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Gaia Beyond
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“is this game dead?? what happened to chapter 3?”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“This game just isn't very deep or polished. Combat lacks depth, few to no special abilities, can't switch weapons mid-fight easily, little in the way of special gear. Trading is just flying around. Mining is just shooting asteroids. Skill is a factor but not a big factor, much…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedLatest official news
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Update 1.12
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Sci-fi · Space Sim · Open World · Space · Top-Down · Choices Matter · Mining · RPG · Action RPG · Trading · Exploration · Physics (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.gaiabeyond.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 Processor: 2.5 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB video memory Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: OpenGL 4.2 or newer (anything AMD/Nvidia from the last 10 years)