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Open betav0.2.1Orbital recovery adventure · Unreal Engine 5.8

EARTHWARD

Clear a path through orbit. Bring the sky home.

Download for Windows

Extract the entire ZIP, then run Earthward.exe. Keep the Engine and Earthward folders beside it. The Windows runtime installer is included.

Download for Linux

Extract the archive and run Earthward.sh inside EARTHWARD-Linux. Requires a 64-bit Linux desktop and a Vulkan-capable GPU with current drivers.

Earthward recovery vessel and a supply station above Earth's blue horizon

About

Fly an orbital recovery vessel across six contracts, with three equipment rigs and one shared tool battery. Hold debris in your field array, release it toward the recovery receiver, and use the laser when a wreck is too large to handle. Sunlight, eclipse, hostile machines and anomalous contacts change the decisions ahead. Play solo or share the same debris field in two-pilot split-screen. Progress and flight preferences save locally; no account or internet connection is required.

Features

  • ◆Six contracts with persistent progression and three equipment rigs
  • ◆A magnetic field array for gathering, holding and casting salvage
  • ◆Precision cutting, shared energy reserves and timed supply catches
  • ◆Earth, cloud, Moon and star imagery drawn from credited space-science sources
  • ◆Close chase, wide chase and cockpit views, with a reduced-motion option
  • ◆Solo play, local two-pilot split-screen and an automated Watch Flight mode
  • ◆42 original sound variations, including resonant blasters and rocky debris

Screens

Captured in the native game.

Earthward cockpit view with flight instruments above Earth

Changelog

  1. v0.2.1 · 2026-09-09

    • First website download: six contracts, three rigs, local saves and split-screen recovery.
    • Original sound set with distinct laser and rocky-debris variations.
    • Native Windows and Linux Shipping builds, with bundled credits and component notices.

AI & content disclosure

  • ▸Game code, procedural geometry, materials and original sound synthesis were developed with AI assistance. No generative model runs while you play.
  • ▸Earth, Moon, clouds and sky maps use credited NASA and related scientific sources. They depict dated composites, not live weather. The HYG star subset retains its attribution and CC BY-SA license.
  • ▸All audio in this release uses original procedural synthesis. Earlier neural audio candidates are excluded.

How this is produced: the studio license gate.