Saros Gets Boss Rush And Tons Of Difficulty Options With Zenith Update

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Saros is a phenomenal sci-fi shooter, and it currently stands as my favorite game of 2026. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to play it–or to play it again–then developer Housemarque has some good news. The new Zenith update is now available for free, adding a boss rush and difficulty options that should appeal to both newcomers and seasoned veterans.

First up, the boss rush. Dubbed “Overlord Rush,” the mode comes with its own dedicated leaderboards and tasks you with taking out a series of the game’s bosses. Rather than starting on the first boss and fighting uninterrupted to the very end, they’re divided into separate “sets” that each contain three fights. Overlord Rush is available via the Primary robot in the main hub area.

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The new settings and difficulty modifiers, meanwhile, allow you to both reduce and increase the game’s challenge, customizing it to fit your preferences. The “Slow Game Speed” setting lets you slow down the entire game so you have more time to react to projectiles, and you can tweak exactly how much it slows down and even if you want it to turn on automatically when combat starts. An “Auto-fire”