"Help, we're all going to d... Wha... Oh, excuse me, it seems my system is no longer up-to-date – [old memory status deleted] – so, much better… WELCOME to the Spacebase Startopia! I'm VAL, your helpful and efficient Space Station AI!

According to my records, this Station hasn’t been used at all in the last 17 years! How very strange. Furthermore, it would appear that you are the only rational life form in this Sector. Well then, CONGRATULATIONS! I hereby officially pronounce you Commander of this Space Station! Hopefully you will enjoy more success than your predecessor who, according to the logbook, er… ran into some wormlike Aliens… Oh, nothing to worry about!

To keep the same thing from happening to you, there's a lot you're going to have to do. Amongst others, there’s the development of further Sectors, maintenance of the three vital Main Decks as well as the customer acquisition and entertainment of our extraterrestrial visitors, who provide us with sufficient Energy for our plans for global improvement. Oh, and before I forget – it's probably just a bug in my security protocols anyway – but my sensors are showing just loads of enemy creatures in all of the other Sectors…

So, what are we waiting for? Let's get to work! Let us join forces to conquer space."

Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios have today announced that upcoming space station management sim Spacebase Startopia is now available to pre-purchase and play immediately on Xbox One, Series X|S through Xbox Game Preview, as well as PC via the Kalypso Store and Steam. Optimized for the Xbox family of devices, Spacebase Startopia allows players to manage their very own donut-shaped space station and deck the space (base) as they see fit with a host of galactic gadgetry so to pique the interest of a range of diverse alien lifeforms.

Budding bridge commanders and planetary pâtissiers can pre-purchase the game now via Xbox Game Preview or the Kalypso Store to receive 10% off and unfiltered access to the beta and full game when it launches across Xbox One, Series X and S devices via Microsoft's Smart Delivery initiative.

Spacebase Startopia is a galactic new take on a fan-favourite space base-management game set in...well, space! This vibrant and often absurd universe offers players an exciting blend of city building and base-management, with a flash of RTS skirmishes.

By breathing life back into a true classic, developer Realmforge Studios strikes a careful balance between nostalgia and innovation in its reimagining of the popular strategy game, which revolves around a donut-shaped space station filled to the brim with a colorful cast of aliens managed by their tireless commander (that’s you, human). 

In Spacebase Startopia, players will carve out their own little space in the universe, ready to become a galactic utopia – if your management skills are up to the task. With three different game modes and a vast amount of management decisions to be made under the watchful eye of the VAL, the station’s sardonic AI, there’s plenty of in-depth gameplay waiting for new and seasoned players alike. But beware of invading Space Pirates, who will do their best to ruin your carefully laid plans!

Spacebase Startopia offers a constant stream of challenging and addictive objectives to be completed, served up with the distinctive humour and sharp writing that developer Realmforge Studios is known for. Just ask VAL if you don’t believe us! But, uh – ask nicely.

Key Features:

• Single player campaign with 4 fully voiced single player missions
• Learn with 5 fun tutorials
• Competitive and a cooperative multiplayer for up to 4 players
• Multiplayer mode: Quick Match, Skirmish Mode (8 out of 9 levels unlocked), CoOp first 4 Missions
• Individually configurable sandbox mode
• Build lots of rooms across three very different decks to offer everything that the visiting aliens could wish for
• Manage a melting pot of different alien races, each with their own individual – and sometimes contradictory - needs and desires
• Produce and trade resources to turn a profit, while running sabotage missions against your competitors

Spacebase Startopia is coming to Nintendo Switch, PC/Mac/Linux (Steam), PS4/PS5, Xbox One/XSX in Spring 2021.