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The Cycle: Frontier

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App ID 868270
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher YAGER
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies BattlEye AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 28979783
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 11:47:39 UTC ()
Release Date 8 June 2022 – 09:38:14 UTC ()
😌 63.14%
45k reviews
1
In-Game

The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play PvPvE Extraction Shooter driven by suspense and danger. Prospect for resources and other riches on an abandoned alien world ravaged by a deadly storm, inhabited by monsters and other ambitious Prospectors.

This app has been retired and is no longer available on the Steam store.

Additional Information

Developer YAGER
ReleaseState released
Publisher YAGER
eulas
0 ↴
id868270_eula_0
nameThe Cycle EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/868270_eula_0
version5
Store Release Date 8 June 2022 – 09:38:14 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party DRM BattlEye
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/thecycle
https://x.com/TheCycleGame
https://www.youtube.com/thecyclegame/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Free to Play (37), Massively Multiplayer (29)
Steam Release Date 8 June 2022 – 09:38:14 UTC ()
app_retired_publisher_request Yes
Store Asset Modification Time 21 March 2023 – 17:05:24 UTC () (1679418324)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct49.99968486512931
height_pct97.35099337748346
review_score 5
review_percentage 63
app_retired_was_free Yes
Detected Technologies (?) BattlEye AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS SDK, NVIDIA_DLSS_FrameGen SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Reflex SDK, NVIDIA_Streamline SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Steam_Audio SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 22 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9154591
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2641
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 18 May 2018 – 09:01:02 UTC (), in changelist #4454773

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

🔫 Extraction Shooter 🌲 Survival 📦 Loot 🆓 Free to Play 🕹️ Multiplayer 🔧 Crafting 🎒 Looter Shooter 🔫 Shooter 🤔 Tactical 🥊 PvP 🙌 First-Person 🔫 FPS 🗺 Exploration 🌲 PvE 🚀 Sci-fi 👽 Aliens 👥 Online Co-Op 🥇 Competitive 🗺️ Adventure 🌪️ Battle Royale

Categories

Online PvP Online Co-op In-App Purchases Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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logo 534977de339155b790cf7f9e138910b14065114a
logo_small 534977de339155b790cf7f9e138910b14065114a_thumb
small_capsule
englishcapsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
englishheader.jpg
library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
logo_position/pinned_positionBottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct49.99968486512931
logo_position/height_pct97.35099337748346
image/englishlogo.png
image2x/englishlogo_2x.png
Assets
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headerheader.jpg
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hero_capsulehero_capsule.jpg
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library_herolibrary_hero.jpg
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page_background_pathapp/868270
raw_page_backgroundpage_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp27 September 2023 – 16:49:32 UTC
Trailers
256936942 ↴
trailer_nameThe Cycle: Frontier - Season 3 Launch Trailer
trailer_category0
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trailer_max/video/mp4256936942/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256936942/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256936942/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full256936942/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id550354
all_agestrue
is_highlighttrue
timestamp1680085672
256909675 ↴
trailer_nameThe Cycle: Frontier In 60 Seconds EN
trailer_category0
trailer_480p/video/webm256909675/movie480_vp9.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4256909675/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm256909675/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4256909675/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256909675/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256909675/microtrailer.mp4
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trailer_base_id502793
all_agestrue
is_highlighttrue
timestamp1665162027
256907396 ↴
trailer_nameThe Cycle: Frontier - Season 2 Launch Trailer
trailer_category0
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trailer_480p/video/mp4256907396/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm256907396/movie_max_vp9.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4256907396/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm256907396/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4256907396/microtrailer.mp4
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all_agestrue
timestamp1664371046

Launch Options

0. Default
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments PF_TITLEID=D82BF -steam_auth
Launch Type Launch (Default)
Description Default
Operating System   windows
1. Release-Dev-QA
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=D3493 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Release-Dev-QA
Operating System   windows
Beta Branch rl_dev_qa
2. Daily Dev Playtest
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=2EA46 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Daily Dev Playtest
Beta Branch dev_playtest
6. Release Staging
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments PF_TITLEID=D3493 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Release Staging
Beta Branch rl_staging
11. install_testing
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=4E80 -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description install_testing
Beta Branch install_testing
12. External QA
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=B735C -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description External QA
Beta Branch external_qa
13. FTG PlayTest
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=87751 -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description FTG PlayTest
Beta Branch mods_pt
14. Shipping Main
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=2EA46 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Shipping Main
Beta Branch main_shipping
15. Streamer PT
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=87751 -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Streamer PT
Beta Branch streamerinternal
16. Unnamed launch option
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=A22AB -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Beta Branch tcf_ptsdev
18. External Partners
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=35692 -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description External Partners
Beta Branch externalpartners
21. Prospect_BE1
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=D6349 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_BE1
Beta Branch prospect_be1
22. Prospect_BE2
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=D6349 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_BE2
Beta Branch prospect_be2
23. Prospect_Dev1
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=35692 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_Dev1
Beta Branch prospect_dev1
24. Prospect_Dev2
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=B4FA5 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_Dev2
Beta Branch prospect_dev2
25. Prospect_Dev3
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=52823 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_Dev3
Beta Branch prospect_dev3
26. Prospect_Dev4
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=FB648 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Prospect_Dev4
Beta Branch prospect_dev4
28. External QA dev
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=D82BF -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description External QA dev
Beta Branch externalqa_dev
29. External QA ship
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=B735C -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description External QA ship
Beta Branch externalqa_ship
30. Hotfix
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=BFAC9 -steam_auth
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Hotfix
Beta Branch hotfix
32. Season 2 testing support
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments PF_TITLEID= D3493 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Season 2 testing support
Beta Branch testing_support
33. Hotfix development
Executable Prospect_BE.exe
Arguments -log / PF_TITLEID=BFAC9 -steam_auth -yawsaccesskey=AKIAULN5NLEJ7QTANLPL -yawssecretkey=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 -yawsbucketname=tcf-filestorage-dev
Launch Type Play %%description%% (option1)
Description Hotfix development
Beta Branch hotfix_dev

Configuration

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