Within the Cosmos

Within the Cosmos is a single-player, first-person sci-fi RPG set in 2278. As a member of the United Earth Space Agency (UESA), you were one of 500 people chosen for cryogenic sleep and sent aboard a starship to the secluded Adallio star system, a refuge from the war consuming Earth. The ship arrives generations late, and you awaken to a fractured society of factions with competing politics, philosophies and ambitions. A newly emerged android enemy threatens the fragile peace, and you must uncover the truth behind its attacks while deciding whether to unite or divide the factions. Your choices shape the story, how others perceive you and the ending scenarios.

Create your character

You can customize your character’s appearance, choose a background and distribute attribute points. Constitution increases health and resilience, Dexterity improves speed, precision and reloading, and Charisma helps with social interactions. As you level up, you gain skill points to spend across 12 skills, as well as access to perks that can alter your playthrough. Skills include Intimidate for extracting information and Hacking for manipulating technology.

Explore and make choices

Explore hand-crafted celestial bodies in the Adallio star system as you investigate the mystery surrounding your arrival. Objectives can be approached in multiple ways: talk with NPCs to gather information, sneak past them or fight enemies with a variety of weapons. You can also hack nearby electronics, including surveillance cameras to gain visibility in secure locations and terminals or computers to gather intel.

Factions and combat

The factions you encounter hold different ideals, beliefs and morals. You can join them, betray them or destroy them. Weapons can be customized with various attachments to suit your play style.