WorldShift

About

WorldShift is a real-time strategy game that tasks players with building bases, managing resources, and commanding forces in a fractured future. You take control of one of Earth’s last human mega-cities or the mutated Tribes warped by a cosmic disaster. The goal is to outmaneuver rivals, secure scarce materials, and adapt to ever-changing environments reshaped by a mysterious force. Combat blends base construction with fast-paced unit management, requiring constant adjustments to survive shifting threats. The game’s setting merges sci-fi and fantasy through a world where ancient technology collides with evolved biology. The Plague from Shard Zero alters terrain and factions unpredictably, forcing players to rethink strategies mid-match. Multiplayer and co-op modes let teams collaborate or compete across maps that evolve in real time. Though released in 2008, its blend of dynamic environments and faction diversity remains a standout for strategy fans looking beyond typical RTS tropes.

Storyline

"In the 21st century, shortly after the colonization of our Solar System had begun, a huge dark object appeared beyond the orbit of Pluto. The object, called ‘Shard Zero’ by the scientists, possessed some kind of a deadly aura, spreading mysterious ‘plague’ of cosmic scale around itself, twisting and disrupting the very nature of space and life. There was no time for reaction, and all attempts to study the anomaly remained futile. When we finally realized the object is moving on a collision course with our planet, it was too late. Shard Zero hit Earth and that was the end of our civilization. WorldShift is set thousands of years later, when our civilization is no more than a fading myth. The remains of Shard Zero still are spreading its Plague, twisting and re-shaping Earth and its nature, sometimes in the course of centuries and sometimes in a matter of hours. Humans developed a new culture and now live in 5 mega-cities, struggling every day for the precious resources they need to survive. The rest of Earth is populated by the Tribes, successors of early humans, that were affected by the Plague."