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1 It is in Early Access

Early Access appears in the genre list alongside Action and Indie, and that belongs at the top of any honest description rather than buried in a features list.

2 What is Mycopunk

A squad of robot rejects is hired by the SAXON corporation and sent to a planet suffering a fungal catastrophe. You are the New Atlas Hazard Crew, exterminators dropping into dangerous missions to drive back a mycological menace and work out whether it is really the natural disaster the company claims.

Mechanically it is a mission based co-op shooter: you deploy, fight hordes that corrupt and weaponise the planet technology against you, collect mods, and return to a hub to fit them.

The tone is comic. Pigeons at Play, published by Devolver Digital, describe an outrageous arsenal that includes some power tools, and note you can put a deflector shield on a chainsaw or turn yourself into a bomb.

3 Can you play it solo

Yes. Single player is listed alongside multi-player, co-op and online co-op, so a solo run is supported rather than tolerated.

A broadband connection appears in both requirement tiers, though, so treat online availability as expected even when playing alone. The design clearly centres on a crew, and much of the humour is written for people to react to together.

4 The grid based upgrade system

This is the feature the developer leads with, and it is what separates Mycopunk from other co-op shooters. Weapons are supercharged in a one of a kind grid based upgrade system, and every mission grants new mods to jam into your upgrade grids.

The store frames the outcome in both directions: finely tuned death machines, or horrible mistakes of engineering, up to you.

5 The dropship between missions

Between deployments you let off steam in an orbital dropship packed with toys and games, hang out with friends, learn more about the galaxy, and talk to the insectoid SAXON veteran Roachard Cox.

A hub with things to play with rather than only menus is a deliberate social space. In a co-op game it is where a group decides what to do next, and it is also where most of the writing lives.

6 Price, platform and languages

Full controller support, DualShock and DualSense support and Steam Cloud saves are all listed. No in-app purchases appear on the page.

7 System requirements

The minimum targets the low quality setting at 1080p and 30 frames per second, with a Core i3 or FX-8350, 8 GB of memory and a GTX 960, R9 380 or Arc A380, DirectX 12, broadband and 10 GB of storage.

The recommended tier targets high quality at 1080p and 60 frames per second with a Core i7-6700K or Ryzen 5 1500X and an RTX 2080, RX 5700 XT or Arc A750. Notably the recommended entry does not list a memory figure at all, so plan for at least the 8 GB named in the minimum.

8 Who this suits