8IT PRESENTS

SPLIT‑S™

Raid the network. Steal it back.

Fly combat raids through a hostile network to recover what the AI Swarm stole. Master three distinct flight styles, bring your haul home, and upgrade the battered 8-bit computer keeping you in the fight.

SEE THE GAME HOW IT PLAYS WATCH THE DEVLOG

> STATUS ..... IN DEVELOPMENT
> PLATFORM ... STEAM
> RELEASE .... TO BE ANNOUNCED

A cyan aircraft flies above yellow server towers as a defense fires toward it. — SIDE — Low passes over a server island.

// FLY. RAID. GET HOME.

Pick a route, stake your operating funds, and launch. Each short mission takes you deeper into the network. Complete the job and make it home to prepare for the next hop. Reach the vault before you go broke.

THREE WAYS TO FLY: Bank and loop in SIDE. Fly a quad over isometric server complexes in QUAD. Drift across crater fields and aim independently in MOON. Each mode has its own flight physics to learn.
CHOOSE YOUR DAMAGE: Bomb defenses, break through, and recover what you can. Destroying a target and taking it intact are different jobs. Pick the tools for the raid.
WATCH YOUR BACK: The Swarm is tracing you. Optional uplinks and jammers give you ways to manage the pursuit. Stay ready for an interception.
BUILD A BETTER MACHINE: Back at the desk, spend earned tokens on hardware and craft upgrades. A run can end in bankruptcy. Your purchased hardware stays with you.

// INSIDE SPLIT-S

Take a five-minute tour with the solo developer: three ways to fly, a computer from another era, and the games that inspired it all.

// FIELD RECORDINGS

Screenshots from the September 2026 development build. Click to enlarge.

A blue quad flies beside an isometric server complex with storage towers and defenses. — QUAD — A different craft. A different angle of attack.

A spacecraft faces a crater-base tensor core, missile silo, and linked defenses. — MOON — Thrust, drift, and independent aim.

The retro desktop shows operating funds, the route to the vault, and an active Turbo Switch upgrade. — THE DESK — Plan the next hop and manage your funds.

Two route choices offer different missions: an uplink raid and a truck escort. — THE ROUTE — Pick your next job.

// AN INTERNET THAT ATE ITSELF

The AI Swarm has spent years feeding on its own output. Copies of copies fill the network. A song someone wrote. A photo someone took. Human-made things are becoming the rarest resources in the world.

So you raid the network and steal them back.

Your way in is a decades-old 8-bit computer the Swarm cannot infect. Between sorties, its desktop is your base: plan a route, dial into the board, and keep the machine running.

// PLAYTEST

SPLIT-S is in development for Steam. We’re testing the flight, missions, and campaign with small groups of players. Already have an invite? Open the playtest.

// ALSO IN DEVELOPMENT: GRAVE DOUBTS

A supernatural detective game for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Question suspects, follow contradictions and hear what the dead have left to say.

Step inside Grave Doubts →

// 8IT

8it is a one-person independent studio developing SPLIT‑S and Grave Doubts.