Kanka
Kanka is a 1–4 player co-op sci-fi action RPG / third-person shooter. Complete dangerous missions on SP-01, fight hostile factions, explore dangerous regions, craft key tools, progress your character, and work together to find a way home.
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What is Kanka?
Kanka is a co-op-first sci-fi action RPG / third-person shooter for 1–4 players.
You are part of a volunteer team sent to SP-01 after earlier expeditions disappeared without contact. The mission goes wrong before it truly begins: your ship is hit during descent, the squad crash-lands, and the only way forward is to regroup, grow stronger, and find a way home without leaving anyone behind.
Fight Your Way Off SP-01
SP-01 is a dangerous research planet shaped by missing expeditions, damaged routes, aggressive creatures, and organized enemy factions.
Your journey begins near the crash site. From there, the squad pushes toward Dustline Camp, an early hub for missions, crafting, repairs, character progression, and preparing for the next step deeper into the planet.
Explore, Craft, Progress
Kanka is built around an action RPG loop focused on forward momentum:
Explore hostile regions of SP-01
Fight enemy groups in third-person combat
Collect weapons, materials, ammo, keys, and mission items
Craft key tools and repair damaged systems
Improve your character and prepare your squad for tougher encounters
Push toward the next objective on the path home
The current alpha focuses on the first playable slice of this loop: crash recovery, early missions, combat, crafting, progression, and the Dustline Camp flow.
Role-Based Team Play
Kanka can be played solo, but it is designed around 1–4 player co-op.
Bring your Kankas, combine class roles, support each other in combat, and test the foundations of online co-op as the game grows through alpha development.
Choose Your Class
Kanka features four playable class identities:
Soldier — frontline pressure and protection
Doctor — healing and team recovery
Engineer — utility, devices, and tactical support
Scientist — tech-focused support and damage amplification
Each class is intended to give the squad a different kind of edge during missions and combat encounters.
Current Alpha Focus
Kanka is currently in active development. The v0.6-alpha Closed Alpha Playtest focuses on the first story slice and core gameplay foundations, including:
Crash Site onboarding missions
Dustline Camp as the first main hub
Third-person combat
Exploration and mission flow
Loot and inventory systems
Crafting and repair objectives
Character progression foundations
Online co-op foundations
This is an early alpha build, not a final demo. Bugs, missing content, balance issues, and unfinished areas should be expected.
Help Shape Kanka
We are building Kanka with community feedback in mind. If you join the Closed Alpha Playtest, your feedback will help us improve combat feel, mission flow, crafting, progression, co-op stability, class roles, and the overall player experience.
Wishlist Kanka and request access to the playtest on Steam.
