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2011 · Adventure · Indie

Xsyon

Set in the near future, Xsyon is an apocalyptic fable. The world draws its inspiration from history, mythology, and prophecies of the Apocalypse. Most aspects of modern life are now gone. Modern vehicles, weapons, appliances, computer and even the books that describe these things are practically nowhere to be found.

Released: 15 March 2011
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure Indie MMORPG Role-playing
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer
Themes: Sandbox Open world
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Xsyon is a sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the independent company, Notorious Games.

Xsyon is set in an apocalyptic fantasy environment, closely modeled on the real world area of Lake Tahoe which spans the California and Nevada border, west of Carson City using US Geological Survey data. Xsyon is a persistent world crafting sandbox game. It has been designed to have a completely player-driven economy and player-created questing system. This is unusual among MMORPGs, which often rely upon non-player character vendors and quest givers to perform these functions. Xsyon can be found on many sandbox MMORPG game lists.

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Story

Xsyon provides an alternate reality fantasy setting in an apocalyptic environment.

Set in the near future, Xsyon is an apocalyptic fable, drawing its inspiration from Native American history, mythology, and prophecies of the Apocalypse. Most aspects of modern life are gone. The leaders of the new world, under the guidance of the once forgotten gods, have hidden traces of the scientific progress that led to the devastation of the earth. Modern vehicles, weapons, appliances, computers and even the books that describe these things are practically nowhere to be found. The landscape of the Lake Tahoe basin provides a wilderness setting with few traces of modern civilization as a clean slate for the first settlers of Xsyon to construct their world.

Development

Xsyon entered a pre-release phase in March 2010. The official 'Prelude' phase launched in the following year. A third, fully featured phase 'Xsyon: Apocalypse' was planned. In November 2012, a Kickstarter campaign was launched to raise funds to pay for faster development of the game. The game runs a premium subscription model to access all content.

In January 2013, Xsyon entered the Steam Greenlight program, the entry program for games that eventually launch on Steam. That September, Xsyon reached the top 100 of over 1300 games in the Steam Greenlight program. Xsyon was officially released on Steam as an Early Access game in December 2014.