Ashes of Mankind: Citadels

I had the privilege of not only receiving an Alpha invite key, but also playing a few matches alongside two of the developers. Ashes of Mankind: Citadels is shaping up to be another promising title currently in its early stages.

The Game

Citadels is a hardcore tactical extraction FPS set in a vertical warzone high above the planet Ortus. You drop into the Citadel as a Revenant — a genetically engineered body inhabited by a bodyless consciousness — and squad up with two other players. The loop is simple but punishing:

• Venture — Insert at the ground floor with a loadout you’re willing to lose. Rival squads are already inside.
• Ascend — Climb floor by floor through the 330,000 m² structure. Higher floors offer better loot, but the threat scales with every level.
• Extract — Reach an extraction point, hold it, and get out alive. Survive and everything you carried is banked. Fail, and the Citadel keeps it all.

There is no respawn. Every raid is a full-risk contract. You can insure gear to recover a fraction of its value on death, or run pure contraband for maximum reward and zero safety net. Weapons and armor are fully owned assets that can be customized, modded, and graded from Standard all the way up to Transcendent.

Why It Stands Out

Loadouts are highly customizable, crafting matters, and the vertical design forces constant tension — every floor is its own battlefield, and the building itself feels hostile. The higher you push, the richer the cache… and the deadlier the opposition.

What makes the early access period especially valuable is the chance for players to jump in, test the systems, and give direct feedback so the team can ship a more polished game.

If you enjoy games like Escape from Tarkov, Rainbow Six Siege, or other high-stakes extraction shooters, this one is well worth keeping an eye on.

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