CLASSES2026-10-08

Picking your operative

Assault, Engineer, Support, Infiltrator — all four classes are confirmed, their kits are not. How to choose a main before the numbers land.

Official key art banner · Bitfire Games
Official key art banner · Bitfire Games

The confirmed four

The Steam page confirms all four by name and says each comes with distinct gear and loadouts. That's the full published list — no weapons, no abilities, no signatures have been shown for any of them.

ClassReadPublished kit
AssaultThe frontline spearheadTBA
EngineerThe toolkit specialistTBA
SupportThe squad's lifelineTBA
InfiltratorThe quiet way inTBA

How to pick before the numbers land

These are archetype readings of the confirmed names, not leaks. Friendly fire is part of the design (“FOUR CLASSES. ONE CONTRACT.” comes with a warning about it), so whatever you pick, aim discipline will matter as much as the kit.

  • Assault reads as the tip of the spear — the slot that holds ground while the swarm closes in.
  • Engineer reads as the problem-solver: the toolkit slot for players who like controlling a room.
  • Support reads as sustain — the class that keeps a bad plan alive long enough to become a good one.
  • Infiltrator reads as the quiet route — stealth and hacking are confirmed game systems, and this is the name that maps to them.

Where real kits will land first

Each class has a page on this wiki that fills in with dated, patch-referenced data the moment the studio or a playable build publishes it — everything stays visibly labeled TBA until then. The November alpha should be the first time any of us actually handles the gear.

A note on the squad colors

The visor colors used across this wiki come from the key art's palette. They're a visual device for this site — not an official class-color claim. When the studio publishes real class branding, the pages will adopt it.

Sources

  • Steam store page — “FOUR CLASSES. ONE CONTRACT.” — store.steampowered.com/app/2303200, checked October 8, 2026
  • Steam news — “DarkSwarm Closed Alpha 3” — February 17, 2026 (test cadence context)

Source: Steam store page, Steam news archive & official press kit — snapshot Oct 8, 2026 · Open on Steam ↗

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