XenoShyft
Released Mar 2016
In this base-defense deck-building card game you and your teammates will have to work together to survive the continuous onslaught of powerful alien threats and horrors!
67% positive · 136 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
XenoShyft launched on March 29, 2016, with four DLC packs releasing on the same day as the base game. A fifth and final expansion, Dreadmire, shipped on April 26, 2018 — this was the last content release for the game. Developer news activity was concentrated in the April–August 2016 window, consisting entirely of bug fixes and feature patches. The July 2016 patch notes even teased "stay tuned for Dreadmire," which was subsequently delivered in April 2018. Since the Dreadmire release, there have been no developer communications of any kind — no patches, announcements, or roadmaps. All five DLC packs are released with none outstanding. The developer has not signaled any future content, and the long silence following the final DLC release indicates the game shipped as a complete package and development has concluded.
Evidence
Dreadmire expansion released — the final DLC for XenoShyft, with no further DLC announced or listed since.
Last developer news post on record (August 1, 2016), consisting of a bug fix update. No developer communications have followed since — and the Dreadmire DLC shipped silently in April 2018 with no accompanying post in the scanned news.
Content
5 of 5 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Twin Sails Interactive
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op
About this game
In XenoShyft: Onslaught, players take on the role of a Commander in the NorTec Corporation. You're tasked with defending the NorTec base as wave after wave of horrific aliens attempt to destroy it and end NorTec's strip mining operation in this beautifully illustrated, base defense, deck-building game.
XenoShyft is a game for 1 to 4 players, with each player controlling one of the divisions of the NorTec military: The Science Labs, Med Bay, Armory, Weapon's Research, Barracks and Command Center. Each of these divisions represents one part of the overall NorTec base with their own unique abilities, and it is your job as Commander of these divisions to protect the base while its field operations are completed.
"One of the most fun co-op games I have played in a long time!" - Tom Vasel (The Dice Tower)
"The enemies are just monstrous and difficult!" - Rodney Smith (Watch it Played)
Gameplay Features
1 - 4 players - Single player compatible, fully cooperative cross-platform gameplay.
Strong focus on coordination and strategic planning - to overcome the game's intense difficulty players will need to work together.
Cross platform multiplayer: Play with your friends cross-platform - iOS, Android, PC, Mac, it doesn't matter!
Base-Defense with deck-building elements
Incredible art - Illustrated by three amazing artists, XenoShyft features beautiful and consistent art. All of which creates one cohesive and frightening universe.
Inventive and exciting armor and weapon upgrade cards - You'll need to outfit your troops with the best equipment if you hope to survive.
You and your teammates will have to work together to survive the continuous onslaught of powerful alien threats and horrors – the goal of the mission is not to wipe out these threats, it is merely to outlast them!
Survive through nine rounds of combat with these horrors and the base will have succeeded in its mission, and you and your allies will have survived to fight another day!
XenoShyft is a game for 1 to 4 players, with each player controlling one of the divisions of the NorTec military: The Science Labs, Med Bay, Armory, Weapon's Research, Barracks and Command Center. Each of these divisions represents one part of the overall NorTec base with their own unique abilities, and it is your job as Commander of these divisions to protect the base while its field operations are completed.
"One of the most fun co-op games I have played in a long time!" - Tom Vasel (The Dice Tower)
"The enemies are just monstrous and difficult!" - Rodney Smith (Watch it Played)
Gameplay Features
1 - 4 players - Single player compatible, fully cooperative cross-platform gameplay.
Strong focus on coordination and strategic planning - to overcome the game's intense difficulty players will need to work together.
Cross platform multiplayer: Play with your friends cross-platform - iOS, Android, PC, Mac, it doesn't matter!
Base-Defense with deck-building elements
Incredible art - Illustrated by three amazing artists, XenoShyft features beautiful and consistent art. All of which creates one cohesive and frightening universe.
Inventive and exciting armor and weapon upgrade cards - You'll need to outfit your troops with the best equipment if you hope to survive.
You and your teammates will have to work together to survive the continuous onslaught of powerful alien threats and horrors – the goal of the mission is not to wipe out these threats, it is merely to outlast them!
Survive through nine rounds of combat with these horrors and the base will have succeeded in its mission, and you and your allies will have survived to fight another day!
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