Naval battle
Read intent and survive the broadside.
Beyond the Chart · Main game
One ship. One command deck. An ocean that refuses to stay known.
Read the next signal, issue the order and live with what it costs. Beyond the Chart is a turn-based naval roguelike about building one vessel through battles, markets, storms, wrecks and cursed waters.
In active developmentYour route waits here
- Format
- Single-player run
- Combat
- Turn-based commands
- Build
- Cards · Crew · Modules
- Platform
- Web browser
The player fantasy
The ship is not a vehicle between adventures. It is the adventure.
Every reward takes space. Every specialist changes what the crew can see or do. Every damaged system makes the next route harder to read. The vessel that returns is a record of the voyage that changed it.
One voyage · four pressures
Read. Command. Refit. Risk one more passage.
- 01
Read the chart
Choose between partially known signals: hostile sails, storms, markets, wrecks, islands or something the chart cannot classify.
- 02
Command the battle
Play fire, aim, brace, repair, boarding and specialist orders from a deck shaped by the current ship.
- 03
Change the vessel
Take one reward. Add a command, fit a module, recruit crew, store a supply or bind a relic to the build.
- 04
Carry the damage
Hull, morale, supplies and consequences persist. Continue toward the passage—or turn a survivable run into a wreck.
The build is physical
Five systems. One decision engine.
Cards do not float above the world as an abstract deck. They are orders a real crew can carry out because the ship, equipment and specialists make them possible.
- 01
Command deck
The orders available during combat and events.
- 02
Ship and modules
Slots, capacity and equipment define what the deck can support.
- 03
Crew
Specialists reveal routes, operate systems and change available decisions.
- 04
Relics
Rare rules that bend the voyage and create build-defining combinations.
- 05
Supplies
Limited physical answers to repairs, danger and opportunity.
Signals on the route
The sea changes genre without leaving the ship.
Storm front
Spend resources now or accept consequences later.
Port and market
Refit under pressure; the strongest item may not fit the hull.
Wreck and island
Salvage, recruit, investigate or leave something untouched.
Cursed waters
Historical reality gives way to a clearly marked maritime fantasy.
Clear expectations
Focused by design.
- It is
- A compact naval roguelike centered on one evolving ship.
- It is not
- Not a seamless open world, real-time sail simulator or on-foot sword-fighting game.
- Right now
- A playable browser build still receiving systems, content, balance and interface work.
Current bearing
Built as a game, released as a living voyage.
The rules layer is deterministic and replayable; the interface and content can keep evolving around it. Development currently concentrates on complete run flow, readable ship systems, battle clarity, encounter variety and reliable version boundaries.
Current browser build
The chart ends here. The command is yours.
Set sail into the current development build. The route behind you will remain here, ready when you return.
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