Is Hover Strike on Steam?

No. Hover Strike is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Hover Strike on?

Hover Strike is available on Atari Jaguar.

When did Hover Strike release?

Hover Strike was first released on December 31, 1995.

Hover Strike

Dec 31, 1995ShooterSimulatorAtari Jaguar

Hover Strike — frequently asked questions

Is Hover Strike on Steam?: No. Hover Strike is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Hover Strike on?: Hover Strike is available on Atari Jaguar.
When did Hover Strike release?: Hover Strike was first released on December 31, 1995.

About Hover Strike

Terrakian Pirates have taken over a colonized planet under Federation control. They've set up an atmospheric cannon, making invasion impossible. Your job, as a hovercraft pilot, is to launch a pre-emptive strike on the planet's surface. Hover Strike for the Jaguar is a mission-based tank game. In each mission, you will drop to the surface of the planet, destroy some targets, and then return to your ship in orbit. The hovercraft you pilot is heavily armored and includes various weapons systems to take out enemies and targets.

Summary via IGDB.

Hover Strike on Wikipedia

Hover Strike is a shooter video game developed and published by Atari Corporation exclusively for the Atari Jaguar first in North America in April 1995, then in Europe on May of the same year and later in Japan around the same period, where it was published instead by Messe Sansao. Taking place in a future where the Terrakian Pirates have seized control of a colonized foreign planet, players are tasked with piloting an armed hovercraft vehicle in an attempt of rescuing the captured colonists and obliterate the invading alien forces from the surface of the planet before the Federation armada arrives.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer: Atari Corporation
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose

$31

Complete

$42

Sealed

$80

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1995
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

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The floaty first draft — its CD sequel and a cancelled Rebellion game both did this concept better.

A vehicle shooter with handling best described as approximate; the CD follow-up (Hover Strike: Unconquered Lands) added texture-mapped terrain and CD audio without fixing the float. The definitive version of this idea on the platform is arguably Skyhammer — the cancelled Rebellion game Songbird revived in 2000. Worth owning mainly as one of the handful of titles Japan's import channel carried.