NeonXSZ

NeonXSZ is a mouse-and-keyboard shooter built around high-speed, zero-gravity spaceship combat. You are an anomaly in an unfamiliar machine world, where the usual gaming rules offer no reliable guide. To survive and find a way out, you explore, experiment and uncover the world’s mysteries while gaining power and blending in.

Explore the machine world

The open world is populated by nearly one thousand persistent enemies from four warring factions. Each enemy has procedurally generated artificial intelligence and skill. You can roam the open world or take on dozens of increasingly challenging arenas, choosing your own path through a journey of experimentation and discovery.

Your search for escape eventually leads deep into the heart of the machine, where you face the Gatekeeper’s challenges. Nobody has ever escaped, though the legendary ‘swstar’ is the first and only known user to have done so.

Build and fight with ships

Combat centers on spaceship dogfighting: ships move at high speed in zero gravity, turn sharply and strafe in every direction. You can specialize dozens of ships with hundreds of upgrades and gadgets, creating anything from fast fighters to slow, heavily armored destroyers. You can loot, buy and sell equipment, and use what you find to shape ships around your preferred play style.

Enemies drop parts for every piece of equipment they have installed, rather than random loot. Defeating a higher-level enemy therefore guarantees predictable, higher-level loot. If you see something, you can loot it, fly it and use it.

Challenges and customization

Dozens of handcrafted Challenge Arenas test your skills with agile, physics-based ship controls and combat. You can also adjust enemy intelligence, skill and damage, as well as the appearance of your ship and the world. A game-speed slider lets you slow the action down, including for a bullet-time-like experience.

The game contains over 100 hours of gameplay and content.