Beyond Contact

About

Beyond Contact drops you on a hostile alien planet where every decision matters. You scavenge resources, craft tools, and build bases to withstand brutal weather and lethal wildlife. The procedurally generated world of Ketern shifts constantly, forcing you to adapt as new threats emerge. Manage research, defend settlements, and balance survival needs with a story-driven mission to stabilize the planet’s collapsing core. The environment itself feels like an active enemy eager to erase your progress. The game’s pulp sci-fi aesthetic channels retro comics with bold lines and vibrant color contrasts. As a Space Corps operative, you navigate moral choices while figuring out the mystery of Ketern’s energy crisis. Community feedback highlights its punishing difficulty curve and dense systems that take time to master. Launched late 2022 on PS4, PS5, Xbox, and PC, it supports co-op for shared survival challenges. Player forums note a steep learning curve but praise the payoff of mastering its layered mechanics.

Storyline

In the year 2766, Quinn Hicks an elite member of Space Corps, the expeditionary arm of the UWC, is called in to respond to a growing crisis at the edge of known space. The planet of Ketern is breaking apart, a yet unknown energy source emanating from the planet's interior is threatening the civilization that calls Ketern home...