Beacon follows the journey of space privateer, Freja Akiyama, on her endless search for her crashed ship’s emergency distress beacon. In your search you’ll not only find weapons and items to help you; you’ll also be collecting DNA from the enemies you defeat. When you inevitably die, you’re given the opportunity to integrate the DNA you've collected into your genome, allowing you to alter your statistics and gain gameplay-altering physical mutations for your next clone's life.

Freja’s story is revealed throughout the game as you find notes and items left behind by previous clones, along with uncovering the mysteries surrounding the planet Kovus 18. Why are so many dangerous specimens free to roam the globe and is there an orchestrator?

In the search for the Beacon, new questions arise; just how many clones of Freja are there? How long has she been stuck in an infinite cycle of survival? How much of her humanity will be sacrificed?

A lush, unwelcoming planet, Kovus 18 is swarming with deadly enemies, traps and natural hazards. Delve into six procedurally generated levels that change each time you are replicated. Multiple warring factions populate the planet, each more deadly than the next. Each faction has their own set of unique DNA and mutations, allowing you to become a battle-hardened mass of metal, a luminous abomination of insect flesh, or anything in between. Defeat the faction champions, and unlock hundreds of weapon and upgrade variants in your quest to reach the cryptic Prism Vault and retrieve the beacon.

Monothetic is exhausted but still fairly excited to announce that on Beacon will be leaving Early Access for its full release on December 15, 2021 through Steam, Itch.io and Utomik.

Joe Russell, co-founder and writer at Monothetic, is quoted as saying “We’ve been working on Beacon in some form for most of our professional lives, and, frankly, seeing this final milestone coming up is a lot like watching the approaching void of death. At least in this case, other people get to play a game we think has turned out pretty well. It has a thing where you can turn into a spinning cosmic octopus for a bit. That’s probably better than death, I think.”

Key Features:

• 6 Randomly Generated Levels -- Enter at the Kovus Outlands, fight your way through the Overgrown Spires, and push through the pollution to the cryptic Omega Vault where your Beacon is being held
• A Rich Multi-Faction World to Scavenge -- Collect mementos to discover the mysteries behind the 5 Factions on Kovus-18, find Tinkered Weapon Variants left behind by previous clones, and track your percentage of secrets discovered at the end of each level
• 10+ Unique Weather Types with Storm Events -- Avoid or make tactical use of Hailshards, Tesla Storms, and Polluted Tornadoes.
• 100+ Mutations and 5 DNA Types -- Collect DNA from deceased enemies and alter your statistics after death. Gain new abilities with each new clone and alter your character into something not quite human.
• 180+ Items Spread Across 4 Item Types -- Regain an advantage with one time use Pickups, activate your reusable Auxiliary, swap your Grenade Mod, and stock up on Passive Mods
• 120+ Weapons -- Find your favorite arsenal from unique technologies spread across the various factions
• 100+ Enemies with Champion Variants -- The varied factions that inhabit Kovus-18 will fight each other as well as you
• 15+ Boss Fights -- Face off against the ultimate lifeforms of each faction including the Solus Hivemind, Prism Mainframe, and Tritoraptor Matriarch

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Beacon is coming to PC (Steam, Itch.io and Utomik) on December 15, 2021, followed by Xbox One at a later time.