Tread Heavy

Tread Heavy is a Twin-Stick Tank Shooter. Use your main gun, dash, and your expanding series of upgrades to blow up waves of robots. Battle across your arena to collect XP from defeated enemies and return to the centre console to upgrade your tank further!

Developer

Nos Games LTD

Released

25 Apr 2026

This year

Utilize the rare Red XP to gain power even from your defeats. Fight until the Challenging Bosses, and Stage Boss descend. Survive. Upgrade. Destroy.

Mechanics

Control your tank with Mouse & Keyboard, or Controller as a Twin Stick shooter.
Charge your dash to escape tricky situations, or charge into mayhem.
Utilize the rare pickup drops from enemies to improve your odds in the moment.
Harvest XP from your enemies to earn Chips, and use those Chips to unlock Upgrades like the Missile Pod, Mine Layer, Fire Dash, and Salvage Computer.
Harvest the rare Red XP to progress between games, becoming more powerful the more you play.
Be challenged further by the rare elites who challenge you in ways normal enemies can't.
Defeat the Challenge Bosses to beckon the Stage Boss.

Content

50 Upgrades
10 Enemy and Elite Types
6 Pickup's
3 Challenge Bosses
1 Stage Boss

Utilize the rare Red XP to gain power even from your defeats. Fight until the Challenging Bosses, and Stage Boss descend. Survive. Upgrade. Destroy.

Mechanics

Control your tank with Mouse & Keyboard, or Controller as a Twin Stick shooter.
Charge your dash to escape tricky situations, or charge into mayhem.
Utilize the rare pickup drops from enemies to improve your odds in the moment.
Harvest XP from your enemies to earn Chips, and use those Chips to unlock Upgrades like the Missile Pod, Mine Layer, Fire Dash, and Salvage Computer.
Harvest the rare Red XP to progress between games, becoming more powerful the more you play.
Be challenged further by the rare elites who challenge you in ways normal enemies can't.
Defeat the Challenge Bosses to beckon the Stage Boss.