Indie developer ProtoGames has announced that Spaceborn: Awakening, an upcoming roguelike survivor that brings together high-stakes combat and a cosmic sci-fi mystery. Players step into the role of a legendary space crew, answering a mysterious distress signal from a ghostly outer-system space station. 

The crew must eliminate hordes of the Voss Praetor’s corrupted army to learn the truth about the first Spaceborn and reckon with a stellar force that will decide the fate of the universe. Every run requires players to take on different playstyles and abilities to expose prohibited experiments while defeating escalating waves of enemies. But will they unmask the secrets of the space station before it collapses around them?

Survival will depend on how players adapt along the way. Weapons, spaceborn abilities, randomized upgrades, and evolutions are earned on the fly. Players must commit to a build, then deal with the outcomes of their choices. 

To unlock their full power, players need to explore all of Spaceborn: Awakening’s chapters, with each level introducing deeper class abilities and new ways to play.

Completing the story mode campaign unlocks each class’s full “awakening” potential, opening up advanced abilities and expanded playstyles.

Unpredictable power boosts mean that no two awakenings will ever go exactly the same, while persistent unlocks and story fragments will help players piece together the true power of becoming a Spaceborn and the forces they’ve awakened along the way.

Spaceborn: Awakening utilizes idle-shooter combat mechanics, so players need to think more about quick movement, smart positioning, and timing their abilities well, rather than where they’re shooting.

Smart thinking brings the player closer to becoming something more than human, but poor choices are punished fast. Upgrade choices will ultimately decide how a run goes, either pushing players closer to their awakened potential, or losing it altogether.

Discussing the birth of Spaceborn: Awakening as part of a brand new IP, developer Stathis Aposporis said:

“Creating the world of Spaceborn has been a project of passion. It is a combination of ideas, daydreaming, long discussion with peers and creative inputs. It pulls inspiration from all my favourite media that I’ve cultivated throughout my years working in the industry, trying to answer the question: “what would my dream game look like?”

Take a look at the video below and then tell us what you think. Are you excited to play Spaceborn: Awakening?