NEON SWARM

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Terms of Use

The rules for playing NEON SWARM: your account, fair play, coins and gems, purchases, and what each side can expect. Written to be read, not skimmed past.

Last updated: 30 October 2026Applies to: NEON SWARM 0.9.1 (test version) and later versions for iOS and Android

01About these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and Erezia (Astrotix), an independent studio based in France ("we", "us"), the developer and publisher of NEON SWARM (the "game"). By installing or playing the game, you accept these terms. If you don't, please don't play.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle data and is part of these terms. If you downloaded the game from a store, the store's own terms also apply between you and the store.

02Test versions

Before launch, the game is offered as a test version (for example through Apple TestFlight). Test versions can have bugs, missing features and balance changes. We try hard to keep your progress, but a test version's progress, items or leaderboard results may have to be reset before launch. If that happens, we will say so in advance whenever we can.

03Your account

The game does not ask for an email or password. When it connects for the first time, it creates an anonymous player account tied to the game installed on your device. You are responsible for what happens on that device.

Because the account is anonymous, if you uninstall the game or change phones, we may not be able to recover it in the current version. Linking with Game Center and Google Play Games is planned to fix that.

You can erase your account at any time: see Delete your account and data.

04Nicknames and fair play

Your nickname is public. It must use the Latin alphabet and must not:

  • be offensive, hateful, sexual, threatening or harassing;
  • impersonate another person, a brand or us;
  • contain personal information such as a real full name, phone number or address;
  • advertise anything.

You also agree not to cheat. That means no modified game clients, no tampering with game files, memory or network traffic, no bots or automation, no exploiting bugs to gain an advantage, and no reverse engineering of the game except where the law expressly allows it.

Ranked runs are checked by our server, which replays them from their seed and your inputs. If a nickname breaks these rules or a score fails the check, we may rename the nickname, remove the score or the rewards it earned, and, for serious or repeated cases, suspend access to the online features.

05Coins, gems and items

The game has two currencies:

  • Coins are earned by playing. They are never sold.
  • Gems can only be obtained with a real-money purchase through the App Store or Google Play. They are used for cosmetic items such as premium skins and portrait packs.

The only other real-money item is PASS NEON, a one-time purchase that will skip the rewarded ads and grant their rewards directly (×2 at the end of a run, gift upgrades) once ads arrive. The current test build has no ads. It does not change how strong your swarm is.

Coins, gems and items are a limited, personal, non-transferable licence to use content inside the game. They are not money, have no cash value, cannot be exchanged for money or anything outside the game, and cannot be sold, traded or transferred to another account. Prices in gems are set by us and may change, but a price change never affects an item you already own.

Nothing bought with real money makes your swarm stronger.

06Purchases and refunds

All real-money purchases are made through the App Store or Google Play and are subject to their terms and payment methods. Apple or Google is the seller of the payment; we receive a receipt, verify it on our server and deliver the content to your account once.

  • Restoring purchases: one-time purchases (PASS NEON) can be restored from the shop with the Restore button, using the same store account.
  • Gems are consumable: Apple and Google do not restore them. Gems and the items bought with them live in your online save, which is tied to your anonymous player account. Until account linking with Game Center and Google Play Games is available, reinstalling the game or changing phone creates a new account, and gems bought on the old one do not follow automatically. Write to us with the store order number and we will look into it.
  • Refunds: requested from Apple or Google under their refund policies. If a purchase is refunded, we may remove the gems or items it delivered.
  • Problems: if a purchase did not arrive, see Support or write to us with the store order number.

If you live in the European Union, the store handles any right of withdrawal that applies to the payment. In-game content is delivered immediately after purchase. None of this affects your legal rights as a consumer, including the legal guarantee of conformity for digital content.

07Leaderboards and rewards

The ranked run has a monthly leaderboard and relative leagues. Rankings reset every month. Rewards are cosmetic items and coins, granted after the month ends and scores are checked. We may correct a ranking that is wrong because of a bug or a removed score. Leaderboards are part of the online features and need a connection.

08Ads

The current version has no ads. If rewarded ads are added later, they will be optional: you choose to watch a video in exchange for an in-game reward. We will update these terms and the Privacy Policy before that happens.

09Our content and your licence

The game, its code, art, music, characters, names and logos belong to us or to our licensors. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to install and play the game on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial entertainment, in line with these terms and the store's usage rules.

Using screenshots and short clips of the game in coverage, reviews and your own videos is welcome, as long as you don't present them as official or use them to sell something else. Logos and images for coverage are in the press kit.

10Updates and availability

We update the game to fix bugs, add content and keep things balanced, which can change how parts of it work. Online features rely on third-party services and an internet connection, so they may sometimes be unavailable. If we ever decide to shut down the online features, we will announce it in the game ahead of time.

11Liability

We work hard on the game, but we can't promise it will always be free of bugs or interruptions, especially in test versions. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses, or for losses caused by your device, your connection, third-party services or a breach of these terms.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited by law, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for gross negligence, and nothing affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

12Ending these terms

You can stop at any time by erasing your account and uninstalling the game. We may suspend or end your access to the online features if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms; when we do, we will tell you why if we can. Sections that by nature should survive (such as liability and law) continue to apply.

13If you got the game from the Apple App Store

  • These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the game and its content.
  • Your licence is limited to using the game on Apple-branded products you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules of the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions (including Family Sharing where it applies).
  • Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the game. Support is ours: see Support.
  • If the game fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the game, if any. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation regarding the game.
  • We, not Apple, are responsible for handling any claims relating to the game or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that it fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements, consumer protection claims, and claims that it infringes a third party's intellectual property.
  • You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  • You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the game, such as your mobile data provider's terms.
  • Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and, once you accept them, may enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

14If you got the game from Google Play

Your use of Google Play, including purchases and refunds, is also governed by the Google Play Terms of Service. Google is not responsible for the game or for support.

15Law and disputes

These terms are governed by French law. If you are a consumer living in the European Union, you also keep the protection of the mandatory rules of your country of residence, and you can bring a claim in the courts of that country.

If something goes wrong, please write to us first: most problems are solved in an email or two.

If we can't solve it together and you are a consumer, you can refer the dispute free of charge to our consumer mediator (articles L611-1 and following of the French Consumer Code): [to be completed: mediator name, postal address and website]. You can also go to the competent courts.

16Changes and contact

We may update these terms, for example when we add a feature. We will update the date at the top, and for important changes we will tell you in the game before they apply. If you keep playing after that, the new terms apply.

Erezia (Astrotix), France. Email: astrotixi@gmail.com. Publisher and host details are on the Legal notice page.