Pitch

A cozy and colourful 2D base-building/simulation game, combining multiple complex simulations with a diverse crew and story-rich world.

Description

Adaptory is a 2D base-building simulation game set on a deserted planetoid deep in uncharted space. Your motley crew of four explorers have crash-landed, and you need to keep them breathing, fed, sheltered, and satisfied. Discover your team’s eclectic personalities through conversations, journals, and emergent gameplay and storytelling, and watch the drama unfold – or dig deeper to unearth the planet’s mysteries. Will your crew complete their mission and ultimately find a new home?

Features

• The player is limited to eight explorers, so base design and automation becomes essential
• Explorers have conversations and diary entries so the player becomes more emotionally invested in their team
• Randomly generated world events are triggered as the player digs deeper
• Every world and explorer is procedurally generated, with traits, homelands, and personality types
• Sophisticated physics and chemistry simulations create deep and emergent gameplay
• Regular free content updates during Early Access
• Available for Windows and Mac

History

Adaptory started as a prototype in February 2021. Once a fun gameplay loop was identified, Stormcloak Games was incorporated in November 2021 to support full-time development of Adaptory as their first title.

The first playable Adaptory release was released to Patreons in April 2022, and then on itch.io in October 2022. Regular alpha updates were then released every two months for free on itch.io and most recently Alpha 13 in September 2025.

After being part of Steam Next Fest in February 2024, Adaptory was launched into Steam Early Access in January 2026, with the support of publisher indie.io. The studio continues to release regular free content updates during Early Access, including the Materials Update in April, and the Temperature Update in August.

Adaptory and Stormcloak Games have been the recipient of the following grants and awards:

• NZ Film Commission Interactive Development Fund (2023)
• NZ Center of Digital Excellence (CODE) travel grants (2023, 2025)
• NZ Center of Digital Excellence (CODE) Kick Start grant (2024)

Adaptory has been showcased in multiple events around the world, including at PAX Aus 2023, TactiCon 2024, PAX Aus 2024, Gamescom 2025 (with Indie Arena Booth), PAX West 2025, PAX Aus 2025, and most recently in Tiny Teams 2026.

Steam

• Steam store page