Scion

Scion is our flagship real-time starship combat and exploit and expand game.

It’s both a nostalgic love letter to the past and unique update to one of the most original and earliest eSportz of all time.

Featuring procedural generated systems and streamlined gameplay while updating for modern systems and networking, we’re hoping you will love playing it against your friends (and dear enemies).

The pitch

The collapse of the Imperium left the Rim without support. Races and factions immediately saw the need to both defend and seize systems in an effort to halt the coming apocalypse.

You and your team command the naval forces of what remains. The links connecting the Rim to the central Imperium irrevocably sundered through a catastrophic gravitational collapse whose waves irrevocably destroyed the gates that connected the edge of known to the centre. It may take centuries to reestablish the life-giving links to the rest of the galaxy.

Already, rivalries have flared between you and your ancient foes. Mistrust is breeding dissent, dissent has resulting in skirmishes, and now stellar conflict between races and factions seems inevitable. In the end, the Rim is only big enough for one of you.

Choose the composition of your fleet and your commanders, and waeg war system by system, strategically choosing choke points and resources to fuel your war effort while tactically defending and attacking key systems, taking them and, most importantly, holding them.

Build, adapt mid-flight, and pivot your fleet mates on a dime to push through to the enemy home world. 9v9 combat in real-time from your favourite system.

Or, play against the AI. We’ve honed its tactics and strategy over hundreds of hours of simulated gameplay. It’s not Kasparaov, but good luck having that cheese strat of yours work for long. It’s boxing clever.

You’ll need to be both strategically and tactically talented, as well as coordinate with your other independent captains, to win.

How it plays

Each game is a self-contained evolving tactical and strategic challenge. Pick your ships, scout your region, and be wary of being flanked by an enemy that knows you’re out there. Then drop into real-time combat to both take new planets and systems as well as defend yours against being taken

The moment-to-moment gameplay is fast and decisive. Position your units, time your abilities, exploit your systems. The rogue-lite layer means no two runs play the same way, even before the enemy (or AI) starts learning your habits.