Title:
Farlane

Steam Store Link:
TBA

Developer:
Siscia Games

Genre:
Sci-Fi Space Adventure, Space Simulation

Short Description:
Command a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and lead your crew on the edge of a fading galactic empire. Take on freelance contracts, explore unstable farlanes, upgrade your ship, and survive where civilization ends.

Long Description:
FARLANE is a single-player sci-fi space adventure set on the distant frontier of a fading galactic empire. Far from the wealthy core worlds and crowded trade routes, players take command of a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and its skeleton crew, earning a living in a region where stations are scarce, law is thin, and the old farlanes slowly disappear into unknown space.

Players are free to pursue a variety of careers and activities, including bounty hunting, cargo hauling, asteroid mining, rescue missions, salvage operations, exploration, and other freelance contracts. Every mission offers new opportunities, dangers, and discoveries beyond the edge of known space.

At the heart of FARLANE is the player's ship. More than just a vehicle, it serves as a home, workplace, and lifeline. Players can walk freely through the ship's interior while travelling through space, interact with onboard systems, manage their crew, review contracts, and prepare for upcoming missions.

The crew plays a vital role in the survival of the ship. Following battles and hazardous encounters, crew members repair damaged systems, maintain critical equipment, and help upgrade the vessel using technology recovered from wrecks or purchased at distant frontier stations.

Exploration extends beyond the safety of the hull. Players can perform EVA operations to repair damaged systems, inspect external ship components, and carry out activities in the vacuum of space.

Combining spaceflight, combat, exploration, ship management, and a grounded science-fiction atmosphere, FARLANE focuses on life among the stars where civilization begins to fade and the unknown awaits beyond the last stable farlanes.

Number of Players:
1 (Single-player)

Platform:
Steam (Windows PC), Xbox Series X|S

Planned Release:
2027

Key Features:
● Command a Nomad-class Frontier Runner and its crew on the edge of known space.
● Explore unstable farlanes connecting dangerous frontier systems.
● Take on freelance contracts including bounty hunting, mining, cargo hauling, rescue, escort, and salvage missions.
● Walk through a fully explorable ship interior while travelling through space.
● Manage a crew of four with specialized shipboard roles.
● Upgrade and maintain ship systems using recovered technology and purchased equipment.
● Perform EVA operations to repair critical ship components and conduct activities outside the hull.
● Engage in space combat against pirates, outlaws, and other frontier threats.
● Encounter mysterious signals, abandoned locations, and forgotten routes beyond the Empire.
● Experience a grounded sci-fi universe inspired by classic space adventures and industrial frontier aesthetics.

Engine:
WhaleX, a proprietary engine based on DX11 technology.

Reveal Teaser:
https://youtu.be/x_gkFtcFwIk

Web:
https://www.sisciagames.com/

Social Media:
https://x.com/zzeljkokos
https://bsky.app/profile/zzeljkokos.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@sisciagames

Press Contact:
farlane@sisciagames.com

About Siscia Games:
Siscia Games is an independent game development studio founded by Croatian developer Zeljko Kos. With more than two decades of experience in the video game industry, Kos was one of the co-creators of the Starpoint Gemini series, helping establish a franchise that became well known among space simulation fans.

Throughout his career, he has worked on a variety of titles across multiple genres, including the medieval city-builder Patron and the underwater city-builder Aquatico. Following these projects, he founded Siscia Games and released the Roman city-building game Pompeii: The Legacy.

With FARLANE, Siscia Games returns to the science-fiction genre, combining decades of experience in game development with a passion for space exploration, player freedom, and immersive ship-based adventures.