A population to manage, survivors to find, cryopods to recover... Maintain your crew's trust in the corporation that started this venture, or face failure and mutiny. Six sectors can be unlocked within the station, each able to house more population, support new jobs, and provide opportunity to monitor the crew with the Data Listening System. Will you bring hope to the people?

Who said DOLOS was the only faction to escape the fate of the Earth? Brush up against other pockets of survivors, navigate on from the failures and wrecks of others… IXION will lead the player through gripping chapters of story, where new threats and opportunities are presented, all in aid of reaching the final destination, a new home.

DOLOS are famed for their innovative technology, their scientists, but the Tiqqun now finds itself cut off. Find what resources you can, research what you do not have. Find new ways to provide for your settlement, construct new buildings to create what’s needed. Modify the Tiqqun station, improve it, forge ahead in this odyssey.

Space is a dangerous place. Hull breaches, overloaded power supplies, electrical fires... It is up to you to manage these risks, deal with emergencies, create backup power solutions, and enable Extra Vehicular Activity…

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 4GB or Radeon RX 590
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space

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Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: RTX 2060 6GB or Radeon RX 5700
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space

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NEW GAME FROM THE DEVELOPER

About the Game

With Earth on the brink of ecosystemic collapse, DOLOS A.E.C. leads efforts to find a new home for the human race. Whether by chance or fate, its prototype space station, the Tiqqun, finds itself cast adrift, a disintegrating ark upon which the remnants of humanity must find sanctuary – and you, Administrator, are at its helm.

IXION is a city-builder that requires you to be vigilant, to constantly assess and reassess, to learn and adapt. If you and your crew are to endure, you must confront the perils of space, while at the same time uncovering its secrets and extracting its resources. Danger, however, will come from within as well as without; you’ll need to establish, maintain and develop the Tiqqun’s infrastructure while managing the station’s population, deciding how best to answer their pleas so as to maintain their trust in you and the mission.

There are no simple solutions; your actions will have repercussions, now or further down the line. How you deal with those repercussions will be the difference between survival and extinction.

There are whole new stellar maps to explore. Send out probes to reveal what’s hidden, create mining and cargo ships to find resources, commission science expeditions to discover the secrets and threats you’ll find out there in space. Encounter other survivors and bring them into the fold of your mission, objective - survive.","latest_result",{"_324":325,"_426":427,"_482":483,"_490":491,"_492":493},"emotionsSummary",[326,336,341,346,351,356,361,366,371,376,381,384,389,393,396,401,406,411,416,421],{"_327":328,"_329":330,"_331":330,"_332":333,"_334":335},"point","Satisfaction","weight",0.29713552800342025,"importance","clusterSize",695,"explanation","Players felt satisfied by the game's overall quality, engaging blend of genres, and well-designed mechanics, particularly in resource management and city-building. 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Players found the game monotonous after understanding its core systems, with the story sometimes feeling redundant and the end-game becoming a chore.",{"_327":385,"_329":386,"_331":386,"_332":387,"_334":388},"Annoyance",0.010688328345446772,25,"Annoyance was caused by UI quirks, illogical character behavior, and constant, uninteresting notifications. Players were also irritated by tedious hull repair mechanics, strict resource management, and design choices that made the game feel like constant busywork rather than fun.",{"_327":390,"_329":391,"_331":391,"_332":142,"_334":392},"Desire",0.00983326207781103,"Players expressed a strong desire for more content, particularly an endless or sandbox mode, and additional scenarios. 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