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Beat the Machine: Rebooted is a top-down arcade shooter set inside the Origin Sectors, a fictional world within a computer where each sector acts as a motherboard. You play as Damon, a cocky cadet and the last hope for Sector VIII, the smallest of 11 sectors and the last one still surviving. With guidance from Sector VIII natives Logan, Syncopia and Pete, you fight T.O.M. (Totally Overpowered Machine), a virus invading the sector and seeking to take control of every sector to build a supercomputer from their components.

Levels and enemies

You travel through 25 levels corrupted by T.O.M.’s virus brigade, each with its own objectives and strategies for clearing it. The game includes nine enemy types with varying difficulty and five bosses. There are no checkpoints within a level, but your progress is saved when you reach its end zone.

Skills and combat

You can choose from over 70 skills and combinations, including upgrades to rate of fire, damage and armor. Time Capsule slows enemies in an area and deals damage over time; Wave Dash lets you reposition and can be upgraded to damage enemies you pass through. Pulse Blast knocks enemies away, Nano-Tornado spins them out, and Engine Burst creates a large explosion around the XV9 ship. Other skills can reduce cooldowns. Automated XV9-Bot and Time Capsule can be placed using a targeting indicator with a controller or aimed with a cursor using a keyboard and mouse.

Game modes

Casual, Advanced and Nightmare change how you can use skills: Casual allows unlimited skill resets, Advanced allows no resets, and Nightmare limits the total number of skills you can take. Survival is an endless mode where you try to last as long as possible without taking lethal damage. You earn credits by shooting enemies and spend them on upgrades for the XV9 ship; Survival also features skills to unlock.

Ship customizations

You can customize your ship with a selection of 12 or more paint colors. Each color is unlocked by completing achievements, and unlocking all achievements awards a special paint color.