Steam 1.0 · Field Tactics & Room Clearance
Gunplay in Quasimorph is won before the first trigger pull. Turn-based combat punishes reckless movement with instant amputations and crossfire ambushes. Master the Golden Rule of Breaching, the Walk / Run / Sneak 3-stance economy, noise propagation radiuses, diagonal “peekaboo” sightlines, and fortified elevator defenses.
The Cardinal Law of Room Clearance
More operatives are lost to improper door breaching than to any boss or elite corporate squad. Understanding turn initiative is the difference between life and instant death.
“First AP opens the view, last AP takes cover from who sees you.”
If you ever find yourself at a door with only 1 AP remaining in Walk stance, press End Turn (Spacebar) while the door remains shut. Start your fresh turn with 3 full Action Points before opening the breach.
Action Economy
Movement stance governs your noise propagation footprint, accuracy bloom, action point consumption, and caloric expenditure.
| Stance | Move AP Cost | Noise Radius | Door Open AP | Scatter Modifier | Calorie Drain | Optimal Tactical Deployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNEAK | 1 AP / Tile | 0 – 2 Tiles (Silent) | 0 AP (FREE) | -40% Scatter | Low (Standard) | Scouting, room breaching, lining up long-range sniper shots, silent blade takedowns. |
| WALK | 1 AP / Tile | 5 – 8 Tiles | 1 AP | 1.0x Baseline | Low (Standard) | Standard transit through cleared hallways; steady advancing between known cover points. |
| RUN / SPRINT | 2 AP / 3 Tiles | 15 – 25 Tiles! | 1 AP | +60% Scatter Bloom | High (Rapid Starvation) | Emergency dashing between hard cover across wide open rooms; escaping grenade radius. |
Hotfix 1.0.4.582s specifically clarified Hannah Reich's Agile talent: bonus evasion checks are tied strictly to movement AP expenditure during Walk or Run, preventing passive evasion exploits while standing still. Additionally, sprinting generates acoustic shockwaves that alert guards through walls across up to 25 tiles, turning an entire floor into an aggressive swarm.
Fortified Extraction
The station elevator is not merely an exit portal—it is the most defensible tactical bunker on any station floor.
Line-of-Sight Geometry
Vision in the Quasimorph game engine is computed using diagonal raycasting. You can spot enemies one full tile before they acquire a direct return firing vector.
Defensive Micro-Mechanics
Doors are dynamic physical shields. Right-clicking an open door tile instantly swings it shut for 1 AP, serving as an emergency ballistic brake.
Snipers with Buffalo DMRs and elite corporate machine gunners can trace firing solutions across 10+ tiles. Lingering in an open doorway allows distant enemies to snipe you off-screen without advancing.
Right-click the door frame to close it. The door instantly blocks all bullet trajectories. Hostiles are forced to spend AP walking all the way to the door handle, handing you the initiative to ambush them on the next turn.
Field Hazards & Chemistry
Station floors are packed with volatile industrial chemistry. Exploiting environmental objects multiplies your combat effectiveness—while ignoring hazard physics guarantees sudden death.
| Environmental Object | Blast / Effect Radius | Primary Hazard | Tactical Exploitation | Lethal Mistake to Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Fuel Barrels | 3 × 3 Tile Fireball | High Thermal damage + burning ground | Shoot from ≥ 4 tiles with a handgun to detonate clusters of enemies. | Standing within 2 tiles; blast shrapnel triggers instant torso trauma. |
| CO2 Fire Extinguisher | 3 × 3 Cold Smoke Cloud | Extinguishes flames; creates visual concealment | Shoot or throw into burning choke points to douse fire and break line of sight. | Confusing CO2 with chemical extinguishers in dark corridors. |
| Chemical / Acid Extinguisher | 3 × 3 Corrosive Gas | High Acid / Poison damage | Drop at doorways to melt incoming melee demon hordes. | Discharging without a sealed Hazmat visor equipped. |
| Liquid Nitrogen Canisters | 4 × 4 Cryo Flash Freeze | Extreme Cold damage; freezes movement AP | Detonate to freeze charging Barons and cancel their action turns. | Getting caught in the cryo fog; movement AP frozen for 3 turns. |
CRITICAL SAFETY RULE: If your operative or the floor tile beneath you is on fire, NEVER pour alcoholic beverages (Vodka, Moonshine, Beer, Whiskey) from your backpack onto the tile! Alcohol acts as an immediate volatile accelerant, creating an instant 60-damage thermal explosion that incinerates your clone. Use Purified Water, CO2 extinguishers, or step into an unburned tile immediately.
Video Field Intel
Watch tactical room clearances, corridor chokehold management, and line of sight manipulation demonstrated in live 1.0 gameplay:
Field FAQ
You are committing the fatal error of opening the door on your final Action Point (AP). When you expend your last AP opening a door in Walk stance, your turn ends immediately. Any enemies standing inside now receive a full uninterrupted turn to fire point-blank shotguns or rifles at your unprotected operative. Always open doors in Sneak stance (which costs 0 AP) or on your very first AP of the turn.
Retreat immediately to the elevator room or a narrow 1-tile corridor. The elevator acts as a 3-sided fortified bunker with a single bottleneck. Close the elevator door using right-click to break line of sight, wait for demons to crowd the doorway, and eliminate them one by one as they step through using auto-shotguns, flamethrowers, or monomolecular blades.
Sneak stance offers two critical mechanical advantages for all playstyles: it allows you to open closed doors for exactly 0 Action Points (free action), and it reduces your weapon scatter cone by 40%. Even for heavy assault builds, toggling Sneak before opening a doorway ensures maximum shotgun pellet concentration and leaves all 3 AP available to attack or retreat.
Only if the container is Purified Water. Pouring alcohol, moonshine, vodka, or beer onto a burning floor tile acts as an immediate accelerant, triggering an explosive fireball dealing 60+ thermal damage that will instantly incinerate your operative. If you lack Purified Water, discharge a CO2 fire extinguisher onto the tile or run onto an unburnt floor.