Beacon, the sci-fi action roguelite about dying and accidentally growing a shell and electric robot legs, has completed its long journey through Steam Early Access, and is now available for $20 (with an additional launch discount of 20% off).
Launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGxsRRYnzGc
In Beacon, you are tasked with getting off a hostile alien planet armed with nothing but your wits, a gun, and an indestructible clone bay. Each time you die, you have the opportunity to feed the DNA of your fallen enemies into your cloning machine to drastically change your stats and abilities to give yourself an edge in the next run. Discover the dark secrets of the planet upon which you've crash landed over dozens – perhaps hundreds – of cloned lives, and try to escape with a portion of your humanity intact.
Features
- A Rich Multi-Faction World to Scavenge -- Enter at the Kovus Outlands, fight your way through the Overgrown Spires, and push through the pollution to the cryptic Omega Vault where your Beacon is being held. Collect mementos to discover the mysteries behind the 5 Factions on Kovus-18, find Tinkered Weapon Variants left behind by previous clones, and track your secrets discovered at the end of each level.
- 100+ Mutations and 5 DNA Types -- Collect DNA from deceased enemies and alter your statistics after death. Gain new abilities with each new clone and alter your character into something not quite human.
- 300+ Items Spread Across 5 Item Types -- Find your favorite arsenal from unique technologies spread across the various factions. Regain an advantage with one time use Pickups, activate your reusable Auxiliary, swap your Grenade Mod, stock up on Passive Mods, and choose your 2 favorite Weapons.
- 100+ Enemies with Champion Variants -- The varied factions that inhabit Kovus-18 will fight each other as well as you, including hybrid Minibosses that mix together the abilities of multiple factions.
- 15+ Boss Fights -- Face off against the ultimate lifeforms of each faction including the Solus Hivemind, Prism Mainframe, and Tritoraptor Matriarch.
Beacon is now available on Steam and Itch.io, and is coming to the streaming service Utomik in January 2022. More information about Beacon and the team behind it can be found at beacon.monothetic.com and monothetic.com/press/. Game code can be requested by emailing jrussell@monothetic.com.