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Exo Chumps

Brutal tactical turn-based combat challenging your commander skills. Unforgiving strategic decision making only true generals can withstand. Beaten down by an alien invasion. Risen from victory. Travel to different planets, conquer new worlds or join forces with alien allies.

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June 3, 2026
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About the Game

Lead humanity into a new era. Beaten down by an alien invasion. Risen from victory. Travel to different planets, conquer new worlds or join forces with alien allies.

  • Brutal tactical turn-based combat challenging your commander skills.

  • Unforgiving strategic decision making only true generals can withstand.

  • A bagillion of items for you to loot and micro-manage.

Exo Chumps  takes place in a universe full of diverse factions.

Freedom-loving Raiders who live how they want and take what they want, yet fearful of the ominous Star Gods.

The Star Gods - their will enforced by the Brutes: tall beasts as religously faithful as dependent on the mysterious Ambrosia.

The administrators of the universe, not the Star Gods but by their will, the Merchant Combine: logistics, security, manufacturing. Everything goes through Mercom, everyone pays Mercom (maybe no the Raiders...).

But who are the Star Gods? Nobody knows. Nobody dares to know. Except the Minotaur Rebellion who openly oppose them - for which they suffer a gruesome fate.

And then Earth gets dragged into all of this.

Key Features

  • Turn-based combat: Moving and attacking costs Action Points (APs). Some actions are free if you have APs left.

  • Real-time combat: Blasphemy! In a turn-based game? Yes! The best of your Chumps will master the ability to shoot in real time.

  • Melee Lock: Stand right next to an enemy? There is no shooting now. So have a combat knife in your inventory.

  • Sweet Spot: Stand right next diagonal to an enemy? How can you ever miss that shot? Exactly! You won't.

  • Destructible environments: See that ugly wall? Blow it up. Enemy cover? Pack in cover buster rockets. No line-of-sight? Chug a grenade.

  • Procedurally generated worlds mixed with hand-crafted missions. Dynamic quests. Different factions per battle that may be hostile or indifferent to you or each other.

  • Tools: Projectile weapons, rail guns, lasers, plasma, grenades, rocket launchers, 1-handed melee weapons, 2-handed ones, vests, backpacks, outfits, armos, energy shields.

  • Abilities and perks: Reaction fire, Overatch, Faces Off

  • Battles: Fight in deserts, forests, snow, swamps or ashlands. Enjoy the scenery of Earth ruins, alien cities, outposts, camps, factories, military bases, or space ships. Fight evil killer robots, help friends, terrorize enemies yourself.

  • Research your way through the galaxy: unlock new tech, factions, worlds and threats.

  • WorkShop: Craft items, scavange, let your Chumps offer their skills to other factions.

  • Infirmary: Take care of your wounded Chumps after battle. Not enough doctors? Decide who is gonna live or die.

  • Missions: You decide how to approach missions: wanna raid the settlement for loot or send a diplomatic envoye? Wanna help your friends or join the attackers?

  • Inventory: Different character slots, items with sub-slots. Pocket slots and back packs.