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Exoplanet: First Contact

Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.

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Developer
Alersteam
Publisher
GrabTheGames, UpgradePoint
Release
December 9, 2016
9 years and 238 days ago
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Mostly Positive331 reviews74.3%

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About the Game



Some say that Frontier’s gone, once mankind has explored the whole Earth. But it’s not. Now space is a new Frontier.



Exoplanet: First Contact is a third-person Action RPG set in a world of space western where technologies of the future meet cruel laws of good old Wild West. Explore the vast open world of the unknown and dangerous planet, leaving no stone unturned—weapons, gear, ore, food, even a bottle of fresh water—everything will be useful for a loner stuck many parsecs from home.



Do not shy away from any job, even a dirty one, but take care—no one can be trusted. Master new skills and use them to outsmart your enemies or you'll end up dead in the gutter in no time. Will you become a mean and ruthless bounty hunter or a kind and eloquent friend of colonists and natives? It’s up to you!

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