History VideoGame / RebelGalaxy

Initially released for PC and Mac from UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/GogDotCom, it was later ported to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

An action-oriented prequel, ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxyOutlaw'', got released on PC in August 2019, and Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in September, 2020.

* BackgroundMusic: As befits a ''Series/{{Firefly}}''-styled SpaceWestern, the soundtrack is BluesRock and CountryMusic. It's licensed music so Double Damage can't release a soundtrack album, but [[http://rebel-galaxy.com/the-rebel-galaxy-soundtrack/ they posted the track list]].
** Heck, if you don't like the soundtrack, you can use custom music paths for the title, stations, travelling, combat and ambiance tracks. Fancy importing music from ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'', ''VideoGame/{{Naev}}'' or even the title themes to the ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' series?

An action-oriented prequel, ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxyOutlaw'', is slated for release on PC, Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch in early 2019.

* NoPointsForNeutrality: Becoming friendly with either one of the pirate factions or citizenry/militia factions usually means alienating other one. However, being neutral or hostile to a faction prevents the player from buying their ships.
* {{Overheating}}: All weapons have a certain overheating point, at which point they stop firing until they have cooled down.

* RespawningEnemies: Interestingly, though, once spawned, enemies ''stay'' spawned. If you're in a big fight and you take too much damage, you can escape, go repair your ship at a convenient spaceport, and then go back and the damage you already did will remain.

* SpacePolice: The System Militia police the spacelanes, fighting pirates and hunting smugglers. One fork of the main quest has you side with them, and you can run Militia blockades for big trading profits.
* SpacePirates: Your bog-standard bandits in space, subdivided into factions such as the [[TheSyndicate Red Devil Cartel]] and the Korian Outsiders. Unlike many cases, you can side with them instead of the system militia and citizens and get enough of a reputation to gain access to their stations and buy their equipment and ships.

* StandardStarshipScuffle: In a departure from the conventions of 3D space trade and combat simulators, which usually has you flying a smallish fighter, the player ship is a full-size warship that primarily fights on the broadside (something akin to the early ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novels). Your weapons can fire off-axis to some degree, but not directly forward, so it's very valuable to maneuver to cross the enemy's 'T'.

* SubsystemDamage: Everything on the ship can be damaged by enemy fire. Player can also target turrets on larger vessels.

* WideOpenSandbox: While there is a central plot, player can ignore it in favor of their own goals.

* NoPointsForNeutrality: Becoming friendly with either one of the pirate factions or citizenry/militia factions usually means alienating other one. However, being neutral or hostile to a faction locks player out of their ships.

* MightyGlacier: Dreadnaught-class ships in general compared to other ships, with ''Blackgate'' being ultimate MightyGlacier. It has largest amount of guns, broadsides and armor, but it is also the slowest ship in the game.

* {{Overheating}}: All weapons have certain overheating point, at which point they stop firing until they have cooled down.

* EveryBulletIsATracer: FlavorText for some weapons (Scatter Turrets, for instance) indicates they're firing kinetic rounds, but they look like FrickinLaserBeams.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Most guns are your usual sci-fi technobabble energy bolts. There are also various continuous-beam weapons.

* Overheating: All weapons have certain overheating point, at which point they stop firing until they have cooled down.

* BackgroundMusic: As befits a ''Series/{{Firefly}}''-styled SpaceWestern, the soundtrack is BluesRock and {{Country}}. It's licensed music so Double Damage can't release a soundtrack album, but [[http://rebel-galaxy.com/the-rebel-galaxy-soundtrack/ they posted the track list]].

Initially released for PC and Mac from UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom, it was later ported to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* MightyGlacier: Dreadnaught-class ships in general compared to other ships, with ''Blackgate'' being ultimate MightyGlacier. It has largest amount of guns, broadsides and armor, but it is also the slowest ship in the game as well as smallest.

An action-oriented prequel, ''Rebel Galaxy Outlaw'', is slated for release on PC, Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch in early 2019.