Ixion (video game)

Plot

In 2049, the Tiqqun's VOHLE engine test run shatters the Moon in the Lunaclysm, devastating Earth. The United Nations declares DOLOS an enemy of humanity. The Tiqqun returns to find Earth uninhabitable, gathers resources and cryonic survivors, and learns of another DOLOS ship, the Protagoras, heading to the exoplanet Remus. The crew installs the more stable IXION engine at a Jupiter facility.

Edden warns that continued VOHLE use will destroy the Tiqqun. The crew learns the UN vessel Etemenanki attacked the Protagoras and took Remus coordinates, but the Etemenanki was destroyed by the Piranesi, a ship of the Black Market Society. The Piranesi's sentient AI Naraka attacks the Tiqqun, but the crew disables it using a pulsar and recovers the coordinates.

Reception

Ixion received mixed or average reviews on Metacritic. PC Gamer described it as having an enticing premise held back by uneven pacing and technical issues, noting balanced busywork early on but criticizing lengthy chapter-closing tasks and sustainability problems that made reloading preferable to redesigning. Screen Rant compared it to Frostpunk, praising its detailed mechanics but finding it unwelcoming to new players due to overwhelming tasks and resources, and reporting regular crashes even on high-end hardware. The game was nominated for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.