Cepheus Protocol

May 15, 2020 Halcyon Winds Halcyon Winds
Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Adventure Indie
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Find patient zero before an alien virus takes over San Francisco and the cepheus protocol is enacted. Command your squad, save civilians, and stop the Pangu virus. Kill patient zero and save the world.
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Cepheus Protocol is an open world RTS military survival game. You play as CERC, hunting Patient Zero while keeping quarantine camps alive. Hold the line against brutal mutations and rogue civilian combatants. No reinforcements. No backup. It is on you.
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Release Date May 15, 2020
Developer Halcyon Winds
Publisher Halcyon Winds
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Themes Action, Survival
Cepheus Protocol

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