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The Great Beyond

Also known as The Great Beyond, gb, great beyond

Defeat the onslaught of aliens by building your own moon base, placing & upgrading tower defences, managing units, and mining resources!

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21 Jun 2026

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Patch notesPublished 9d ago

Demo Post-Mortem & The Future of The Great Beyond

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone involved with the early prototypes and the demo for giving feedback. It has been extremely helpful and the game has come a long way since the first time I sent it out to the first…

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12 updates

May 2026
Thankyou to everyone who has tried the game so far and left feedback! As always, I'll continue to listen to it and I'm doing my best to improve the game. Adjustments User Interface panels are more opaque, making things…v1.14 changesUI/audioGameplayPatch notes22 May 2026
Welcome, Commander! I can now confirm that this is going to be the final patch of the game before the demo launches later today! I have been able to fix many issues over the past few weeks, thanks to all of my beta test…3 changesCompatibilityGameplayPatch notes20 May 2026
Hotfix Demo Beta 1.32Another small patch with some tweaks! Click on an elevator to expand it up or down. Tweak the Battle Engineer's AI to prioritise delivering ammo a bit better. Game now pauses when a popup is open. Pressing escape on a p…Announcementv1.321 changeGameplay19 May 2026
Hot Fixes Fix hovering issues on a number of objects. Fix UI overlap on worker popup. Fix the top left status bar not showing resource names on hover.v1.311 changeUI/audioPatch notes19 May 2026
Features The tutorial objectives have been completely removed and replaced with a starting guide. Your workers now arrive via a ship on a landing platform. You'll need to wait every few hours for new ones to arrive! Whe…v1.311 changesGameplayBalancePatch notes19 May 2026
Features When workers die due to no health, their quarters is "abandoned" and needs rebuilding before a replacement arrives. Workers get even sleepier when their health is low. Workers get a bit sadder if the room they…v2.17 changesBalanceGameplayPatch notes16 May 2026
Another day, another patch! Features Lights turn into red emergency mode during battles! All build menu buttons have had icons added! Hopefully this helps with making the locations of buttons more memorable and easier t…4 changesGameplayUI/audioPatch notes16 May 2026
Hi everyone! Another patch for you all. Features I have vastly simplified the tutorial and the starting map, giving you a lot more control over how you design your base and complete the mission. As part of this, I have…v1.91 changeMapsPatch notes15 May 2026
Thankyou to everyone who has helped test the game! I have received lots of very useful feedback, and I have been busy making changes to improve the game experience. Features The layout of the tutorial map has been modif…v1.816 changesMapsBalanceStore15 May 2026
Features Teamworking Your construction workers will now work as a team! Up to three workers can work on the same digging tile or building project at the same time! This is particularly noticeable when you mark a job as…v1.74 changesUI/audioGameplayPatch notes12 May 2026
Changes Improve the way doctors look idle in the hospital by giving them a chair to sit on! Fix patients forever queueing outside of the hospital instead of going in. Fix missing translation when patients are heading to…v1.61Patch notes09 May 2026

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Demo Post-Mortem & The Future of The Great Beyond

May 2026