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Press release:
October 10th, 2022.
The San Francisco Bay Area-based (California, the US) indie games developer Walternate Realities. are today super thrilled and happy to announce that their sci-fi strategy/sim “Cosmoteer” is coming to PC via Steam Early Access on October 24th, 2022.

Cosmoteer is FTL: Faster Than Light meets Prison Architect, which sees players create starships, assemble massive crews and explore multiple star systems to smash enemy ships into pieces.

Cosmoteer features extensive ship creation tools that offers vast scope for player creations what players can create. Form a crew ranging from half a dozen members to a thousand or more people, each with their own set of tasks to take on.

Fully design how the ship is shaped and what the floor plan looks like. From where to put the engines and reactors to how many lasers to place, the ship creator is easy to use but offers plenty of complexity.

Dozens of star systems are waiting to be explored in Cosmoteer’s several modes. The title of most famous “Cosmoteer” is up for grabs in the campaign mode, which can be played solo or with friends.

Throughout the campaign players can accept bounty missions to defeat other ships for rewards. Players can also take their ship piloting and design skills to the test in online PvP modes. Those who aren’t ready to battle other ships, can head into the Creative Mode where players can design cool starships with unlimited resources.

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander lands on PC in Early Access October 24th. Aspiring ship designers can wishlist the game on Steam now and check out the demo.

Key features:

Design awesome starships using intuitive ship creation tools that are easy to learn but hard to master. Fully customize your ship’s shape and floor plan, choosing where to place individual modules including weapons, engines, hallways, and crew’s quarters. Your ship’s design is key to its survival, and every decision you make will impact its performance in battle. Easily share your designs with others through the Steam Workshop, Forums, and Discord.
A ship’s crew is its lifeblood. Numbering from half-a-dozen to a thousand or more individually-simulated people, your crew will pilot your ship, operate its weapons, and carry munitions. How efficiently they operate determines how well your ship will perform in combat. Your crew are autonomous but you can optionally customize their behavior with specific roles and job priorities.
Command your ship or fleet in real-time tactical battles. Combat is physics-driven, explosive, and immensely satisfying. Each module can be individually targeted and destroyed, and whole ships can even break apart into multiple pieces. Target an enemy’s weapons to eliminate its offensive capability, destroy its shields to lower its defenses, or go for the kill by taking out its reactor.
Become the most famous “Cosmoteer” in the universe by battling A.I. ships, taking on contracts for factions, earning loot, and upgrading your own ship while exploring a procedurally-generated galaxy, alone or in online co-op with friends. Then test your ship design and command skills online against other players in multiple PvP battle modes. Or let your imagination fly free in the Creative Mode where you can build whatever you want with unlimited resources.
Expand with Mods. Still want more? A powerful modding framework and Steam Workshop will keep Cosmoteer constantly feeling fresh with new player-created weapons, modules, and other enhancements.

About Walternate Realities
Walternate Realities is an independent game studio founded by award-winning game designer and programmer Walt Destler and located in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, USA.