Hot Chocolate Has Launched

The campaign is live. Hot Chocolate officially launches September 1, 2026.

Hot Chocolate is officially live.

After months of building, testing, balancing, redesigning, and expanding the campaign, Hot Chocolate officially launches today.

What began as a fast top-down shooter has grown into a full campaign built around six increasingly different levels, multiple playable warships, equipment, talents, achievements, leaderboards, challenges, and boss encounters designed around their own mechanics.

THE CAMPAIGN

The story begins with an invasion of Earth and quickly grows into something much larger. Carter and the crew fight through an orbital warzone, a frozen alien world, the interior of an ancient planetary machine, fractured regions of space, and finally the haunted Veridian compound.

Every level introduces its own enemies, hazards, battlefield rules, minibosses, and bosses rather than simply increasing the number of enemies on screen.

BUILD YOUR WARSHIP

Different warships offer different weapons and playstyles, while talents and equipment allow pilots to shape their build as they progress deeper into the campaign.

COMPETE

Leaderboards, achievements, and Challenges give pilots reasons to return to completed missions, improve their runs, experiment with different ships, and prove what they can do.

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

Launch does not mean development stops. Hot Chocolate will continue receiving balance adjustments, fixes, performance improvements, new Challenges, quality-of-life updates, and additional campaign content.

The campaign is live. Now prove you can survive it.

— Hot Chocolate Team