Subnautica dev unveils "analogue" turn-based tactics game Moonbreaker

After two games of terrifying deep sea survival, Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds is heading in a very different direction for its next project – a tabletop-inspired turn-based tactics game going by the name Moonbreaker, entering Steam early access on 29th September.

On a fundamental level, Moonbreaker, which has been in development for around five years, is surprisingly straightforward; each game sees players – either working against a human or AI opponent – strategising their way around a board, using careful positioning to their advantage as they work to annihilate the opposing player’s Captain.

So far so straightforward, but the complexity arrives when you begin factoring in the tactical options available to players during a match, including the likes of cover – which can either impenetrable or penetrable with an accuracy cost – plus Captains, crew members, ship assists, and resource management.