Beyond.Frontiers

Beyond.Frontiers is a space sandbox set in a moving galaxy, where you can trade, explore, fight and build a place among the stars. Fly your own ship, take on missions and manage a fleet as the galaxy’s economy and events continue beyond the sector you are visiting.

Fly across the galaxy

Pilot your ship with arcade-style mouse steering, switching to a free cursor for menus and the map with a single keypress. Fight pirates, hunt bounties, escort traders and respond to distress calls. Travel between sectors through huge ancient jump gates and hyperlanes, then dock at stations, shipyards and showrooms to refit or repair your ship and browse the ship dealer’s showroom.

Trade and explore

Each station has its own stock, prices and demand, and the economy is simulated across the galaxy. Traders can be lost in dangerous, low-security systems: convoys may be raided, goods can go missing and resulting shortages ripple outward. Random events affect routes, while news brings nearby losses and opportunities to your attention if you have good standing with the faction involved.

You can leave orbit, enter a planet’s atmosphere, land and step out of your ship. Explore megacities with towering residential blocks and enter buildings ranging from lobbies to bars and basement parties. You can also search for multi-floor underground subway dungeons and fight on foot with a growing arsenal of weapons and attachments.

Build your fleet

The factions build many kinds of ships, from nimble fighters to heavy freighters. You can own several and pilot one yourself, while hiring pilots for the rest. Each pilot has Bravery, Resourcefulness and Navigation ratings and works as a combat pilot, trader, explorer or miner. Better pilots survive longer but take a larger cut.

You can plan a Forward Operating Base (FOB) where your miners deliver their resources, and defend it against attack. If the base falls, it can be occupied and retaken; leave it too long, though, and it is gone for good. You can also run several missions at once and track them on your mission board.

Factions and standing

The six factions include the Terran Conglomerate, the Sirius Dominion and the Orion Protectorate. You can join or oppose these great powers, work in neutral territories, deal with the outlaw syndicate or wait for contact with the enigmatic Shyv'Kahn. Your standing with each faction determines which doors open and which close.

Other features

The game includes a built-in benchmark, community leaderboards, remappable keys and 3D positional sound.