This week’s Epic giveaway would be a retro RPG space game- Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, which is free until February 18 at 11 AM ET.
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6. The Massive Damage developed title originally released in 2016, but this is the Lightspeed Edition that launched in 2017
About Halcyon 6
A mysterious alien force is making a beeline towards Earth and this starbase is the best chance for the New Terran Federation to establish new alliances, research new technologies and otherwise figure out a way to stop the impending invasion. It tends to evoke some XCOM and FTL vibes, plus a healthy dose of humor along the way.
The most exciting features
- Base Building: spend resources to build station facilities to enhance your production and technological capabilities and build ships to help you control more territory
- Exploration: assign your fleets to nearby star clusters, where they can handle emerging enemy threats, do missions for alien factions, or secure bonus resources
- Crew Management: assign crew to station facilities to greatly improve their output efficiency, or to ships where they can contribute in unique ways to combat, missions and events
- Deep Tactical Combat: fight tactical ship or ground battles to resolve hostile events and ultimately defeat the enemy mothership.
Halcyon 6 Minimum Requirements
| Minimum | Recommended |
| OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | OSWindows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
| Processor2GHz | Processor2GHz |
| Memory2GB RAM | Memory2GB RAM |
| Storage1GB | Storage1GB |
| Graphics128MB | Graphics512MB |
The game will produce story events (often with multiple choice outcomes) that can lead to combat, time-related applied bonuses/negatives, officer attribute changes or any number of crazy in-game stories.
