Sam Enright has nailed the best 80s movie concept into a 2.5D adventure RPG set for release later in 2024: Beyond Galaxyland is scheduled for a PC and console launch.

Published by United Label, the story follows high schooler Doug as he is whisked away to Galaxyland—’an idyllic, zoo-like solar system of planets ‘—just before the cataclysmic destruction of Earth caused by the celestial destroyer known as The End. It’s a fair moniker.

Join Doug, his gun-toting guinea pig Boom Boom, the sentient robot MartyBot, and a host of equally wacky companions as he travels around the planet network looking for a way to undo the Earth’s untimely demise.

Key features in Beyond Galaxyland include:

  • Active turn-based combat: Engage in strategic turn-based battles against a vast range of galactic nemeses, with time-responsive defensive gameplay to minimise damage. Each party member has a range of unique abilities at their disposal, but for an additional tactical advantage, sneakily scan your enemy pre-battle to discover their strengths and weaknesses. 
  • Interplanetary exploration: From the blizzard-swept planes of Arcos to the tropical jungle ravines of Erros, the neon-buzzing cities of Neo to the arid sand dunes of Xalm, explore a cosmic cluster of unique worlds, each with its own quests, environmental puzzles, and out-of-this-world characters. 
  • A classic sci-fi adventure: A semi-open 2.5D adventure-RPG in a classic sci-fi fish-out-of-water tale that pays homage to family-friendly adventure and sci-fi movies. Beyond Galaxyland’s story features laughter, loss, peril and friendship, all dipped in a dazzling layer of neon-tastic pixels. 
  • Epic boss battles: Encounter 25 epic bosses throughout many extraterrestrial travels, including colossal space dragons, flesh eating flowers, and the all-knowing bionic behemoth that is the Nexus Mind. 
  • Capture & utilise enemies: Successfully capture the many weird and wonderful creatures encountered on different worlds, each possessing exclusive abilities, and later unleash them during the heat of battle.

Beyond Galaxyland will be out later this year on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and the Nintendo Switch.