Cthulhull breach!

Image credit:No More Robots

Image credit:No More Robots

A scene of hex-based space combat in Starless Abyss

After a hard day’s editing articles about threeDisco Elysiumspiritual successors - eachmorepoliticallyoutspokenthan the last, in a kind of Sophisticated Pooh collage of escalating Marxism - I like to kick back with a nice chill game about Lovecraftian space monsters.

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Start your run playing ‘Lucid Proxima’ and command a fleet of ships through battle across the universe. Successful missions reward you with new artifacts to upgrade your ships, D.I.C.E to help sway pivotal moments between missions or cards from different factions, which can be collected, combined and combo-ed to help destroy the eldritch beasts. Beware though! The closer you get to the ultimate Outer Gods, the more your Proxima’s sanity depletes. Or embrace your insanity and harness the power of the occult using annihilating Ritual Cards to take down your opposition.

It’s out in 2025 - here’sthe Steam page with more. I’m kind of burned out on sci-fi deckbuilders afterBreachway, but as a Homeworld: Cataclysm cultist, I do like me some cosmic body horror in space. If you like the cut of these screaming entrails, may I also recommendR-Type Tactics?