Besiege: The Broken Beyond is out now, and it’s the biggest leap the physics-building game has ever taken. Spiderling Studios has launched the expansion on Steam today, taking the series’ trademark chaos off-world for the first time. Build volatile rocketships, blast them into orbit, and wreak havoc across an entire star system.
The base game tasked players with building medieval war machines to topple castles and crush armies. The Broken Beyond asks a far more dangerous question: what happens when you bolt those machines to rocket boosters and aim them at the stars? The answer, predictably, is carnage in a physics playground.
Mastering (and Surviving) Space Flight
At the heart of the expansion is a full simulation that pushes Besiege’s physics into mind-bending new territory. Every large object in a level, from planets to sizable asteroids, generates its own gravitational field. Players can jump between asteroids, establish orbits, and slingshot around celestial bodies. Misjudge it, and you can shove a moon clean out of orbit, or trigger a chain reaction of debris.
Planets are wrapped in atmospheres that bring aerodynamics into play. Wings and balloons generate lift, propellers find purchase, and grid fins and parachutes can slow a screaming atmospheric re-entry.
In true Besiege form, space flight is easy to start but challenging to master. Slap a few blocks together, and you have a (badly) functioning rocket that somehow flies. Over time, learn to engineer complex vessels capable of clean takeoff, stable orbit, and controlled re-entry.
13 New Space Blocks and A Dynamic Fuel System
The Broken Beyond introduces 13 new blocks designed specifically for spaceflight. They include the Blaster, a heavy weapon that fires superheated bursts of fuel. Other additions include the Booster for propulsion, Control Thrusters and Inertial Steering for attitude control, and Rocket Fins, Grid Fins, and Parachutes.
The expansion also brings resource management to Besiege for the very first time via a new fuel system. Players must balance fuel reserves against their machine’s mass. Carry enough to feed boosters and weapons, but stay light enough to lift off. New Fuel Barrels, Hoses, Couplers, and an automation-ready Fuel Gauge give engineers the tools to craft everything from basic rockets to advanced multi-stage launch systems.
An 11-level Campaign Spanning A Fractured Star System
The Broken Beyond features a brand-new 11-level campaign that carries players from familiar ground to the far reaches of space. It opens with a blast-off from Ipsilion, the original island where Besiege began. From there it escalates into increasingly outlandish set-pieces. Highlights include laying siege to an asteroid fortress, canyon racing on a desert planet, and battling swarms of alien spacecraft.
The campaign’s centrepiece is exactly the kind of spectacle Besiege fans live for: the chance to destroy an entire planet by hurling an iron moon into it.
An Interplanetary Sandbox and A Multiplayer Level Editor for Space Carnage
Beyond the campaign, The Broken Beyond adds a vast new cosmic sandbox of planets, moons and structures to destroy.
The expansion also extends Besiege’s level editor into space, adding planets, enemies, and gravitational fields to build with. All of it is playable in Besiege’s multiplayer environment.
Availability
Besiege: The Broken Beyond is available now on Steam (PC, macOS, and Linux), priced at $8.99 USD. It requires the base game, Besiege, which has earned an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating from more than 47,000 Steam reviews. A Midweek Deal is running on Steam alongside the release of the base game at a 90% discount.
