9.6 /10 1 Votes
5/5 Facebook Distributor(s) Steam Initial release date 5 August 2015 | 9/10 Steam Publisher(s) Eleon Game Studios Release date(s) 5 August 2015 Developer Eleon Game Studios | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Adventure game, Open world, Survival game Similar Dual Universe, Space Engineers, Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, Starbound | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world, space survival indie adventure game. It was released via early access on 5 August 2015 by Eleon Game Studios.
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Gameplay
Players crash land on an alien planet, where they must survive a hostile environment. Their escape pod includes a variety of common resources, though they need to forage to find rarer materials. Using the pod's constructor, they can build a variety of objects, including bases, ground vehicles, and spaceships. In multiplayer, the planets are persistent worlds, and players can interact with each other, including trading and player versus player combat.
Development
Empyrion was designed to focus on making exploration interesting. In an interview, the team referenced a German proverb that translates to "the journey is the reward". Comparing their game to No Man's Sky, Eleon said they wanted to make exploration fun first, then work on expanding the game to support a massive number of planets. Community involvement is another focus. A rotating number of player-created schematics for bases and ships are featured in-game, and surveys determine what features Eleon prioritizes.
