License To Clone

License To Clone is an open-world sandbox survival RPG set in a science-fiction world. You explore, experiment and make decisions that affect the factions, towns and characters around you; there is no single correct way to play. Its world spans 4 million tiles with no loading screens.

Explore and survive

You can build almost anywhere to help you survive, but trespassing carries risks. The world presents dangers such as huge killer mantis, the deadly desert sun and spliced, mutated clones. You can tame creatures or rescue fellow clones, then grow a squad or travel solo. More than 22 species have different traits and abilities.

Founders are ruling humanoids with large health pools who can build using money. Mutated clones are failed clones with physical and mental mutations; some can control other people’s minds. Each creature has its own species traits, abilities, mutations and body parts. You manage creatures’ temperaments and tame them by dropping their favourite food.

Build and splice creatures

You can experiment at a splicing table to remove powerful body parts, equip them as makeshift weapons or use their traits. A phoenix beak, for example, gives its wearer intermittent fire breath. Mutations can also help you peer into locked containers, put enemies to sleep and perform other abilities. You can extract DNA and mutations from powerful creatures, combine DNA from two species to create spliced creatures, and use cloning pods to produce creatures. An automated lab can grow clones and destroy them for resources.

Grow your squad

Squad members offer dynamic quests that help build loyalty and reveal more about your travelling companions. You also need to balance adventure with time to relax: if morale falls too low, your squad may split up.

Shape the factions

Several main factions have different laws, religions and leaders. You can ally with any faction or make it an enemy, and killing a faction leader can let their enemies take over the town. You can also grow your own faction and become emperor by defeating the current emperor.

Trade and change towns

Town shops include general shopkeepers, armourers, survivalists and black markets. You can trade with them or hack into shop supplies to steal goods. Selling and mining can change a town’s economy, while defeating town leaders can alter which species spawn in the desert. This can even leave a town run by cats.