Thursday, March 26th 2026
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Gets New Gameplay Trailer, Closed Beta in April
Soon, fans of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will be able to don the armor of a Pinkwater mercenary and experience part of the game themselves. Starting April 22, the closed beta will be available on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 to everyone who purchases the Collector's Edition or Miller's Pack on the website. The closed beta will give players a feel for the game's combat, movement in the zero-g environment, and dealing with life and death on a remote space station. Additionally, Owlcat Games revealed that the game will launch in Spring 2027 on PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG) and on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, with a Day 1 launch on Xbox Game Pass. Fans can wishlist the game now.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a story-driven action RPG set in The Expanse universe with focus on companions, player choices, and dynamic third-person combat. As a Pinkwater Security mercenary who survives a catastrophic incident on Eros, players have to build a team to fight back against Protogen and their experiments. Though the game is set in the same universe as the books and show, it focuses on its own story and characters.
The beta will allow players to explore a remote space station belonging to their employer Pinkwater Security in the wake of escaping from the catastrophic events on Eros known from the books and TV series. Along with exploring this new environment, they will be able to interact with its inhabitants and experiment with dialogue options and choices. Once the masterminds behind the attack on Eros catch up to them, they will also experience the combat and upgrade mechanics first hand.
Owlcat aims at incorporation valuable player feedback from the beta into the final game.
The beta launches on April 22nd on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. It will be available for founders who purchased The Collector's Edition or Miller's Pack, and will run until the game's launch in Spring 2027. Founder's Packs can be purchased on the official website. Since the beta is a work in progress, performance may vary and won't reflect the final quality of the game. On consoles, playing on Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 is recommended.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will launch Spring 2027 on PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG), and on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Fans can wishlist the game now.
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Owlcat Games
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a story-driven action RPG set in The Expanse universe with focus on companions, player choices, and dynamic third-person combat. As a Pinkwater Security mercenary who survives a catastrophic incident on Eros, players have to build a team to fight back against Protogen and their experiments. Though the game is set in the same universe as the books and show, it focuses on its own story and characters.
Owlcat aims at incorporation valuable player feedback from the beta into the final game.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will launch Spring 2027 on PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG), and on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Fans can wishlist the game now.
14 Comments on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Gets New Gameplay Trailer, Closed Beta in April
Bonus points for releasing on GOG.
I gotta give Owlcat's other games a try.
The Expanse universe makes it perfect for a big-ass action-RPG, but there are already many red flags.
I'll try to stay away from politics and my personal view on Owlcat games. Just some cold observations:
1) They are trying wa-a-a-a-a-ay too hard to be the next Mass Effect, so they copied pretty much the entire game mechanics, both combat and "role playing". There is one issue though - as much as we want remember it being awesome and revolutionary - it still sucks and it's very dated.
2) Too much hype for too little to show, and there's just one more year to go to their self-imposed release date.
3) It's developed by a relatively new russian studio, which only dabbled in "modern" take on cRPGs. Not a single action-RPG under their belt (except few action-adjacent contract jobs for third-parties), and not a single game of that magnitude. And to be frank, I don't see them delivering, because they are not Saber with their decades of experience, nor are they Mundfish with strong marketing, over the top cinematic trailers, and
big gazprom money,4) AFAIK it's self-published, which is a gigantic, ginormous, galaxy-sized red flag. It's a friggin' Expanse universe, freshly burnt into our retinas by our TV screens, and with a huge fanbase... and not a single big publisher in the midst of creative crisis wanted to touch it with a 6-foot pole. And I'm absolutely sure khm-khm... the Alcon/Amazon drama had nothing to do with it.
Also, first let's see the beta, cause it may not get here in a month, or maybe it'll be in a perpetual "early access".Space Marine 2 was made by Saber , and as I said - they are definitely not Saber.
Also it took 4 years to make that game with a modest budget, and the period between the first gameplay trailer and release was longer than these guys want to spent developing the entire thing, beta test and all.In this case it's the opposite - Amazon had to drop the deal and delist half the series because Alcon got too hungry for $$$. Imagine: Amazon/MGM think that Alcon got greedy....I also like replaying Mass Effect, but that's nostalgia in action. There are tons of improvements the industry made to third-person shooters, and there are many ways to make dialogue system better, but at least according to this trailer they've made the exact copy of ME1. Same interface, same hotkey superpowers, same cover mechanics, and almost identical dialogue screen(but somehow uglier).
Or maybe it's just me. I don't need a game to be overly complicated. Sometimes, less is more.
Its a fucking snoozefest. You're looking at all of 5 different animations for 30 hours straight... not my definition of 'fun'.Also skeptical. At the same time new team is new potential and if there are good conceptual things going on, it can be magical.ME worked because the universe crafted around and inside the game is just Star Wars level great. Immersion 12/10. You feel like Luke MassWalker and the Force is with you, without there even being a force. It all just clicks, and that's 95% world building and maybe 5% game play I think. Even the quest system; nothing about it ever feels like 'oh, I'm going on another gameplay cycle here', its one naturally evolving string of events, one climax after another (which I think is also a big reason #3 was in many minds such a letdown, its almost impossible to top 1/2.. personally I think the endings were quite fine).
I never thought I'd be harshly judged for liking a game, but hey ho, welcome to 2026, I guess. :confused:
As a general rule of thumb you can't touch an owlcat game until at least a year has passed or the game is "frozen"(all DLCs released, all patched) which could mean 2+ years unless you want to experience broken quest, mechanics, bugs, etc
Rogue trader has also not been universally received with mixed reviews.
Edit: Comparing SM2 to ME is like comparing a juicy Lucy burger to fine dining. Both are awesome in their own way, but the comparison is irrelevant.
- Belter patwah
- Proto-molecule horror
- Faction drama
- Performance fixes, even the trailer is #StutterStruggle (lol owlcat)
I'd better be in this closed beta. Only two old men twin brothers beating themselves senseless to various health bars is more anticipated.