Phoenix Point: Year One Edition

Phoenix Point: Year One Edition is a strategy game about leading the Phoenix Project, a secret organization of scientists and soldiers fighting to reclaim Earth from the Pandorans, a mutating alien menace. You research technologies, explore a ravaged globe, build bases, manage resources and command soldiers in battle. The alien threat adapts to your tactics, even as your team grows stronger and more technologically advanced.

The Pandoravirus

The game’s narrative follows the origins of the mutants, the Pandoravirus and Phoenix Point itself. Exploring and researching can uncover this history, and the story has multiple endings that require several playthroughs to find.

Factions and diplomacy

Other organizations are also trying to reclaim Earth. The corporatist New Jericho, the indecisive Synedrion and the fanatical Disciples of Anu, along with their offshoot subfactions, have their own values, goals and views of the Pandorans. You decide whether to cooperate with them through diplomacy, use subterfuge to take what you need, oppose them or rely on military force. Each faction offers rewards for cooperation and poses threats if you oppose it.

Command the battlefield

You equip and command your units, then use a free-aiming system to control your soldiers’ shots directly. You can target enemy weak spots, weapons or valuables, or aim for center mass.

Campaigns and mods

The game includes Steam Workshop support for subscribing to and enabling mods, changing existing mods and configuring your game. An example Custom Campaign mod lets you set up new campaigns. The game also includes content and updates added over two years.