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CryoFall™ is a Sci-Fi online survival game set on a forgotten planet in the distant future. CryoFall features rich 2D graphics with 3/4 view. The game is available on Windows PC.

Features

  • Complex crafting and industrial system, including oil refining & lithium extraction
  • Various stages of technological progress (primitive, industrial, modern, post-modern, sci-fi)
  • Farming with complex crop growth simulation, fertilizers, etc. & diverse cooking options
  • Official and community-hosted PvP and PvE servers
  • Electricity system with power grid simulation. You can build a number of generators, storage structures and electricity consumers
  • Various vehicles to explore the world faster or use in combat
  • Bionic and cybernetic implants to augment your character with new abilities or boost stats
  • Wide range of player interactions and roles with meaningful specialization options, emphasizing meaningful interactions rather than just combat
  • Economy with coin minting, complex trading and automated vending machines managed by players
  • Carefully hand-crafted maps and locations (+ map editor)
  • Diverse environments with several biomes (temperate, desert, tropical, boreal, wasteland, etc.)
  • In-house developed Renkei Engine™, allowing hundreds of players on the same server
  • Complex character simulation with a multitude of status effects (e.g. bleeding, poisoning, radiation, etc.)
  • Extensive modding capabilities, including real-time code editing

Artwork

Screenshots

Please note, CryoFall is still in development and all screenshots are not representative of the finished product quality.

Gameplay

User interface

CryoFall FAQ

Below you can find a list of frequently asked questions and their answers. If you have a question not listed here—feel free to contact us and we will add more information here or in other sections.

What is CryoFall?

CryoFall™ is an innovative Sci-Fi online survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. CryoFall features ultra-high resolution 2D graphics with 3/4 view.

What are the system requirements?

System requirements (minimum):

  • OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit only)
  • Processor: Dual Core 2.2 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB video memory, Shader Model 4.0+
  • DirectX: Version 10+
  • Display: 1280x720 resolution
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection (at least 128 Kbps)
  • Storage: 700 MB
  • Input: keyboard & mouse
System requirements (recommended):
  • OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit only)
  • Processor: Quad Core 1.8 GHz or equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2 GB video memory, Shader Model 4.0+
  • DirectX: Version 10+
  • Display: FullHD 1920x1080 and UHD 3840x2160 resolutions (4K native support)
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection (at least 128 Kbps)
  • Storage: 700 MB
  • Input: keyboard & mouse

Do you have a development blog?

Yes! You can follow our blog at http://atomictorch.com/, we post all of our news and updates there first.

How can I contact you?

You can join our forums or other social channels such as Reddit and Discord. For business inquiries you can use our contact us page on our company website.

Does the game feature randomly generated worlds?

The main world in the game is carefully handcrafted by our designers, however anyone can add their own custom map to the game, including a randomly generated one with some effort.

What can be modded in the game?

Literally anything. The whole game itself is a mod for the engine written in C# and fully open source. Anything that already exists in the game can be added or removed. This makes total conversions entirely possible and easy to implement.

Is there a wiki for the game?

Yes. You can find it here. It is still work in progress, though.

Other questions?

Please read CryoFall FAQ on Steam.

CryoFall Meta facts

Below you can find different facts about the project, technical specs and development team. These can be useful if you are doing any kind of coverage or simply would like to learn more about the whole thing.

Game:

  • Genre: Open world, Survival, RPG, Simulation, MMO
  • Mode: Online multiplayer with persistent servers
  • Setting: Sci-Fi
  • Platforms: Windows PC
  • World: carefully handcrafted by our designers (random generation is allowed with mods)
  • Scope: over 3000 asset elements (sprites, textures, sounds, music, animations, scripts, etc.)
  • Character customization: customization options for character faces with hundreds of combinations
  • Character progression: complex combination of character skills, tech fields and individual tech trees aiding in diverse specialization options for each player

Release:

  • Steam Early Access: April 3, 2019
  • Price: $19.99/€19.99 (+ regional pricing)

Technical:

  • Graphics: Top-down 2D, 3/4 view, with ultra-high resolution support (4K)
  • Game Engine: Renkei Engine™ (developed in-house) with client based on MonoGame
  • Programming Language: developed in C# (including mods scripting)
  • Source code: both game client and server game code are open source, engine & some support tech are closed source
  • Server types: Official, Community hosted, Modded (community hosted), Private
  • Server hardware: Cloud hosting and dedicated servers are both possible
  • Player limit: No hard limit on the number of players per server, current estimations allow for more than 300 concurrent players per server
  • Size: about 500 MB

Modding:

  • Approach to modding: Fully supported and encouraged, including total conversion, mods or tools
  • Scripting features: C# scripting, detailed documentation, the entire game is fully open source, including API, etc.
  • Environment features: live editing, full autocomplete support, VS debugging, state save & rewind, local instance support, etc.

Team:

  • Development team: AtomicTorch Studio (3 full-time developers) & freelancers
  • Development period: The project was started in 2015 and remains in active development
  • Published by: Daedalic Entertainment (since 2019)

CryoFall Press information

Below you can find our press kits and some additional information.

Press kit

Contact us

Other information

Press coverage

Once the game is released we plan to add some relevant press coverage to this section. Feel free to e-mail us a link if you are making an article or a video about CryoFall.

News

R33 "Winter" Update Release

18 February 2022 CryoFall R33 "Winter" Update is available now! This time you will be able to explore the new Arctic biome full of new monsters and dangers. Make sure to pack warm clothes...

R32 "Customizations" Update Release

31 December 2021 R32 "Customizations" Update is available now. This time we've introduced support for additional cosmetical customizations in the form of skins. When you craft almost any weapon or a piece of equipment you will be able to select one of several skins available for each...

R31 "Singleplayer" Update Release

8 October 2021 Escape the planet! Play on a local server—solo or with friends over LAN. Enjoy the improvements and revamped balance.