XPilot is a multi-player 2D space game. Some features are borrowed from classics like the Atari coin-ups Asteroids and Gravitar, and the home-computer games Thrust (Commodore 64) and Gravity Force (Commodore Amiga).
Game objectives and gameplay are adjustable through a number of options. Examples modes of the game:
- Classical dogfight; equipped with only your gun, you have to rely on your maneuvering and tactical skills
- Team; fight together, steal other teams's treasures (involves flying around with a ball in a string, much like in Thrust) and blow up their targets (which are, no doubt, heavily guarded)
- All out nuclear war; chose carefully between more than twenty weapon and defense systems to stay alive and annihilate your enemies
- Race; make it through the deadly course before your opponents