X-ODUS: Rise of the Corruption
Explore a shifting galaxy, evolve your ship, and stop the Corruption before it consumes everything.
- Players
- 1–4
- Age
- 14+
- Play time
- 30 min / player
- Genre
- Cooperative roguelike
Every game,a different galaxy.
Lead unique ships through a modular galaxy. Explore, scavenge, fight and level up together, sharing actions as a fleet. The Corruption grows every round — and no two games ever unfold the same way.
- Game design
- Bernardo Rippe, Yann Hilaire
- Art direction
- Yann Hilaire
- Illustration
- Tom Lopez
New in the Second Edition.
- 95%
Components redesigned
Every token and board reworked for clarity, durability and table presence.
Ascendancy
Fail to contain each round’s threat, and the Corruption gains powerful new traits.
Co-pilots & boost dice
More ways to plan and react, without slowing the pace.
- 2
New ships
Built for tighter, faster solo and two-player games.
The Precursors.
An advanced civilization once ruled thousands of star systems across the Milky Way. They vanished long ago, yet their influence lives on in the myths of many cultures — and in the hyperspace lanes they left behind. Now the Galactic Council sends ships along those lanes, to explore what remains of their empire.
The Corruption.
It began with the Rise, when the first Rift tore open. Through it came the Corruption: a synthetic swarm of nanomachines with an insatiable appetite. It consumed everything in its path and drove the Precursors from their own empire. Now, it is rising again.
Rules.
First Edition · 2020
Where it all began.
The original Rise of the Corruption, designed with Romain Lesiuk and illustrated by Ryan Groskamp, Julia Wolter and Marco Gorlei. Own it? Its rulebook, sleeve sizes and rulings have their own page.
X-ODUS: Rise of the Corruption