Maverick Games have released Stellar Tactics, an open-world space exploration, for Early Access on Steam. Stellar Tactics features squad-based combat and attempts to capture the wonder of classic RPGs.
In order to survive, players must build their team’s skills, and acquire better weapons, armor and other equipment they can find as they explore the game’s 10,000 sectors across 200,000 solar systems.
Watch the trailer below:
For a better understanding of the game, you can visit the game’s Steam page or take a look at the game’s features, detailed in a press release, below:
Fight
- Fight, disable and board enemy ships
- Tactical, turn based team combat – take advantage of cover and use your action points wisely to ensure victory
- Augment your weapons and defenses with modifications, devices and nano-technology
- Build your own specialists in a classless progression system – choose from hundreds of skill perks to customize your team members
Loot
- Procedural loot system generates thousands of item combinations
- Five weapon tiers, from basic to epic including armor sets and legendary weapons dropped from hand crafted faction and world bosses
- Customize your team with upgrades and modifications
- Personal shields, devices and med-packs will keep you alive when used strategically
Trade
- Choose your ship – fast and light for smuggling or massive and slow for large loads of cargo – pilot 40 ships, each with a unique upgradeable configuration
- Establish the most profitable trade routes between systems
- Craft some of the most powerful gear in the known universe for use or trade
- Hack stations and place data buoy’s for real time trading data
Explore
- Delve into hidden bases, ancient ruins and caves on planets
- Scout derelict ships, abandoned space stations and anomalies
- Prospect and mine asteroid fields and planetary resource nodes
- Gather scanning data that can be sold for profit
- Pilot your ship across a massive procedurally generated universe in search of fame and fortune