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beta decay is a dark, dystopian RPG where you can build spaceships, join factions, and fight for territory in a newly discovered star system. Become an engineer repairing starships, a mech pilot commanding war machines, to a syndicate leader, executing raids deep within a labyrinthic neon city.

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About the Game


A B O U T

THE GAME

Mankind has expanded its reach beyond the Sol System. Factions, corporations and syndicates are locked in a political and economic strife. The inevitable destruction and decay of a colonized exoplanet is imminent.

​​beta decay is a dark, dystopian RPG where you can build spaceships, join factions, and fight for territory in a newly discovered star system. Live amongst the colonists as a citizen of the new frontier. Be an engineer repairing starships, to a syndicate leader, executing raids deep within a labyrinthic neon city.

A L P H A - C E N

beta decay presents city ruins and destruction at a scale. Deep within the earth, delve deep into a labyrinthic metropolis that is soaked with neon lights and dense crowds.​ Massive structures scrape the skylines that consist of Megatenements for housing and Megaplazas for corporate consortia.

T P S / F P S

Play in third and first person perspectives with seamless, fluid transitioning between the two. (No separate models or animations).

N O W A   A T M O S F E R A

ESTETYKA

Mixing the old with the new.​​ Neurologic enhancements, biological interfaces, and breakthrough technologies such as quantumtech have become a commodity amongst the population.

P V E   /   P V P

SINGLEPLAYER + MULTIPLAYER

Exist with friends within the singleplayer universe. 

M C V s

Mobile Armor

Climb into the cockpit of a Mechanized Combat Vehicle (MCV) and immerse yourself as a pilot flipping mechanical switches and controls. Battle with miniguns, counter RPGs with flares, or lock on and fire at your opponents with heat seeking missiles.

L A R G E - S C A L E

DESTRUCTION

Destruction at a scale. Large vacant ruins where building walls and floors may be destructed.

W E A P O N - M O D S

ATTACHMENTS

Standard weapon attachments to weapons.

P L A Y E R - S Y S T E M S

COVER | PRONE | STATS | INJURY | DISMEMBERMENT and more...

P L A Y E R - D R I V E N

ECONOMY

Trade products through physical shops on the streets to digital securities on the Centauri Exchange.​

C H A R A C T E R

CUSTOMIZATION

Change your face, hair, skin color, weight, height, hair, outfit, and equipment to suit your play style.

P H E N O M E N O N

Take precautions against possible encounters with creatures, viruses, and hazardous areas.

H O R D E S

Fight against hundreds of hostile creatures.

R O G U E L I K E

SURVIVAL + Statistics + Dismemberment

Death is unforgiving. Eat, drink and sleep to keep your character alive. Practice caution and avoid unnecessary risks on foreign worlds where viruses, phenomenon, and creatures may reside.

S P A C E - T R A V E L

BUILD STARSHIPS  (beta + decay feature)* - See the game's roadmap

Build spacecraft with complex sub-systems such as power grids, server networks, and life support systems to keep your crew alive in deep space. Players may go where they like, when they like, doing whatever they like.

***Note that this feature is likely to arrive throughout or Post Early Access.***

A L L E G I A N C E S

FACTIONS  |  CORPORATIONS |  SYNDICATES

Join Faction divisions, Corporate Subsidiaries, or Syndicate Cells in an endless fight for territorial control of the Alpha Centauri star system.​

R E C R U I T

COMMAND

Recruit subordinates and issue commands. Deploy with a landing crew to explore the planet surface, or order your lieutenants to patrol a territory.

O S T

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

The beta decay original sound track (OST) along with album cover art.