Underspace (2024)

Face thunderous monsters, join up with devious pirates, loot ancient star cities, and make your mark on a galaxy of storms and secrets in this open world lovecraftian spacefighter RPG! Explore a vast handmade universe full of quests, bosses, and loot. Includes online multiplayer and mod support. Inspired by classic space games, Underspace is an open-world space arcade dogfighting game, where every star system is crafted by hand, and every star system has something to see or do. Jump into the bizarre galaxy of Croft, step into the role you want, and thrive alone or online with friends. But beware! The storms rule the stars.

Storyline

Underspace follows the tragic tale of Kardoz, a disgraced noble stripped of his wealth and power now eking out a living as a starchaser. In a galaxy rife with plundering pirates, crazy cultists, sudden storms, and malicious monsters, starchasing is a dangerous career where the risks are great but the rewards are even greater. While Underspace provides the protagonist’s prompt, players decide how his story unfolds – want to make a name as a renown monster hunter, slaying celestial behemoths one by one? Perhaps the mercenary life is more appealing, raking in the kills and becoming an ace pilot in no time? Should the exploration bug bite, a vast amount of ancient civilizations are ripe for rediscovery. Or, if a consistent routine calls, there’s money to be made in space mining, trading, or couriering. Whatever the case may be, Underspace allows players to find their footing in Croft as they see fit. Unfortunately, Croft is not a safe, sane place – every nook and cranny holds the possibility of danger, even for those who yearn for a peaceful existence. Players will need to become versed in the art of spacefighting, their stormfighters gracefully zipping across the sky as they engage in the delicate dance of death. Of course, those skilled enough to survive this fast-paced, frenetic gameplay will be greatly rewarded – looting the mechanical corpses of the fallen yields cash and cargo to be used in customizing ships, purchasing upgrades, and as commodities to trade or sell at a profit. As the saying goes, it’s dangerous to go alone. So why should you? Questing in Underspace can be a solo experience if desired, but perhaps the real gameplay is in the friends we made along the way. Create your own squadron with recruitable NPCs from all walks of intergalactic life, complete with their own unique backstories and missions to undertake. And with online multiplayer support in the works, Underspace continues to prove that space need not be a lonely experience.