered.

ACHIEVEMENTS

142 achievements in total, spread across eight categories. Hidden Easter-egg achievements (probes and destination stars) are masked as ??? — reveal them in the endgame section below.

The in-game LOGBOOK with the MILESTONES section (7 of 40 unlocked). DISTANCE & SPEED achievements: Mars Crossing unlocked in orange, Jovian Space in yellow, Breaking Away and Cruising Speed also unlocked. MASTERY section: Tourist (3 different flybys) and Fuel Miser (reach Jupiter with 50%+ fuel) unlocked in green. Destinations section below with 0/12 discovered.
The in-game LOGBOOK tab (pause menu). Achievements are grouped by category. This run has 7 of 40 milestones unlocked across DISTANCE & SPEED and MASTERY.

Distance

How far from Earth can you get?

8
  • LUNAR RANGE
    Reach Moon distance
    "Baby steps. Literally."
    easy
  • MARS CROSSING
    Reach Mars orbit distance
    "The red planet awaits. Bring snacks."
    easy
  • JOVIAN SPACE
    Reach Jupiter distance
    "Getting serious now."
    medium
  • RING RUNNER
    Reach Saturn distance
    "If you liked it, you should've put a ring on it."
    medium
  • DEEP BLUE
    Reach Neptune distance
    "Your Wi-Fi signal is... nonexistent."
    hard
  • KUIPER BELT
    Enter the Kuiper Belt
    "Here be space rocks."
    hard
  • INTERSTELLAR
    Leave the solar system
    "Hans Zimmer intensifies."
    hard
  • DEEP SPACE
    Reach the void
    "There's nothing out here. Just you."
    hard

Flyby

Pass close enough to a body for gravity to notice you.

37
  • SUN FLYBY
    Fly by Sun
    "Too close! Your hull is... fine, this is a game."
    hard
  • MERCURY FLYBY
    Fly by Mercury
    "Sunburn risk: extreme."
    medium
  • VENUS FLYBY
    Fly by Venus
    "Hot date with Venus. Don't get too attached."
    easy
  • EARTH FLYBY
    Fly by Earth
    "Back home already? That was quick."
    medium
  • MARS FLYBY
    Fly by Mars
    "Elon would be proud. Probably."
    easy
  • JUPITER FLYBY
    Fly by Jupiter
    "Big boy said hello."
    medium
  • SATURN FLYBY
    Fly by Saturn
    "Almost clipped a ring. Style points."
    medium
  • URANUS FLYBY
    Fly by Uranus
    "Insert joke here. We'll wait."
    hard
  • NEPTUNE FLYBY
    Fly by Neptune
    "Way out there. Cell service: none."
    hard
  • PLUTO FLYBY
    Fly by Pluto
    "Still a planet in our hearts."
    hard
  • MOON FLYBY
    Fly by Moon
    "That was close. The Moon didn't even flinch."
    easy
  • IO FLYBY
    Fly by Io
    "Volcanic tourism at its finest."
    medium
  • EUROPA FLYBY
    Fly by Europa
    "Don't land here. There might be fish."
    medium
  • GANYMEDE FLYBY
    Fly by Ganymede
    "Biggest moon. Biggest ego."
    medium
  • CALLISTO FLYBY
    Fly by Callisto
    "The quiet one. Every group has one."
    medium
  • TITAN FLYBY
    Fly by Titan
    "Orange haze. Very aesthetic."
    hard
  • TRITON FLYBY
    Fly by Triton
    "Going the wrong way. Literally retrograde."
    hard
  • ENCELADUS FLYBY
    Fly by Enceladus
    "Ice, ice, baby."
    hard
  • CHARON FLYBY
    Fly by Charon
    "Pluto's plus-one."
    hard
  • PHOBOS FLYBY
    Fly by Phobos
    "Fear itself. (That's what Phobos means.)"
    medium
  • DEIMOS FLYBY
    Fly by Deimos
    "Terror! (Much smaller than expected.)"
    medium
  • HALLEY FLYBY
    Fly by Halley
    "See you in 75 years."
    hard
  • ENCKE FLYBY
    Fly by Encke
    "Shortest period. Overachiever."
    hard
  • HALE-BOPP FLYBY
    Fly by Hale-Bopp
    "90s kids remember."
    hard
  • CERES FLYBY
    Fly by Ceres
    "The biggest little rock in the belt."
    medium
  • VESTA FLYBY
    Fly by Vesta
    "Scarred but standing. Respect."
    medium
  • PALLAS FLYBY
    Fly by Pallas
    "Tilted, tumbling, and hard to find."
    hard
  • HYGIEA FLYBY
    Fly by Hygiea
    "Surprisingly round for its size."
    hard
  • JUNO FLYBY
    Fly by Juno
    "Not the NASA mission. The rock."
    hard
  • PSYCHE FLYBY
    Fly by Psyche
    "Solid metal. Worth trillions. Don't crash."
    hard
  • EUNOMIA FLYBY
    Fly by Eunomia
    "Good order in the chaos of the belt."
    hard
  • IRIS FLYBY
    Fly by Iris
    "A rainbow in name only."
    hard
  • ERIS FLYBY
    Fly by Eris
    "The troublemaker that demoted Pluto."
    hard
  • MAKEMAKE FLYBY
    Fly by Makemake
    "Say it five times fast."
    hard
  • HAUMEA FLYBY
    Fly by Haumea
    "Egg-shaped and proud of it."
    hard
  • SEDNA FLYBY
    Fly by Sedna
    "So far out, the Sun is just a star."
    hard
  • QUAOAR FLYBY
    Fly by Quaoar
    "Has rings. Yes, really."
    hard

Orbit

Get captured by a body's gravity well.

24
  • SUN ORBIT
    Orbit Sun
    "You're orbiting a star. Let that sink in."
    hard
  • MERCURY ORBIT
    Orbit Mercury
    "SPF 10,000 recommended."
    hard
  • VENUS ORBIT
    Orbit Venus
    "Hottest parking spot in the system."
    medium
  • EARTH ORBIT
    Orbit Earth
    "Welcome home. Orbit, sweet orbit."
    hard
  • MARS ORBIT
    Orbit Mars
    "Now serving: Mars orbit. Population: you."
    medium
  • JUPITER ORBIT
    Orbit Jupiter
    "Caught by the big one. Resistance is futile."
    hard
  • SATURN ORBIT
    Orbit Saturn
    "Parked between the rings. Fancy."
    hard
  • URANUS ORBIT
    Orbit Uranus
    "Settled into Uranus. No comment."
    hard
  • NEPTUNE ORBIT
    Orbit Neptune
    "So far from home. Do they even know you left?"
    hard
  • PLUTO ORBIT
    Orbit Pluto
    "Orbiting a dwarf planet. How the mighty have fallen."
    hard
  • MOON ORBIT
    Orbit Moon
    "One small orbit for man..."
    medium
  • IO ORBIT
    Orbit Io
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • EUROPA ORBIT
    Orbit Europa
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • GANYMEDE ORBIT
    Orbit Ganymede
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • CALLISTO ORBIT
    Orbit Callisto
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • TITAN ORBIT
    Orbit Titan
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • TRITON ORBIT
    Orbit Triton
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • ENCELADUS ORBIT
    Orbit Enceladus
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • CHARON ORBIT
    Orbit Charon
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • PHOBOS ORBIT
    Orbit Phobos
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • DEIMOS ORBIT
    Orbit Deimos
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • HALLEY ORBIT
    Orbit Halley
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • ENCKE ORBIT
    Orbit Encke
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard
  • HALE-BOPP ORBIT
    Orbit Hale-Bopp
    "Gravitationally committed. No takebacks."
    hard

Low Orbit

Orbit so close you can almost touch the surface.

24
  • SUN LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Sun
    "Your sunscreen has melted. So has your ship. Wait..."
    hard
  • MERCURY LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Mercury
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • VENUS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Venus
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • EARTH LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Earth
    "Wave to the ISS on your way past."
    hard
  • MARS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Mars
    "Low enough to see the rovers waving."
    hard
  • JUPITER LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Jupiter
    "The radiation up here is... concerning."
    hard
  • SATURN LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Saturn
    "Ring-side seats. Literally."
    hard
  • URANUS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Uranus
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • NEPTUNE LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Neptune
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • PLUTO LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Pluto
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • MOON LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Moon
    "Practically scraping the surface."
    hard
  • IO LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Io
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • EUROPA LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Europa
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • GANYMEDE LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Ganymede
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • CALLISTO LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Callisto
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • TITAN LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Titan
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • TRITON LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Triton
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • ENCELADUS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Enceladus
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • CHARON LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Charon
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • PHOBOS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Phobos
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • DEIMOS LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Deimos
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • HALLEY LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Halley
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • ENCKE LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Encke
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard
  • HALE-BOPP LOW ORBIT
    Low orbit Hale-Bopp
    "Any lower and you'd need landing gear."
    hard

Meta

Milestones that span multiple runs and categories.

19
  • TOURIST
    3 different flybys
    "Collecting stamps in your space passport."
    easy
  • EXPLORER
    5 different flybys
    "You've seen things. Space things."
    medium
  • VOYAGER
    10 different flybys
    "NASA called. They want their trajectory back."
    hard
  • ORBITAL TOURIST
    3 different orbits
    "Gravitationally polyamorous."
    medium
  • GRAND TOUR
    5 different orbits
    "Voyager 2 called. It's jealous."
    hard
  • COMET CHASER
    Fly by any comet
    "Tail risk: literal."
    hard
  • SPIN CYCLE
    Rotate for 8 seconds straight
    "Astronaut motion sickness in 3, 2, 1..."
    easy
  • TIME LORD
    Hold 5× warp for 10 seconds
    "Don't blink. Blink and you're dead."
    easy
  • CHRONOMASTER
    Hold 15× warp for 10 seconds
    "Reality.exe has stopped responding."
    hard
  • FIRST LIGHT
    See the cosmic microwave background
    "Behold the afterglow of creation. 13.8 billion years late."
    medium
  • HALFWAY THERE
    Discover 6 destinations
    "Six down, six to go. Or is it the other way?"
    hard
  • CARTOGRAPHER
    Discover all 12 destinations
    "You've mapped the void. Now what?"
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    hard
  • ???
    Hidden achievement
    easy

Speed

Push your ship to its limits.

7
  • BREAKING AWAY
    Reach 30 km/s
    "Faster than a speeding... everything on Earth."
    easy
  • CRUISING SPEED
    Reach 50 km/s
    "Now we're cooking with rocket fuel."
    easy
  • LIGHT SPEED*
    Reach 100 km/s
    "*Not actual light speed. Not even close."
    medium
  • LUDICROUS SPEED
    Reach 150 km/s
    "They've gone to plaid!"
    hard
  • WARP FACTOR 1
    Reach 200 km/s
    "Engage."
    hard
  • BLAZING COMET
    Reach 300 km/s
    "You're literally on fire. Well, not literally."
    hard
  • FULL STOP
    Reach 0 km/s in space
    "Perfectly still. In the infinite void. Alone."
    hard

Endgame

Survival, mastery, and the long game.

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  • PATIENT PILOT
    Survive 5 minutes
    "Most rockets don't last this long."
    easy
  • MARATHON RUNNER
    Survive 10 minutes
    "You could've watched a YouTube video instead."
    medium
  • ETERNAL DRIFTER
    Survive 30 minutes
    "Time has no meaning in the void."
    hard
  • SOLAR ESCAPE
    Escape velocity beyond Neptune
    "You did it. You actually did it."
    hard
  • FUEL MISER
    Reach Jupiter with 50%+ fuel
    "Budget airlines wish they were this efficient."
    medium
  • VOYAGER
    Reach Neptune with fuel remaining
    "Saving fuel for... what, exactly?"
    hard
  • GHOST RIDER
    Escape with 0% fuel
    "Pure gravity. Pure skill. Pure madness."
    hard
  • FULL TANK
    Escape with 95%+ fuel
    "Did you even need an engine?"
    hard
  • CHAIN REACTION
    Slingshot 3 bodies
    "Gravity: the gift that keeps on giving."
    medium
  • GRAVITY MASTER
    Slingshot 5 bodies
    "Newton would be proud. And confused."
    hard
  • GRAND MASTER
    Orbit + escape 3 planets
    "OK, you can put this on your resume."
    hard

THE 12 DESTINATIONS

Escape the solar system in 12 different directions to discover every destination. Each one unlocks a Spacify track. The game uses a clock-face mapping: escape at 12 o'clock for Sagittarius A*, going clockwise.

  • ???Escape toward 12 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 1 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 2 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 3 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 4 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 5 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 6 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 7 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 8 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 9 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 10 o’clock
    hard
  • ???Escape toward 11 o’clock
    hard
  • ★ BONUS TRACKDiscover all 12 destinations to unlock
    ???
⚠ SPOILER WARNING

DEEP-SPACE FEATURES

Three permanent features exist in every Slingshot run, beyond the planets you start out near. Each has a logbook entry and a piece of lore unlocked on first contact. Reveal if you'd rather not stumble onto them in-game first.

⚠ SPOILER WARNING

HIDDEN ANOMALIES

There are 13 hand-authored anomalies hidden in the solar system. Each run seeds a handful of them at fixed coordinates. Click below to see their pixel-art sprites, names, and flavor text — you may prefer to find them in-game first.

⚠ SPOILER WARNING

ENDING SPOILERS

This section reveals how Slingshot ends, including the Cartographer cinematic, the Lone Probe, and the hidden endgame technologies. Click below only if you want to spoil it.

Wiki last synced from game source on 2026-04-25. If you find a discrepancy, the game's source of truth is at slingshot.indiega.me. Made with love by @romainsimon for Vibe Jam 2026.