With Marauders, a new shooter with tactical and sci-fi elements is starting its Closed Alpha on Steam today. MeinMMO reveals what kind of game it is and how you can play it yourself.
What is Marauders? Developer Team17 describes the shooter, which is played from the first-person perspective, as a “tactical multiplayer shooter” set in a dystopian sci-fi universe.
- The setting somewhat resembles the alternate universe of Fallout. World War I was never concluded, and the Earth has been industrialized to such an extent that escaping into space became necessary.
- Players assume the role of space mercenaries, the Marauders, who search for loot to plunder on spaceships.
- The goal is to raid other ships and use the loot to upgrade your own gear and ship. You can either raid stations on asteroids or even capture enemy spaceships.
The design of the game therefore includes numerous steampunk elements and is quite dark.
When does the Alpha start? From today, May 4th, it officially begins. The closed Alpha is scheduled to run until May 9th.
How do you participate? You need to pre-order the game on Steam. Here is the official page.
You can also watch the trailer here:
Marauders starts Closed Alpha – We reveal what to expect
What modes are available? The game features both coop and PvP and is primarily played online. Whether it’s possible to play entirely solo without other players is still unknown.
How is Marauders played? You can either go on a loot hunt alone or in a group of three. The gameplay is described on the Steam page as: Raid, plunder, escape.
On the various battlefields, this is always your primary principle. These raids are the main component of the gameplay.
Apart from that, you equip yourself and your ship and travel through space in search of new targets. The gameplay is said to feel tactical and realistic, and the AI opponents are also expected to behave realistically.
Weapons can be improved with mods, and you unlock new items with XP. You can build your spaceship and upgrade it with new parts, or simply take over an enemy’s vessel.
How all this works in detail, we do not yet know. There are too few gameplay scenes for that. However, the principle is reminiscent of other shooters like Escape from Tarkov and Hunt: Showdown.
Who is behind Marauders? Team17 is a British company that both develops and publishes games. The company frequently acts as a publisher for indie games, such as the 2D roguelike Blasphemous.
However, the developer became well-known for games like Hell Let Loose. This game won many fans as a hardcore shooter with a WW2 setting and was even regarded as the Anti-Battlefield.
How Hell Let Loose has fared since its release last year, you can find out in our special: Hell Let Loose was considered the “Anti-Battlefield” at the Steam release – How is the WW2 shooter doing in 2022?
