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Press release:
Dusseldorf, Germany, Monday August 24, 2020.
stillalive studios and astragon Entertainment GmbH are today very excited and happy to announce that their sci-fi strategy-aventure “Drone Swarm” is coming to PC via Steam Steam on October 20th, 2020

“Drone Swarm “will be released digitally for PC on 20 October 2020. Starting today the sci-fi strategy adventure, in which you command a swarm of 32,000 drones, can be pre-ordered on Steam™. For all the players who would like to get an insight of Drone Swarm before release, a demo can be downloaded on Steam™ today.

On October 20th, your mission will start: In Drone Swarm, you can use a gigantic swarm of 32,000 drones to search for a New Earth in the vastness of space.

When purchasing Drone Swarm, prospective captains can choose between a Standard Edition, which includes the basic game, and a Deluxe Edition, which provides additional digital content in addition to the basic game. These include the first issue of the official comic from 451 Media, the soundtrack composed exclusively for Drone Swarm, and two additional weapon upgrades for your mothership.

Those who pre-order Drone Swarm today can also look forward to a bonus: before the release on October 20th, the Deluxe Edition will be available at the price of the Standard Edition of 19.99€/24.99$/17.99£. The Deluxe content will be available for free during this period.

Even if it will not be possible to play at this year’s Gamescom in Cologne, which opens its doors virtually on Thursday, fans can still have a real hands-on experience. For this reason, a demo version of the space adventure is available at Steam™ now – for everyone and without a long waiting line.

This demo shows the first missions of the upcoming Sci-Fi strategy-adventure and includes English voice recordings for the first time. Those who are unable to play during Gamescom should not be disappointed, as the Drone Swarm demo will continue to be available after the digital fair.

Drone Swarm will be released digitally on Steam™ on October 20th. The Standard Edition will cost 19.99€/24.99$/17.99£. (RRP) and the Deluxe Edition 24.99€/29.99$/22.49£. Before release the Deluxe Edition can be pre-ordered at the discounted price of 19.99€/24.99$/17.99£.

About Drone Swarm:
You are Captain Carter controlling a swarm of 32,000 drones! Aboard the spaceship Argo you strategically deploy them to overcome any obstacle. Split the swarm to simultaneously defend your ship and attack the enemy.

Develop your own tactics, creatively outsmart the enemy, and exploit the environment to destroy alien aggressors. Explore the uncharted galaxy with its many dangers on your mission to find New Earth. Evolve the swarm with new abilities and keep upgrading your mothership to overcome ever more powerful threats.

astragon Entertainment GmbH
astragon Entertainment (founded in 2000) ranks among the leading independent games publishers in Germany. Our versatile product portfolio focuses on high-quality technical simulation games such as Construction Simulator, Farming Simulator or Bus Simulator, but also covers complex economic simulations and strategy games.

The distribution of the Big Fish franchise (Mystery Case Files, Dark Parables, Grim Tales) completes our exciting product range. Games by astragon are available world-wide on many different platforms such as consoles, smartphones, tablets and PC. Please visit us for more information at http://www.astragon.de/en/.

stillalive studios
stillalive studios is an award-winning game development team whose goal is to create dynamic and unique games. The company was incorporated in early 2013 in Innsbruck (Austria) and today counts about 20 members.

We are an experienced and enthusiastic team of game developers embracing both gameplay and technological challenges, working with both Unity and Unreal. For more information visit http://stillalive-studios.com/.