Alcyone: The Last City

"I'm a sucker for games with detailed politics, houses with different agendas at odds with one another, and significant narrative agency — all of which Alcyone promises to deliver."

— Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"Alcyone sounds like the sort of idea for a game I can appreciate: one that luxuriates in its prose, and doesn't start from the assumption its audience isn't interested in reading."

— David Gaider, Dragon Age
"Alcyone has the same elements that make up some of the best sci-fi novels of the last century."

— Gamer Escape

After the fall of civilisation, the City is the only thing still standing.

Outpost Alcyone: the Nihility spread across the universe at close to the speed of light, unmaking & twisting everything it encountered. We had enough warning to protect ourselves as we saw the distant stars flicker out one by one. Alcyone's old name was forgotten and became simply the City.

Shielded and walled away from the decimation and destruction of the void outside, inhabitants have lived for centuries with the serenity provided by the City's protection. Governed under the benevolence of the Six Ruling Houses, humanity continues to demonstrate its tenacity in surviving and adapting to whatever fate befalls it. Normal life continues — after a fashion.

We persist.

The Patron, a moustached figure in a hood and goggles with a gadget-covered headband

But the Six are lying to us. And the Nihility is more than we've been told. And there's a way out of the City.

The Six Ruling Houses

House Khawthon The Seeder Guild controls the secret to immortality itself.
House Lovini The Goldsmith Guild; the bankers and financiers of the City.
House Lusco The Builder Guild keeps the City functioning through generations of isolation.
House Mon The Plantmonger Guild keeps the population fed, nourished, healthy; no matter what.
House Sadao The Shaper Guild's inventions keep the City safe — from biometallic golems to the Reality Field itself.
House Sedillo The Needleholder Guild manages the City's armies of seamsters, tailors, and other masters of cloth.

Info & features

Alcyone: The Last City is a dynamic, evolving story set in the last city in the universe. Centuries from now, in a society left stagnant, you step into the shoes of a blank slate newly rebirthed.

A riveting plot full of political intrigue, betrayal, and survival. Alcyone's main themes are entropy and decay, and the player is a rogue element capable of breaking this cycle — or taking control over it.
Choice drives the game and influences the story: more than giving the player the simple appearance of control, your decisions will change the options available to you, dictate the path your experience takes, and heavily decide the end of the game. Will you be a force for destruction, or will your decisions help the existing powers that be?
An ambitious, epic story featuring hours and hours of gameplay, with significant replayability built in from the start. At over a quarter of a million words long, enjoy over seven different endings, five mainline and two bonus romance storylines (including aromantic pathways), plus thousands of choices that make each and every playthrough a uniquely rewarding experience.
Diverse cast of characters, and the freedom to pick a persona that reflects who you are.
Gorgeous high-resolution, hand-drawn digital artwork accompanies the game text to bring its writing to life in vivid detail.
Full length soundtrack thematically supports the story for maximum emotional impact.
Cross-platform single purchase for Windows, macOS, and Linux/SteamOS through Steam, DRM-free desktop and Android versions through itch.io, and iOS/iPadOS versions through the App Store. Play on your phone, tablet, or computer; the choice is yours!