How to play

Easy to pick up, no tutorial needed. You start as a speck and grow by absorbing what is smaller, one body at a time, from dust to a living world.

A world ablaze with energy, the kind you grow into in Accretion.

A dust mote with its steering ring at the start of a run, the steering pad in the lower left.

Step 1

Begin and steer

You start as a mote of dust. Drag to steer with touch or a mouse, or use WASD and the arrow keys. You carry momentum, so you turn and drift like a real body. Go at your own pace.

A grown world among many smaller and larger worlds mid-run.

Step 2

Absorb and grow

Touch anything smaller than you and it sticks and adds mass. Stay clear of anything bigger: a hit breaks you apart and costs a life. Bit by bit you grow, climbing from dust toward a living world.

A body captured into a shielding orbit with the Shepherd skill, the capture button in the lower right.

Step 3

Capture moons

Unlock Shepherd and pull a smaller body into orbit. Your moons shield you from hits and widen your gravity, so more of the field drifts your way.

The evolution screen offering a choice of three skill cards.

Step 4

Evolve, choose a path

Cross a threshold and you evolve a tier. Each time, you pick one of three new skills, and they stack over the run. How you grow is up to you.

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Controls

Desktop

Steer with WASD or the arrow keys, or hold the left mouse button and drag.
Esc pauses. R restarts, with a confirm if a run is in progress.
Pick a skill by clicking one of the three cards.

Touch

Drag anywhere on the left of the screen to steer; a thumb pad follows your finger.
Tap the button on the lower right to capture with Shepherd, once you own it.
The pause button sits in the top right. Tap a card to pick a skill.

Lives and continues

You start with five lives. Run out and they refill over time, so you can hop back in and keep climbing. Your run is saved to your account, so it follows you across devices.

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