
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 1/day in the week to Aug 24 → 1.86/day in the week after.
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An Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Command CERC (Center for Epidemic Research and Control) to stop a pandemic-level event from consuming the Bay Area. The Pangu Virus threatens humanity as it spreads, turning native inhabitants into infected, relentless swarms. Can you adapt, survive, and reclaim control?
Aircraft Carrier Operations
Your mobile base of operations in Pandemic Mode. If it’s destroyed, you lose. Defend it at all costs and utilize Winters, now a rebuildable hero, to lead your forces.
A New Threat Rises
Battle infected hordes that can infect and turn your own units. Command land, sea, and air forces to hold the line in this unforgiving world.
Co-Op Multiplayer up to 16 players in true RTS/TPS hybrid combat!
Share control of CERC operations with up to 16 players. Pool resources, coordinate tactics, and fight as a team against the infection.
Command the Operator
Control the battlefield in Third-Person Shooter mode or use the Operator as a hero unit in RTS mode. Adapt your strategies to survive.
Doctrine Tree Progression
Unlock new support options, powerful weapons, and unique units by leveling up through the Doctrine tree.
Customize Pandemic Mode
Create your perfect challenge. Turn off infected types, adjust gameplay options, and create custom scenarios to tailor the experience.
Character Progression
Improve your characters’ health and targeting efficiency as they gain experience through combat.
Line of Sight and Hearing AI
Experience cutting-edge AI that hunts your units based on what they can see and hear. Stay stealthy, or face overwhelming swarms.
Massive, Detailed Maps
Explore sprawling urban environments filled with varied locales. Plan every attack, defense, and civilian evacuation carefully to ensure survival.
Dynamic Civilian Diplomacy (Legacy Only Coming in Q2 to rebuild)
Interact with rogue civilian groups. Recruit them to your cause, negotiate alliances, or defend yourself from hostile factions.
Civilian Evacuation (Legacy Only Coming in March to rebuild)
Manage who lives and dies with an intricate Civilian Administration Structure. Customize your intake system or use preset templates to make critical decisions.
Research the Pangu Virus
Delve into the secrets of the alien pathogen and find a way to kill Patient 0 before it’s too late.
Hunt Patient 0 and Their Lieutenants
Stop the infection from spreading by targeting its leaders. Destroy their expanding hordes before they consume every province.
Dynamic Provincial Events
Encounter unexpected challenges as rogue civilian combatants and infected groups form dynamically across the map. Your reputation and decisions will shape the world around you.
Enhanced Operator Customization
Tailor weapons, abilities, and appearance. Drive vehicles, gain progression perks, and refine your playstyle for maximum impact.
DNA Research System
Develop a proper progression tree to counter the virus, protect your units, and evolve your strategies.
Canon Campaign Mode
Experience the official Cepheus Protocol story, inspired by the novel and side stories
Sums Steam only; Epic publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 3Kreviews | 77% | — | $2.1M |
| $19.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
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Seems to be in a constant state of rework, whihch wouldnt be a problem if menus, gameplay and camera movement werent still feeling extremely janky. (i know camera is apparently getting fixed soon) the UI needs a MAJOR overhaul. i find myself enjoying the core concept of the game but it is simply painful to even look at. For me the game would be absolutely worth it if this issue is resolved in the future.
i Bought the game in 2023, it wasn't my thing so i refunded it now it is my thing so i bought it and it crashed almost instantly tried changing all settings to low it works! then crashes after 40 minutes and i forgot to save love it tho so i might keep it this time but i wouldn't buy for 20$
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English*, Simplified Chinese, Korean, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, French*languages with full audio support
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Hours played at review time, across 160 reviews with recorded playtime.
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游戏的题材很好,想法很好。也就如此了。 我认为游戏背景本来就是架空,不因该说是涉及到抹黑了中国就要刷刷的无脑打差评。这也不是历史系游戏,明明是虚拟架空的。在这种游戏里因为涉及到黑中国就刷刷差评来彰显爱国情怀真的很难绷住。 我给差评的理由本不是情节背景,而是这坨游戏真的一坨大便 很难想象这居然是20年发行的游戏,到现在依旧是托答辩。游戏优化稀烂,一堆BUG。游戏的AI寻路绝对是我玩了16年RTS见过最垃圾的寻路了,莫名的卡住,单位叠叠叠,单位要么不动,要么瞎tm乱跑。 游戏的教程是一点没有的。进去全靠乱点来学会怎么游玩。 还有这个中文汉化,没有100年脑血栓怎么翻译的出来这坨答辩,你甚至无法理解主菜单上面几个写的是什么东西,点进去了才会知道那是什么模式。真的用机翻都翻译不出这种效果。 这种游戏因该是慢节奏的逐步发展策略的游戏。而你进游戏刚落地,手里就几个步兵,建筑物刚刚建立起来,一堆僵尸就酷酷往前冲,好不容易守住一波,过一小会又来一波。 以及这个平民营救系统,我愣是没明白这么弄。 6年了依旧是一坨答辩。也就看后面制作组怎么改善这个游戏。现在这种就像是半成品的东西给我的游戏体验非常糟糕。
Interessantes Konzept einer apokalyptischen Viruspandemie.
6 years of early access to run this poorly is crazy
Trying to enjoy this game is work, it didn't used to be. The legacy build isn't perfect by any means but it felt so much better to play in terms of how the zombies and infection spread worked. I don't feel like getting long winded so I'll point you to Ekiprax.'s review, nails it on the head.
Honestly, Not a bad game. I acturally enjoy it. Please keep making more maps.
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Ein echter Geheimtipp im Early Access – Trotz Ecken und Kanten eine absolute Perle! Ich hätte ehrlich gesagt nie gedacht, dass ich das über einen noch unfertigen Early-Access-Titel schreiben würde. Ich habe schon etliche EA-Spiele getestet und viele davon positiv bewertet, aber Cepheus Protocol verdient ein ganz besonderes Lob. Es macht einfach unglaublich viel Laune. Zuerst hatte ich etwas Bedenken, weil das Menü und die Benutzeroberfläche recht altbacken wirken. Man findet sich nach kurzer Zeit jedoch erstaunlich gut zurecht. Was die Entwickler hier an Spieltiefe und Features abliefern, fühlt sich bemerkenswert realistisch an. Was das Spiel so stark macht: Enorme Einheiten- und Bauvielfalt: Von Sanitätern über MG-Schützen und Panzern bis hin zu Transportern und Helikoptern mit verschiedensten Bewaffnungen ist alles dabei. Befestigungsanlagen: Wachtürme, Zäune und Checkpoints greifen perfekt ineinander, um Verteidigungslinien gegen die verschiedenen Zombie-Typen zu errichten. Tiefgehendes Logistik- und Fortschrittssystem: Munitions- und Spritbeschaffung sind überlebenswichtig, der Forschungsbaum bietet genau das richtige Maß an Tiefe und neue Waffen lassen sich motivierend auf Alcatraz freischalten. Packende Atmosphäre: Der dynamische Tag- und Nachtwechsel sorgt in Kombination mit der ständigen Bedrohung für eine dichte, beängstigende Endzeit-Stimmung. Stabilität: Abseits der Performance läuft das Spiel technisch solide und ohne nennenswerte Abstürze. Wo noch Luft nach oben ist: Performance: Stellenweise gibt es noch spürbare FPS-Einbrüche, besonders bei hohem Einheitenaufkommen. Grafik & Steuerung: Die Optik könnte zeitgemäßer und schicker sein, und die Steuerung wirkt hier und da noch etwas hakelig – typische Kinderkrankheiten, die im Early-Access-Verlauf sicherlich noch optimiert werden. Lasst euch von meiner Spielzeit nicht täuschen: Trotz der aktuellen Ecken und Kanten ist das Spiel eine echte Perle und fast schon ein Meisterwerk für Strategie-Fans. Probiert es unbedingt aus!
jueguen este juego se trata de defender y salvar a las ciudadanos de una infección, lo bueno es que cada vez hay actualizaciones que mejoran la mecánicas del juego.
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