Recog: The First Wave

Recog: The First Wave is a real-time strategy game in which you manage the RECOG project as an auxiliary at deep-space mission control. RECOG—Advanced Cognitive Relay—is the consciousness embedded in artificial life. Enemy RECOGs search the galaxies for those who oppose their logic and attempt to destroy them, learning and adapting to your play style as you develop.

You receive a care package from Earth and build an industrial complex as your first line of defense. Explore and mine the landscape for minerals and oids, construct and power your facilities, and deploy starships and drones to defend your stronghold. The more advanced your operation becomes, the more the enemy revises its response.

Explore and build

You uncover uncertain dangers while exploring terrain and mine 14 kinds of precious rocks and minerals from deep within chasms. More than 500 industrial recipes provide components for building your complex, which can extend above the terrain, alongside rock walls or down to the core, where lava resources are unlimited. You must plan construction and fortifications while avoiding catastrophic disasters and preparing to attack the enemy.

Power your industry

GATHER, short for Global Alternative to Highly Efficient Resources, supplies power to your industry. You manage the grid with connected generators, linkers and splitters, routing power through your facilities for automated operation.

Drones and defenses

Your forces include one versatile Utility drone for industrial building and six war drones for combat. You can enhance the Utility drone’s strength and efficiency, then equip your war drones with enhanced lasers, more than 40 missile types, over 130 combat module enhancements and 24 signature skills designed to amplify each drone’s power tenfold.

Five weapons of mass destruction range from area blasts that hit nearby targets to electronic warfare, viruses and a nuclear missile that wipes out almost everything in its zone. You can also use advanced liquid systems to control lava: channel it into destructive paths or barricades, or submerge yourself beneath it for protection. Lava can kill anyone, including you.

Salvage and research

Enemies defeated in battle yield more than 130 fragments. Processing these parts can reveal up to 780 possible items. You can also unlock more than 270 technological advancements to expand your available innovations and creations.

Analyze your progress

Statistical analysis lets you review your progress, identify vulnerabilities and assess cyclic changes so you can adjust your strategy. The game also includes 60 achievements.