The wait is over! The Nations Beyond Earth Steam Playtest is officially live, and our first wave of invitations is going out!

Following our October 27 announcement, we're excited to begin welcoming players into the Nations Beyond Earth Playtest.

Players are now being invited to experience our alternate-history real-time grand strategy game, where Earth's nations compete for economic, political, and military dominance across the Solar System.

From developing your nation on Earth to establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars, we're looking forward to seeing how players approach the challenges of expansion, diplomacy, and warfare.

We're beginning to distribute Playtest invitations and access keys in batches.

If you've already requested access through Steam, keep an eye on your notifications and email for updates.

If you haven't signed up yet, visit our Steam store page and select Request Access in the Playtest section.

Access will be granted progressively as testing continues.

This Playtest is an important step toward our upcoming release, and community feedback will play a major role in identifying issues and improving the game.

We're particularly interested in feedback regarding:

• AI behavior: Nation expansion, economic management, diplomacy, and military strategy.

• Gameplay balance: Resource production, population growth, technological advancement, and economic development.

• Military systems: Ground warfare, fleet combat, and interplanetary conflicts.

• Space colonization: Establishing, expanding, and maintaining colonies beyond Earth.

• Multiplayer: Connection stability, synchronization, and performance.

• User experience: Interface readability, controls, bugs, and general gameplay improvements.

We're currently working on an integrated in-game feedback and bug-reporting system. Until that's available, players can contact us through either of the following channels:

Steam Community Discussions

Visit the Nations Beyond Earth Steam Discussions to report issues, share suggestions, discuss gameplay, or provide general feedback.

Email Support

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https://support@venompandemicstudios.com

For bug reports, please include as much relevant information as possible, such as what happened, what you were doing when the issue occurred, and whether you can reproduce it.

Screenshots and any relevant error messages are especially helpful.

We welcome everything from small interface suggestions to reports of major gameplay issues.

As an independent studio, we're grateful to everyone who has wishlisted Nations Beyond Earth, requested Playtest access, or followed our development.

This is still a work-in-progress build, and there will undoubtedly be issues to discover and systems to refine. That's exactly why your participation matters.

We'll continue sharing development updates, fixes, and improvements throughout the Playtest as we work toward release.

Thank you for helping us build Nations Beyond Earth!

The future is no longer about reaching space first. It's about deciding who controls what comes after.

Venom Pandemic Studios

https://venompandemicstudios.com

Nations Beyond Earth is currently in active development. This Playtest contains unfinished features and may experience bugs, crashes, performance issues, gameplay imbalances, or loss of saved progress.

Playtest participation is free and voluntary. Access is limited, does not guarantee access to future testing phases or the final game, and may be modified or discontinued at any time.

Gameplay features, mechanics, balancing, and content are subject to change before release.

By voluntarily submitting bug reports, suggestions, or other feedback, you acknowledge that Venom Pandemic Studios may review and use that feedback to improve Nations Beyond Earth.

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