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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 ()
😌 63.11%
45k reviews
2
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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library_assets_full
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library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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Assets
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timestamp27 September 2023 – 16:49:32 UTC
Trailers
256936942 ↴
trailer_nameThe Cycle: Frontier - Season 3 Launch Trailer
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all_agestrue
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timestamp1680085672
256909675 ↴
trailer_nameThe Cycle: Frontier In 60 Seconds EN
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256907396 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228989 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2022 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
868271 Windows The Cycle 41.36 GiB 16.51 GiB
1947000 Windows UnusedDLC 1947000The Cycle: Frontier - Initiate Pack (1947000) Depot No size
1947010 Windows UnusedDLC 1947010The Cycle: Frontier - Professional Pack (1947010) Depot No size
1947011 Windows UnusedDLC 1947011The Cycle: Frontier - Specialist Pack (1947011) Depot No size
1947012 Windows UnusedDLC 1947012The Cycle: Frontier - Starter Pack 4 (1947012) Depot No size

Total size on disk is 41.36 GiB and total download size is 16.51 GiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 12282999 26 September 2023 – 07:24:52 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil
hasdepotsindlc 0
privatebranches 1
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