Despoiler is a Team Objective arena racer where players pilot hovercraft across the desolate wildlands, scavenging the valuable scrap they need to unlock utilities, upgrades, and win the game.

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We're thrilled to announce that Despoiler is now available for purchase on steam! We've come a very long way since the original alpha we uploaded here over a year ago and hope you stop by and check out the game. We're even offering a 20% launch discount!

About the Game:
Despoiler is a Team Objective Arena Racer like no other.

Pilot your hovercraft across the desolate wildlands, scavenging valuable scrap you need to unlock utilities, upgrades, and win the game. It is a game of strategic and competitive escalation. Weak early game performance will have a flow on effect to late game. Don't get too comfortable though: it's possible to snatch victory from the jaws of a crushing defeat.

Main features:

  • 5v5 online
  • Team Objective multiplayer
  • Unique 'strategic escalation' focused game-mode
  • Physically simulated hovercraft
  • Beautiful environments and vehicles
  • Intelligent AI Opponents (optional)
  • Powered by Unreal Engine 4

In Despoiler, teams scavenge valuable scrap from the level, and the team with the most at the end of a match wins. Scrap can be found scattered about the environment - left by the miners who've long vacated the land. Their old silos are also still full of the stuff, so tear them apart with your weaponry and make it rain. Scrap is carried on the hull of your hovercraft where it absorbs damage, functioning like armour, but it's also heavy so the more you have the slower your vehicle will get. Choose to bulk up and tank damage or run rings around your foes.

Drop scrap off at your teams base to unlock Utilities and new Vehicles, equipable in the upgrade garage. Careful though, re-spawning costs your team some scrap, and if left unchecked you can find yourselves set back significantly if you feed the enemy too much. If you do fall behind, you can always make a run on the enemy scrap reserves, clawing your way back into the lead.

Thanks for stopping by!
<3 Elliot and the Despoiler Dev Team

DESPOILER Development Update Video

DESPOILER Development Update Video

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Check out our new dev update video showing off never before seen content, additions, and improvements to despoiler in preparation for the steam release...

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DESPOILER Gameplay Trailer - Free Beta out Now!

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Despoiler is a Team Objective arena racer where players pilot hovercraft across the desolate wildlands. It is a game of strategic and competitive escalation...

DESPOILER - Beautiful 4k screenshots (+gifs)

DESPOILER - Beautiful 4k screenshots (+gifs)

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Lovely 4k straight from UE4. We've been taking some shots in and around our level this week as we draw closer to the full gameplay reveal.

DESPOILER Teaser trailer - 5v5, Team Objective, Hovercraft Arena Racer

DESPOILER Teaser trailer - 5v5, Team Objective, Hovercraft Arena Racer

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Announcing the upcoming 5v5 team objective arena racer Despoiler. The beta and full reveal are just around the corner, sign up now at despoilergame.com!

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Despoiler is a Team Objective arena racer where players pilot hovercraft across the desolate wildlands. It is a game of strategic and competitive escalation...

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unknown4432131
unknown4432131 - - 9 comments

awesome game that's remind me on Hi-Octane.. pefect sci fi feeling .. definite support on steam....when you need more music.. i'm music composer and my music is with strong sci fi influence :) check my Soundcloud.com

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herycp
herycp - - 26 comments

UE4 so its can port to linux

i hope

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despoilerdev Creator
despoilerdev - - 5 comments

We're definitely going to investigate the possibility of this (and other platforms). I suspect one of our plugins may be a roadblock currently, but that's not an insurmountable problem. Being a tiny team we need to focus on making the gameplay great before devoting resources to other platforms, but we'd love to get it onto Linux when we can.

-Elliot (creative director/programmer)

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