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Space Goblin Games · Published by Space Goblin Games · Official site ↗
Positive — 92% positive (26 reviews) · 24 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Explore an endless text-based universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations. Manage a crew of space explorers, upgrade their ship, and brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the mysterious Gatebuilders.
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Indie, Strategy · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
Embark on a strategic journey through an endless universe as you manage a space exploration crew, upgrade their vessel, and uncover ancient secrets.
About this game
EXPLORE BEYOND THE GATE
Beyond the Chiron Gate is a text-based space exploration roguelike. Explore an endless universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations. Manage a crew of space explorers and upgrade their ship with new technology. Brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the home system of the mysterious Gatebuilders.FEATURES
- Randomly-generated universe where no two games are the same.
- Over a hundred random events including perils on strange worlds, encounters with life and civilisations, and your explorers' emotional journeys.
- Multi-layered exploration where discoveries reveal more things to explore.
- Dozens of ship upgrades including scanners, defences, crew capacity increases, and new abilities.
- Six explorer classes that unlock new options in events. Explorers level up, can be injured or die, and can become inspired or depressed.
- Death is permanent. Take too many risks and the mission is over - start again in a new universe.
- Post-victory endless mode.
- Over an hour of atmospheric space music.
FROM THE CREATOR OF SEEDSHIP
Beyond the Chiron Gate is the spiritual successor to the viral hit web/mobile game Seedship. Go beyond the Seedship's mission and explore a larger, more detailed universe.System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Storage: 600 MB available space
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Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.1.8 (Light mode)
Added light mode colour scheme.Read full article on Community Announcements (Space Goblin Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug fix update 1.1.7
Fixed several typos and a couple of discoveries with no tooltip.Read full article on Community Announcements (Space Goblin Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug fix update 1.1.6
1.1.6 PATCH NOTES * Fixed a couple of discoveries with no tooltip * Several typo fixes * Fixed bug where volcanic sulphur dusting could spawn on high gravity planets that were former gas giant cores * Fixed "ocean surface nanites" revealing alien "Planetary engineering" civ trait rather than "Nanotechnology" * Added my new games studio name to the credits page!Read full article on Community Announcements (Space Goblin Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug fix update 1.1.5
1.1.5 PATCH NOTES * Revised Epic event text that didn't make sense if only one explorer was alive * Volcanic sulphur dusting can no longer spawn on high gravity worlds * If you continue in endless mode after losing your ship in the endgame, the "this is the ship's Nth trip" counter resets to reflect that it's a new ship * Fixed a couple of discoveries missing tooltips * Several typo fixes * Android version is now built for Android 14Read full article on Community Announcements (John Ayliff)
