FIRESTARTERS movement: skating, grinding and ground pounds

Movement is the core of FIRESTARTERS. Kera wears a STEEL Battlesuit and custom rocket skates, and the developer describes the arenas as a skatepark: you skate, slide, grind and ground pound through them while staying out of reach of the androids' claws. Fast, clean movement is what keeps you alive.

Written and reviewed by FIRESTARTERS Editorial Team · Updated 2 November 2026

FIRESTARTERS screenshot: an explosion in front of the player's heavy weapon. — Official Steam screenshot: an explosion in front of the player's heavy weapon.

Move	What the developer describes
Skating	Rocket skates for high-speed travel across arenas
Sliding	Low, fast movement through the space
Grinding	Riding along arena geometry
Ground pound	Slamming down from the air

Studio Kerosene calls the result "best-in-class character movement" and notes the game runs on a custom in-house engine, which it says avoids shader compilation stutter and AI upscaling. The store does not publish exact control bindings, so check the in-game settings for those.

FIRESTARTERS screenshot: a high-score run with 495,993 points and a low ammo warning. — Official Steam screenshot: a high-score run with 495,993 points and a low ammo warning.