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The havoc of war stops for no one. Even the most capable squad can find themselves in a tight spot if they're not careful — and that’s where you come in. It’s stressful, running mission control for your pilots; in combat, fielding information for your crew can be the difference between success and catastrophe. But hey, that’s the job: When the going gets tough, everybody can use an extra set of ey… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Watchpoint.

THE HORRORS OF WAR is a Beam Saber Supply Drop. This is supplemental material for the tabletop RPG Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay. If you need a copy of the full rules of the game, please pick them up at that link! The content of this supplement is unofficial and is not affiliated with Austin Ramsay. Co-authors Cory McDaniel and Chad Eldridge present THE HORRORS OF WAR, a collection of playbooks desi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE HORRORS OF WAR.

It’s never that simple- even the grandest theories mean nothing if they can’t be applied in the field, and it’s on you to make that leap. Your squad may not realize it yet, but the access you bring to the edifice of the war and the cutting edge of military technology will push them into the future. Every side wants an edge over the other- it’s your job to look forward and ask- “What’s next?” Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Luminary.

Boost as in “to improve or augment,” but also Boost as in “to steal” like boosting cars. The Mech Booster is a playbook for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay. Mech Booster are extremely adaptable engineers that specialize in stealing enemy machines and using them against those same enemies. Unlike most pilots who have a personal vehicle they stick with the Mech Booster excels at hopping between various … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mech Booster: A Beam Saber Playbook.

You play the game like it’s your job, and that’s because it is. Inspired by pro sports stars, the Athlete is a Beam Saber playbook about a pilot had put their skills to use in the world of professional competitive sports and . The Athlete has tuned their body, mind, and machine to peak performance. Whenever their mech launches there’s something more important than life or death at stake, Winning.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Athlete & The Franchise: A Beam Saber Supply Drop.

To some you are a living weapon, an essential asset, an extant myth. To others you are an existential threat, a dangerous liability, a foretold curse. You know that you are something new. Something different. Something called beautiful and terrible alike. Your form is yours to shape. Unfurl until you tower over buildings to destroy great machines of war. For they are inflexible metal and you are c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Angel.

Winner of the 2022 Dicebreaker Tabletop Awards People's Choice Awards!Beam Saber is a Forged In The Dark game about the pilots of powerful machines in a war that dominates every facet of life. They are trying to do their part, then get out physically and mentally intact. The organizations that perpetuate The War throughout all of known space are too incomprehensibly huge to take down. There is no … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beam Saber.

Not all who wander are lost Objects in Motion is a collection of three custom squad playbooks for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay, published under the Beam Saber Supply Drop license. You can purchase Beam Saber and find out more about the Supply Drop license here.   Objects in Motions contains three brand-new squad playbooks which share a core mechanic and narrative conceit: the squad's forward operat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Objects in Motion.

Inspired by Into the Breach by Subset games. The Breach Walker is a Beam Saber Playbook that takes elements of time loop stories and rougelike games and brings them into the world of Beam Saber. This playbook bring an fast paced, intense, high risk, high reward, play style inspired by rougelike videogames to Beam Saber. The Breach Walker is a quantum traveler trapped in an endless temporal cycle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Breach Walker: A Beam Saber Playbook.

//DISPATCH: SONG-7-NUIT-ORYX// /Belchior - it happened again. I don't know what to tell you. We've tried everything - confining him to his quarters, a full medical scan - we even sent samples back to R&D, but nobody can explain it. I'm writing to you to let you know that it's happening to me too. And I'm sorry, Belchior. The entity wants us all. Do not send any reinforcements, lest they fall under… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greater Secrets - Supply Drop.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

93% User Score Based on 1,651 reviews

Critic Score 64%Based on 15 reviews

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 258 reviews

This is a novel with multiple plot lines, in which you only get to witness only a couple of days of a character who’s name is You. It may seem that except for his name, his life is nothing exceptional. That is if it wasn’t for a chain of events that fluctuate between his daily routine and an existential terror of reiteration. What is the most important part? It’s you and You facing inevitability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My name is You and it's the only unusual thing in my life.

The Four Season War has begun.  In this alternate setting for Beam Saber, inspired by the original Mobile Suit Gundam, you will play as pilots of the space habitat-dwelling Satrapy of Zera, aiding in the invasion of their ancestral-- and neglectful-- home on Earth, constantly outnumbered but not outgunned. Play to find out what twists and turns the war on Earth will take as the war machines we mad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roving Bastion Armsweir: Operation Eclipse.

Misfits & Malcontents is a Beam Saber Supply Drop. This is supplemental material for the tabletop RPG Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay. If you need a copy of the full rules of the game, please pick them up at that link! The content of this supplement is unofficial and is not affiliated with Austin Ramsay. Co-authors Cory McDaniel and Chad Eldridge present Misfits & Malcontents, a collection of pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misfits & Malcontents: A Supply Drop for Beam Saber.

Giantkillers are born from an urgent question; how do you disavow machines of war and still protect yourself in a world where mechs are equivalent to power.  And with precision tools  and nerves of steel they found their answer; taking down mechs with blades and breach charges.  After all, the bigger they are the harder they fall.  The Giantkiller is a playbook with out a mech for Beam Saber by Au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Giantkiller.

The conflict grows as new types of Pilots emerge, new types of Squads appear, and new Factions are born! This supplement for Beam Saber features new ways to play including 10 new Pilot playbooks, 5 new Squad playbooks, 2 new settings, and rules for forming and managing a Faction. The new types of Pilots include: The Artificial who finds strength in having been created for a specific purpose.The C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beam Saber: The Growing Conflict.

The Partisan is an in-development playbook by Lawson Coleman for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay, Focused on the relationship between a Pilot and Their own direct superior: The Handler.  Partisans live and die on the battlefield for their handlers, who in return provide them with resources, information, and institutional power.  Many Partisans are prideful of their station, considering themselves prou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Partisan: A Beam Saber Playbook.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

88% User Score Based on 165 reviews

Army Gals is a visual novel set at a retreat for delinquents. The protagonist is forced to attend after a misunderstanding back at home. Expecting a fortnight of hell, he is pleasantly surprised to find he is sharing the retreat with three beautiful but very different young women. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Army Gals.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

73% User Score Based on 48 reviews

Psst hey computer entertainment enthusiast... wanna get weird in space?! Take my virtual cyberhand and follow me/us into the void on a real wild ride through space to end up the savior of the human race! Whaddaya say, wanna take your brain out? Put it in the Pilot's seat? ...? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetship.

There are lots of people involved in a war. Soldiers, fighting for a cause, or their lives. Medics, tending to the wounded, whether they’ll make it home or not. Quartermasters, making sure everyone has the gear they need and the comforts they miss. As far as you’re concerned, though, you’re a wolf among sheep:
 AND YOU’RE HERE TO FLEECE EVERY SINGLE ONE. The Grifter is a playbook for Beam Saber by… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Grifter.

The Starbreaker is an in-development playbook by Lawson Coleman for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay, Focused on the use of powerful magic siphoned from something important for all life. What does magic look like in a world dominated by war and technology? What lessons do factions learn when their enemies use arcane power to laterally push through the constant arms race of ever-increasing war machines?… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Starbreaker: A Beam Saber Playbook.

This is an alternate Setting book for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay. It details a world in which humanity has spread into the stars. It has been four years since the end of the First Glass War. When the Fleet of Glass first arrived, demanding their piece of the struggling planet Earth the Empire held them off, a war that saw countless lives lost and put incredible strain on already rapidly depleting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The War of Glass Setting.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." You are a mechanic for androids who has received a request from a new client. The client is a doctor named Miomaru and his personal android, an old, near-failing model named Harima. As per your client's request, you begin repairing Harima. You connect the cords, trade out parts, and bring life back to the functions that had broken dow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Save My Scrap.

Summoned to the remote village of Southshire-Upon-Yail, you must diagnose the afflictions of a young woman that suffers a mysterious illness. Each decision you make will unveil a piece of the mystery and bring you closer to discovering the truth behind her ailments, and whatever harms her. Will you be able to save Isabella before she is taken by her tormentors? The devils inside Isabella will… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Night of the Exorcism.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

93% User Score Based on 960 reviews

Heaven Will Be Mine is a queer science fiction mecha visual novel from the creators of queer cult horror visual novel We Know The Devil, about joyriding mecha, kissing your enemies, and fighting gravity’s pull. Follow three women piloting giant robots in the last days of an alternate 1980s space program fighting for humanity’s future—or ditching their jobs to make out with each other instead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heaven Will Be Mine.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, character development

96% User Score Based on 1,657 reviews

Your decisions as a robot maker will change the world—but at what cost? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Choice of Robots.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

85% User Score Based on 466 reviews

Become a god and help change the fate of people, even the world! In Will: A Wonderful World, you will receive letters written by characters living in urban cities. By rearranging the order and combinations of sentences in these letters, you are going to alter the destiny of whomever that wrote them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Will: A Wonderful World.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 48 reviews

In the year 2215, orbiting humanity's newest extrasolar colony, Police Captain Vincent Cassini, becomes embroiled in an intersystem conspiracy to bury crimes that occurred during the war that devastated his planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warp Frontier.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 928 reviews

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

75% User Score Based on 262 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 5 reviews

Gigantic Army is a heartfelt tribute to 16-bit era mech shooters, finally available for the Nintendo Switch. It’s the 21st Century, planet Earth is at war with the Ramulons - an Alien race determined to stop humanity’s advance into space. War has now reached planet Ramulon, and it’s up to you to pilot the ‘GMR-34 SALADIN’ - a Manned Combat Robot - a mech amor that make effective stormtroopers and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GIGANTIC ARMY.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

A surreal narrative focused roguelite text adventure. In it you play a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an unusual building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ladderhead.

The creators of The Terror Aboard The Speedwell and Dust City proudly present The Right Side of TownWelcome to the future. The remnants of humanity, in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event known only as The Fall, have fled a dying homeworld to seek refuge among the colonies of the solar system.Five hundred years later, on a decaying city orbiting Mars, an android lives in secret, passing as a huma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Right Side of Town.

Union’s revolutionary project faces countless threats from within and without. War rages in the outlying territories of the Orion Arm, and humanity continues to wrestle with the legacy of imperialism, cultural hegemony, and anthropocentric ideologies. Human wealth, military power, and the post-capital utopia of the Core worlds have been built - at least in part - upon the back of advanced machine … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legionnaire.

A small visual novel about the adventures of a guy named Leon, who wants to change his past. During his school years, a lot of interesting things happened, there were a lot of girls, and where is all this now… That's what Leon thought until he found an amulet that could send him back several years. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Song of Life.

The Wellspring is an in-development playbook by Lawson Coleman for Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay, Focused the exploration of character relationships using plant magic and the mechanics of Beam Saber. In the Face of Endless war and suffering, and in conflict with constantly escalating technology to fuel it, a new sort of magic has arisen. Giant, powerful plants capable of providing for, protecting, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wellspring: A Beam Saber Playbook.

Historians would have you believe time only moves forward, immutable and unchanging once it has flowed past the Present. But to you, that's just quitter talk. Time is just another tool in your arsenal, something to be manipulated until you reach the best possible outcome. Even the smallest changes can have huge effects in the course of the War. And if at first you don't succeed? Try, try again... … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Looper - A Beam Saber Supply Drop.

There are many casualties of war, both on and off the battlefield. A community always mourns its losses but, occasionally, the obliterated and the vanished return to their doorsteps. Stories of their death may be false or exaggerated but, nevertheless, spread far and wide. The returned are the last remaining member of their squad. They are those brought back through extraordinary and arcane means.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Returned.

Adventure. Investigation. Science! Your crew hustles to complete jobs in a sector-wide cold war. Free Spacer is a sandbox science fiction game about a crew of a commissioned starship in a quadrant wide cold war. There is exploration, trade, investigation, space combat, science projects, infiltration, and troubleshooting. We play to find out how the crew gets the job done, the choices they make, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Spacer.

A Uniquely Japanese Tabletop Role-Playing Game Experience, now in English! Almost a decade ago, Japanese artist and game designer Junichi Inoue sat down to create what was, in his own words, a uniquely and unmistakably "Hyper Asian" Japanese world: a world of magic and technology, of samurai and Taoist sorcery, of powerful mecha and cultured geisha. The world was named Tenra, and the game was nam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tenra Bansho Zero: Heaven and Earth Edition.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay

74% User Score Based on 58 reviews

At nightfall, the sieged city falls. Yaoguai came to massacre. You are nothing but a scholar on the brink of madness, trying to survive alongside a courtesan you met years ago. Experience two intertwined storylines in this sequel to the visual novel "The Hungry Lamb". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

High school students return to school late after hours, each with their own reasons and an ominous feeling. After midnight...the fears deep inside become a reality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gwan Moon High School: The Ghost Gate.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 106 reviews

"The Succession of Changing Kings" puts you at the helm of a kingdom on the verge of disaster. The lands that were once rich have now decayed into emptiness. The fields, once fertile with crops, are now covered in weeds. Trade routes have fallen silent, and the best people are leaving their homeland. Construct buildings, hire subjects, decide the fate of your liegemen and take criti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Succession of Changing Kings.

Are you still contacting your friends from school? Do you still remember the love from the youth? And even more, do you still have the dream that keeps your heart beating? You’ve been trained to have a heart covered by unbreakable shell. In this game, you are going through a journey to crack it, leading to the long forgotten. Who is murmuring in the dark? Who is screaming for help through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crack (壳中之物）.

Join the adventure as a squirrel-fox in a fantasy world, exploring dark forests, mines, and swamps. Fight creatures and solve puzzles to reach the city of Dementia and a brighter future. Engaging gameplay, stunning visuals, and a compelling storyline make this game an epic experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AlcoFox.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 464 reviews

A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. BEWARE PERMADEATH.It all started when you left…In "It Comes In Waves", you'll play as a lone outcast on a dangerous desert planet, trying to grow a specimen to bring to The Sanctuary. How can you grow anything in a world this barren?It is a very personal, experimental and minimalist game.The WorldEremar Prime is a harsh … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Comes In Waves.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 75 reviews

Be You 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to be you 2.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

87% User Score Based on 395 reviews

Immerse yourself in an open-world PVP sandbox set in a vast ancient desert full of magic and secrets. Gather ingredients from nature and combine them to make your own personalized load-out of spells and armor. Build ruins to help you hold territory and kill other players for their gear. There are no rounds or matches, just a perpetual world to explore and dominate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Animyst.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

79% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

Witch Strandings dials into the emerging genre of physical transportation. A digital forest that extends beyond the boundaries of your screen, in an all-new Strand-type game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witch Strandings.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

95% User Score Based on 182 reviews

Siren’s Call is the first "friendship simulator" where your friends can actually fight back. Make these last moments you have with them count. Say the right things...because they won't accept anything less than your absolute best. Will you reach escape velocity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren's Call.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 93 reviews

Critic Score 64%Based on 17 reviews

Harness the wind and soar through the wilderness of Stonefly, a chill and tranquil action-adventure game about self-discovery, legacy, and belonging. Glide your mech strategically among beautiful flora and dangerous fauna, confronting hungry bugs, adventures, and memorable characters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stonefly.