Reticle Cold War
For millennia, the Centopoly, a galaxy-spanning corporatocracy, has ruled the Cosmos with the help of its sentient AI, the Metric. A mysterious new technology, Cypher, threatens their rule, and the future is unknown.
What Is Reticle Cold War?
Reticle Cold War is a single-player strategic RPG where you are an operative in the Echo Collective, a neutral, decentralized intelligence organization navigating humanity's most critical juncture in millennia.
Year 11,096 CE — The Metric, a sentient AI, monitors and guides trillions of beings. The Centopoly dominates civilized space. But Cypher—the first technology capable of disrupting the Metric—has been released.
With the Metric weakened, the great powers of the Cosmos stepped up their struggle for power and dominance. They launched a clandestine conflict, largely taking place in the virtual realm known as the Reticle, and spilling out to many locations across the Cosmos.
The shadow war has begun. Your actions and decisions will shape the future of the Cold War – and the Cosmos.
Game is scheduled for release in Q1 2026.
A Complete Experience
Reticle Cold War delivers 20+ gameplay experiences.
See the complete list of gameplay experiences →
What You'll Experience
| System | Status |
|---|---|
| 20+ Gameplay Experiences | Playable |
| Procedural Content Generation | Active |
| Homeostatic Economy (18+ self-regulating factors) | Running |
| 2,000+ Unique Locations | Explorable |
| Deep Player Analytics | Tracking |
| AI-Powered Personalization | Adapting |
| 3 Strategic Mini-Games | Complete |
| IDINA AI Knowledge and Strategic Assistant | Available |
| Economic Intelligence Reports | Generating |
Start in Minutes
Prerequisite: You must purchase an Operator's Pass before creating a character. Each character requires its own pass.
- Select Your Character → Pick One of Four Factions and Roll for Character Avatar and its Attributes
- Complete Onboarding → AI Assistant Idina Will Introduce You to the Echo Hub
- Complete Your First Mission → Immersive Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Role Play
- Pick a Specialization → Combat, Intelligence, Technology, Diplomacy or Social
- Feed Your Forge Engine → Convert Data Shards into Forge Points; Needed for Crafting, Level Ups and More
- Check the Great Sync → Earn Memory Shards, Which Fuel Items That Deliver Rewards
Strategic Depth
Reticle Cold War delivers years of entertainment value because of its heavy emphasis on story-focused gameplay, a massive sci-fi setting and, systems that are easy to learn, but hard to master.
The result:
- AI-driven narrative systems that remember your choices and adapt
- A self-regulating economy modeled on natural systems—predator-prey dynamics, equilibrium, biological and ecological homeostasis
- 2000+ unique locations with distinct briefings, histories, and operational contexts
- Deep personalization where data, analytics, and AI create unique experiences
- Three complete strategic games (Confluence, TriDyak, Chronotrate) worth playing independently
The systems driving Reticle Cold War combine to make every playthrough different and experiences memorable.
Single-Player, Shared Universe
Reticle Cold War is single-player, but it doesn't exist in a sandbox.
- Your strategic advice influences NPC decisions across the Cosmos
- Operations you complete become part of location histories
- Combat victories shift faction territorial control for everyone
- Covert missions you command shape NPC influence — and your ability to earn in-game rewards
- The universe evolves based on collective player actions
Personalized to You
The game adapts to your decisions and actions:
- Procedurally generated content unique to your faction, skills and role playing style
- Skill-based challenges calibrated to your individual abilities
- Economic intelligence showing opportunities YOU can pursue based on your playstyle, activity levels, character skills and abilities
- AI agents that remember you and evolve with every interaction
- Career-optimized crafting and item recommendations based on your character's unique skill set
Learn more about personalization →
Core Gameplay
| Activity | Description |
|---|---|
| Narrative Missions | Branching choose-your-own-adventure stories where choices have lasting consequences |
| Intelligence Operations | Codebreaking, agent communications, strategic consultation |
| Combat Command | Lead forces in territorial warfare across Combat Zones |
| Exploration | Build intelligence on locations across the Cosmos |
| Cognitive Training | Strategic games (TriDyak, Confluence, Chronotrate) that develop skills |
| Economic Management | Maintain your Forge Engine, craft equipment, optimize your trading activity |
| SIGINT and After-Action Operations | Engage in missions sparked by your actions during intelligence operations; decode encrypted signals to unlock location-specific missions |
Diverse Gameplay Options
Engage in combat command missions, intelligence, diplomacy, crafting, or economic gameplay—or blend approaches. Your career progresses based on your choices.
The Homeostatic Economy
Hyperinflation and resource extraction post significant threats to in-game economies. To support player value-creation and economic sustainability, Reticle Cold War features an innovative Homeostatic, or self-regulating economy, modeled on biological and environmental systems.
The Homeostatic Economy is an AI-guided system featuring 18+ autonomous control mechanisms, including:
- Predator-prey population dynamics: Players feed Data Shards into transformation engines; Producers are attracted to these engines and feed on shards to generate Forge Points; Producers are hunted by Predators to keep population in check
- Resource management Unused Data Shards and Forge Points are removed from circulation
- Data-informed in-game asset generation Forge Point generation rates are determined by economy-wide and player specific signals to balance supply with economic demand
- Personalized production rates Individual player behavior, such as whether they produce needed items, or engage in other beneficial economic activities, influences their engine's Forge Point production capacity
In-Depth Economic Insights that support optimal player economic-decision-making:
- Data on economy-wide Forge Point consumption rates, inventory health status and other information increases economic transparancy
- Personalized intelligence highlighting individual player economic activities and impact on overall economic state
- Individualzied AI-powered strategic guidance educates players on hidden economic opportuniites and crafting bottlenecks
Learn more about the Homeostatic Economy →
Quick Links
| New to the game? | Understand the systems | Ready for action |
|---|---|---|
| How to Play | Homeostatic Economy | Combat Zones |
| Character Creation | Skills | Intelligence Ops |
| The Game Loop | Factions | SIGINT System |
Release
Q1 2026 — Web-based, playable on PC and mobile.
Forge Your Legend. The Echo Collective is Waiting