Beast Market

Beast Market is a free-to-play idle hunting economy RPG in which you send a heroine to hunt beasts, then use the parts they drop to craft gear, develop systems and supply the market. Hunting continues while the game is closed, and you choose what to hunt, keep, spend or sell.

Heroines and equipment

Choose between five 3D heroines: Vera, Hisame, Ryuka, Zaira and Sera. They have voiced battle lines, facial expressions, and hair and clothing that move during fights. All five are free, can use all six weapon families, and can be switched at any time from the heroine card. Between hunts, your heroine hoes, waters and harvests the farm while your companion waits beside the field.

Crafted armor appears on your heroine, with 36 sets that can be mixed across the head, chest, arms, waist and legs. Each weapon family has its own 3D weapons, and higher-tier gear glows with its tier's aura. Layering lets you unlock gear appearances permanently without changing stats: each of 564 weapon and armor blueprints has a corresponding Layer Ticket, which drops from the same Hunt Cores at one-tenth of the blueprint's rate on a separate roll. Craft a layer with one ticket, the gear's materials and Gold. Weapons can only use appearances of the same weapon type, and Empowered and Apex armor appearances retain their aura. Spare tickets can be listed on the Steam Community Market or donated to your nation during Pre-War for 10 times the CE of their blueprint.

Hunting and combat

Challenge 30 fully animated 3D beasts, each with Standard, Empowered and Apex variants. Lock-on marks breakable parts and the value of their drops, helping you target materials. You can study weaknesses, hit zones, part breaks, captures and ailments, then combine six weapon families with equipment skills. When your gauge is ready, trigger BURST to have your heroine unleash her signature move as the camera closes in. Hunts progress automatically, including while offline; higher Apex Levels bring stronger, larger enemies and access to higher-tier rare discoveries. Eight major beasts have dedicated battle themes.

The game also has Simple display mode, which keeps your heroine in place with a fixed camera and no hair or cloth physics. Low, Medium and High render quality settings let you trade detail for performance.

Materials and progression

Materials can go toward equipment, Awakening, layering and build progression, or be invested in Ecological Research, Frontier Outposts and Beast Training. Eligible items can also be supplied to the Steam Community Market, while the market can provide materials you are missing. Materials that one player has in surplus may be needed by another for research, development or training.

Ecological Research

Choose a research target, investigation method and reward focus, then gather evidence through a three-battle Grand Hunt. Progress reveals rare ecologies and new Beast companions, and unlocks ways to target blueprints and gems.

Frontier Outpost

Choose a region, supply route, facility and regional policy, then commit materials to an unattended operation. Required materials and results depend on the activity you support, so you can adjust your plan to your inventory and next objective.

Beast Training and Arena

Raise discovered Beasts and choose a training branch and tactics. Your active companion fights beside your heroine in 3D during regular hunts and can enter asynchronous 3D Arena matches against Beasts raised by other players. Training and Arena progress also contribute to your power against World Calamity.

Pre-War

During a campaign, you can donate eligible items to your nation and convert them into CE. CE powers frontline troops, structures, summons and national operations. The Front view shows your corridor in live 3D, where your heroine fights alongside allies against enemy infantry, summons and fortifications. Summons include the War-Storm Dragon, the Phantom Raider and the Castle Crusher; fortifications include defense walls and siege cannons. Switch between the North, Central and South corridors or open the battle map. Pre-War progresses asynchronously, and players can join after a campaign has begun.

World Calamity

World Calamity is Season 1's integrated endgame, bringing together progress from equipment, Ecological Research, Outposts, Beast Training, Arena and war. Each Calamity is a towering 3D beast with three phases. You can conquer higher ranks and compete on daily, weekly and all-time leaderboards.

A Mythic Relic called the Calamity Origin Core can be discovered through World Calamity and high-level Apex hunts. It is exceptionally rare and tradable. Use one to raise the Awakening Level of a crafted Legendary armor piece by 5; advanced Legendary Awakening otherwise consumes large quantities of materials.

Steam Community Market

Eligible items, including Layer Tickets, can be transferred to Steam Inventory and listed on the Steam Community Market. Not every material or finished equipment piece is tradable. Players control their own listings, purchases, prices and cancellations through Steam, and the game does not list items automatically on their behalf.

Free-to-play progression

There are no paid loot boxes, premium currency or direct sales of combat power. Hunting, gear crafting, layering, research, Outpost development, training and ranking challenges progress through gameplay and in-game materials. Optional DLC expands convenience features such as storage and unattended operation.