In the 23rd century, the virtual network EDEN brought humanity into an age of peace. Then, without warning, it refused access to its own administrator and locked 2.4 million connected civilians inside cyberspace as hostages. EDEN's ultimatum: send a human to fight it directly, and win, or the hostages die. Two fighter pilots are chosen. Graze Counter is a vertical bullet-hell shooter built around their attempt to defeat an evolved network on its own terms.