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Gaia Beyond

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

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 works

  • Large handcrafted solar system with rich exploration
  • Varied ship customization and combat mechanics
  • Engaging story with multiple quests and factions
  • Active developer support and frequent updates
  • Immersive audio-visual design and soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access state with bugs and incomplete content
  • Some ui and control quirks reported
  • Combat ai and autopilot can be frustrating
  • Limited multiplayer or social features
  • Main story currently short and abrupt

What to play next

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Gaia Beyond: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story, Expression.

Last update: 27/07/2026