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Escalate

A system-heavy RPG sandbox with interlocking skills and progression systems. Build your island, master your abilities, and face the Observer to unlock new features that evolve your gameplay.

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About the Game

This is a system-heavy RPG sandbox that reimagines standard skills, turning them into unique, interlocking mechanics. Progress through achievements and unlockable rewards to expand your island in the void, transforming it into a hub of innovation and strategy.

Engage with eight core skill systems, develop your skills across the endless void, and face the Ominous Observer to unlock new features that evolve gameplay. Every choice, interaction, and upgrade expands your experience, creating a layered, long-term progression that grows with you.



Building: Create a Fortress in the void with stylized blocks and begin to prepare for the fight or create a cozy cabin to relax as you watch your plants grow and machines whirr.

Farming: Plant and crossbreed with over 20 different plants. Collect them all and make your green thumb even more green.

Prospecting: Establish your floating quarry by gathering Rocky Outcrops and gather 9 different metals. Discover geodes to gather 7 different gems. 

Sorcery: Study the forgotten knowledge to unlock powerful buffs and spells. 

Metallurgy: Melt your ingots down into liquid to cast into your flasks and create powerful tools and weapons.

Alchemy: Discover and Combine ingredients to create powerful elixirs and concoctions to prepare for your fight against powerful foes or improve your haul.

Taming: Summon and tame 3 pets that each have distinct abilities to overcome the odds. 

Engineering: Create new tools and machines to escalate your abilities further. Forge and remake your existing tools to withstand tests to come.

Fight against the Ominous Observer to reclaim new ways to escalate your abilities and unlock new features.

Unlock Constellations to ascend to new heights with powerful buffs and unlocks.

Progress and test your might further through Simulations. Navigate through new challenges and fight new beasts. 

Reclaim lost Artefacts and restore their might to provide new powerful features and buffs.