Beyond Contact
A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead!
71%of 1,156 Steam reviews— Mostly Positive71% of 1,156 Steam reviews are positive — Mostly Positive
Details
- Developer
- Playcorp Studios
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Released
- Apr 4, 2023
- Price
- $19.99
- Platform
- PC
Multiplayer
- Online co-op
- Yes
- Split screen co-op
- Not listed
- LAN co-op
- Not listed
- Crossplay
- Not listed
- Remote Play Together
- Not listed
About this game
Beyond Contact is an innovative science fiction survival crafting game that features a top-down art style inspired by pulp science-fiction comics, providing a distinct visual aesthetic.
Offering players the option to engage in a narrative-driven Story Mode or an open-ended Conquest Mode, Beyond Contact's narrative objectives and moral dilemmas are reminiscent of contemporary science-fiction films.
Beyond Contact's gameplay includes a robust system of research and crafting, allowing players to create a wide variety of tools, weapons, gadgets, and structures to aid in their survival. The habitat building, farming, and game mechanics are fun and satisfying to use. The game's open world features a diverse array of fauna and flora. For players who prefer a more casual pace, the game offers a range of game customization settings.
Your Adventure Starts Now!
In the year 2766, Quinn Hicks an elite member of Space Corps, the expeditionary arm of the UWC, is called in to respond to a growing crisis at the edge of known space. The planet of Ketern is breaking apart, a yet unknown energy source emanating from the planet's interior is threatening the civilization that calls Ketern home...
Conquest Mode
Join the fight for control of the planet Ketern in Beyond Contact's new Conquest Mode. This free-form survival experience offers endless gameplay, huge base-building opportunities, and epic battles against the formidable Corrupted hordes.
Story Mode
Polished through collaboration with the dedicated community, the Story Mode is ready to immerse players in an epic journey of exploration and discovery where you fight to save an entire civilization and planet from annihilation.
Coop
Work cooperatively with other players to succeed. Each player can use a character with unique abilities, skills, and tools. Revive fallen teammates with new multiplayer only features. Work together to complete shared research and objectives.
Dynamic 3D Engine
Can you survive the dynamically diverse, robustly detailed, and unquestionably deadly world of Ketern?
Science Fiction Setting
Utilize your Space Corps-issued equipment, weapons, and AtmoSuits to explore the diverse alien environments, discover extraordinary creatures and unusual plants, and eventually come face to face with the ancient civilization of Ketern.
Now featuring a diverse cast of unique playable characters, each with their own skills, abilities, and equipment. Quinn is a versatile generalist, Kangah a fierce warrior, and Professor Zaine an expert builder. A 4th character is being developed and will be added after release.
Robust Research and Crafting
Scan, collect, mine, and scavenge the planet's exotic materials while utilizing the deep and rewarding research and crafting system to survive and thrive the dying planet and its often aggressive inhabitants.
With the new farming system and structure create genetically modified plants, build farms inside protective habitats, optimize yields to secure your survival in an unforgiving world.
Intuitive Base Building and Power Grid System
Build, expand, and defend your base of operations, while pushing the unique power grid and oxygen/heat systems to their limits.
With the new Habitat system, you can build the ultimate survival sanctuary and take your base-building creativity to the next level.
Narrative Driven Quests and Factional Alien NPCs
Collaborate with alien civilizations, discover previously unknown technology, and uncover the truth of the planet's demise along your journey to help the locals.
Devolving World
Ripped apart by an onslaught of dark rifts, Ketern's once-thriving biomes are being overtaken by dangerous hazards and chaotic weather fallout. Do you have what it takes to survive?
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